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Gretsch® Introduces Billy Duffy White Falcon™

Gretsch® Introduces Billy Duffy White Falcon™

Posted January 4, 2013 at 1:49 pm | One comment

It is with great pleasure that Gretsch is releasing the G7593T Billy Duffy White Falcon guitar, which has immediately become one of the most unique and bewitching White Falcon guitars ever made.

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Jazz Improvisation: Licks as a Learning Tool

Jazz Improvisation: Licks as a Learning Tool

Posted December 29, 2012 at 6:54 am | One comment

The use of pre-composed licks as an essential step in learning to play jazz, and especially jazz guitar, seems to be a foregone conclusion.

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2012 Guitar International Awards

2012 Guitar International Awards

Posted December 28, 2012 at 6:57 am | No comments

For the second year in a row, we find that Blues-Rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa has earned our Guitarist of the Year Award. Not many artists nail down album after album like Bonamassa. In 2011, he released his critically acclaimed solo debut, Dustbowl, along with a collaborative effort with his Supergroup Black Country Communion.

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Why All Musicians Should Be Blogging

Why All Musicians Should Be Blogging

Posted December 26, 2012 at 9:26 am | No comments

There’s no denying that the internet has changed the music industry, and indeed the way that musicians initiate communication with their audiences.

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Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister to Unveil Motorheadphones at CES

Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister to Unveil Motorheadphones at CES

Posted December 20, 2012 at 12:37 pm | No comments

Motorhead, the Grammy award winning rock band will unveil the overwhelmingly loud and fast style of rock-n-roll with the official U.S. launch of Motorheadphones at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas.

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Blues master Johnny Winter to Release a New App in December

Blues master Johnny Winter to Release a New App in December

Posted December 20, 2012 at 11:43 am | No comments

G-Men productions has announced the pending release of a new guitar app that will be sure to have the music community talking: The Johnny Winter App.

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Eagle Rock and earMusic to Release Deep Purple CD Live in Paris 1975

Eagle Rock and earMusic to Release Deep Purple CD Live in Paris 1975

Posted December 20, 2012 at 11:27 am | No comments

Live In Paris 1975 has been digitally remixed and re-mastered from the original multi-track recordings, sonically transmitting all the power and electricity of Deep Purple’s live stage prowess.

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On HBO – 28th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction May 18th

On HBO – 28th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction May 18th

Posted December 11, 2012 at 4:32 pm | No comments

At a press conference today at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist and 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Flea announced the list of performer inductees and Ahmet Ertegun Award recipients for induction. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees for 2013 are:

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Grammy Winners Yes to Present a Triple-Header Concert Tour in 2013

Grammy Winners Yes to Present a Triple-Header Concert Tour in 2013

Posted December 10, 2012 at 9:46 am | One comment

In a career first, iconic and Grammy-winning rock band YES will perform three of their classic albums in their entirety, all in one concert, on a special tour in 2013: 1971’s The Yes Album, 1972’s Close to the Edge and 1977’s Going for the One.

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Zoom Offers Revolutionary Stompbox-Style Multi-Effects Pedals

Zoom Offers Revolutionary Stompbox-Style Multi-Effects Pedals

Posted December 4, 2012 at 12:16 pm | No comments

The most advanced model to date in Zoom’s impressive line of pedals, the MS-100BT MultiStomp Guitar Pedal with Bluetooth combines the power and flexibility of a multi-effects pedal and amp modeler with Bluetooth technology in a single stompbox design for only $149.99.

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