MasterThatMelody! 04 - Wayne Shorter “Footprints”

New MasterThatMelody ( it’s been a while ) looking at the timeless Wayne Shorter classic, Footprints.

New Guthrie Govan bluesjamtracks Videos and Jam tracks!!

Fresh from Bluesjamtracks, new sneak peek Funk Fusion improv videos played by the one and only Mr Guthrie Govan! For their new jamtrack package!!!

Blurb about the new mini package:

You can’t have too much Guthrie Govan, so we enlisted his help with a brand new format! With this mini-bundle, you get a much more intensive approach to improving your soloing skills. Using a funky jam track in E minor, Guthrie has played four short solos, each with a different sound and feel.

And here’s those taster vids!

Six String Bliss TV Themes Album ‘Stay Tuned’ released!

Six String Bliss, the totally rockin guitar related weekly podcast, has released a TV Theme album called ‘Stay Tuned’ featuring covers of classic TV themes performed by the Six String Bliss community.

This is it, the much anticipated Stay Tuned Album. The listeners have spoken with their guitars and given us all this fantastic album to share. The album is comprised of cover versions of TV theme songs. Please download this album and hear for yourself.

Upon clicking to download you will be downloading a zip file which includes: the full high-resolution artwork, the 16 mp3 files and the full liner notes written by PT, Pipes and each artist appearing on the album.

Thank you to all the artists who contributed. Thank you our families and the families and friends of all the artists who put up with the time spent locked in the studio knocking these tracks out. Thank you to Jim Russell for the fantastic cover art. It fits the project, and the Bliss, perfectly. Thank you to Larry ‘Laughinglarry’ Smith for all your help in spreading the word of this album. And finally, thank you to all the listeners of Six-String Bliss. Even if your name is not on the back cover, this is YOUR album. You keep us going, and your support helped build the community that produced this album. And who knows… maybe your name will be on the cover next time around!

I remember listening to the podcast when the seed of the concept was first put forward and instantly though it was a great idea!. In fact I already had a theme in mind. So I fired up Logic for its first major recording since getting the new iMac and got to work. And which theme I hear you ask? Well it *had* to be:

A-Team Theme

and from the CD liner notes:

Note from the artist:
“The A-Team was one of my favourite TV shows when I was younger. Brilliantly cheesy and over the top with its slo-mo fight scenes, The making of a tank from little more than a nail and some Gaffa tape to helicopters crashing into mountains and the pilots getting out unscathed at the end!


So when I spotted the TV Theme thread it I just had to have a go!

I recorded all the guitar parts using my fabulous Suhr Pro Series S3 and the bass part on my old Peavey Dynabass, both through Guitar Rig. Drums were programmed using the stunning BFD from FXpansion and the whole lot was recorded using Logic Pro 8 on an iMac.”


Note from Pipes and PT:
“We had not heard a track from Mark before, we weren’t sure what to expect. To say we were pleasantly surprised would be an understatement. This is a great companion piece to Magnum P.I. Mike Post was in on both and they are both highlights of this album!

This is another huge sounding track. We’ve got to learn the secrets of this big sound! As a side note, PT was not allowed to watch this show as a kid, so it was great to finally hear the theme music!”

The whole album is a great collaboration from a great podcast community and was great fun to be a part of. Check it out!

Guitar Idol 2009!?

Just had a random check of the Guitar Idol site and looks like Guitar Idol 2009 has kicked off!

There are categories this time with acoustic, rock, metal/shred, jazz/fusion, country and blues genres and a series of three heats.

I have a fair guess which will prove most popular ;).

Looks like it’s gonna be bigger and better than 2008’s competition!

Steve Vai Young Guitar Videos

Missed these when they were posted in August!!

Awesome Young Guitar videos of Steve Vai playing a couple of Demos and interview. As well as explaining about techniques and riffs of certain pieces which were performed with the Metropole Orchestra on ‘Sound Theories’, talking about rhythm of ‘Answers’, the time signature of ‘The Attitude Song’, sustainer fun on ‘I’m Becoming’ and a Vai fave, talking guitar!!:

George Benson’s Breezin’ Lounge goes live!

George Benson’s Breezin Lounge in conjunction with Workshoplive has finally gone live!

I’m currently signed up for the Satch lessons and it looks to be following the same format where two lessons will be posted every month which you can subscribe to for a monthly sub of $9.95. I imagine there’ll also be some interviewing about George’s influences, musical history etc.

Niiiice.