Posted June 25, 2012 at 6:05 pm | 2 comments
As The Darkness gear up for the August 21 release of their third studio album, Hot Cakes, (Wind-up Records), the group will premiere their raucous first single “Everybody Have A Good Time,” exclusively today on SPIN.com.
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Posted June 25, 2012 at 4:45 pm | No comments
With the release of their seventh album Black Cat Oil, Delta Moon expands upon the sound that has sold an extraordinary number of records and allowed them to play for multitudes of devoted fans the world over in the past several years.
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Posted June 20, 2012 at 5:05 pm | No comments
PRS Guitars is pleased to announce the PRS Summer 2012 Thank You Package and Experience Sweepstakes. This summer program recognizes customers who purchase PRS products and gives fans the opportunity to win a trip for two to attend the 6th annual Experience PRS open house event this fall.
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Posted June 20, 2012 at 4:37 pm | No comments
French-Algerian guitar phenomenon Pierre Bensusan was back in California for a live performance at Santa Monica’s legendary McCabe’s Guitar Shop.
Posted in: Guitar News, Jazz News
Posted June 20, 2012 at 12:36 pm | One comment
It’s hard to pick out the best decades for the ‘guitar gods’. Some might say that the best era for sheer virtuoso playing and soloing was the 1970s and the 1980s, before excess for excess’s sake became a bit out dated.
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Posted June 17, 2012 at 11:37 pm | No comments
June 18th sees the 70th birthday of the one and only Sir Paul McCartney and as a huge mark of respect Paul Weller and his band have recorded a cover of the Beatles classic song “Birthday”(of course). This passionate cover will be made available for ONE DAY ONLY – On June 18th (Macca’s birthday) and it will be available exclusively at Amazon.com for .70 cents.
Posted in: Guitar News, Singer Songwriter News, Six Strings of Separation, Uncategorized
Posted June 15, 2012 at 10:24 pm | 2 comments
How better than to spend a Friday morning with Def Leppard at a BBQ hosted by Fox & Friends, in New York City?
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Posted June 12, 2012 at 4:33 pm | 6 comments
It’s almost inevitable that as guitarists we want to be able to play fast at some point when learning how to play the guitar. Whatever style of music you play, there’s no denying that it’s impressive to pull out fast licks here and there, not just to impress our audience but to also express ourselves in our playing.
Posted in: Guitar Lessons, Instruction News, Rock Guitar Lessons
Posted June 12, 2012 at 8:21 am | No comments
Sometimes when people put their name on a pedal it’s more for the paycheck and less about emulating an aspect of their sound. Luckily this is not the case with the Wylde Overdrive by MXR.
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Posted June 11, 2012 at 1:13 pm | No comments
Platinum-selling rockers Seether are packing their road cases and heading out on tour again this Fall.
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