Milan Polak’s “T-Rex Monster Pedal Competition” Winners Announced!
December 30, 2009
A thankless task for Laurie and Milan, but they somehow managed to pick an awesome top three from the hundreds of great entries in the “T-Rex Monster Pedal Competition“:
In descending order the winners are:
2) Lyle Watt
3) Chris Pallas
Congratulations to the guys, great solos and many thanks to Laurie and Milan for the hard work and time in putting on another cool competition!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
December 22, 2009
Andy Timmons DiMarzio Videos
December 19, 2009
Spotted over on truthinshredding great vids of Andy Timmons chatting about his gear, Jeff beck, being musical and playing some ‘Electric Gypsy’ and ‘Cry For Me’:
COMPETITION: Shred This Too!
December 19, 2009
The *amazing* Marco Sfogli has teamed up with truthinshredding for ‘Shred This Too!’:
HOW TO ENTER: Truth In Shredding and Marco Sfogli wants you to shred this too!!
Marco Sfogli wants you to play… so Truth In Shredding has lined up this awesome judging firepower:
Marco Sfogli: http://www.marcosfogli.com
Rick Graham: http://youtube.com/starlinginspector
Tom Quayle: http://youtube.com/tq105
Magnus Olsson: http://www.magnusolsson.com
Chris Brooks: http://www.chrisbrooks.net
The Prizes:
1 Tom Quayle: Toadworks John Bull Mark III
2 Magnus Olsson: Ibanez SM7 Smash Box
3 Marshall Harrsion: signed guitar transcription volume 1
4 Richie Kotzen: signed Peace Sign
5 Lori Linstruth, Arjen Lucassen: signed Guilt machine
How you enter
1 Download the backing track http://tiny.cc/sfoglibt
2 video your response solo
3 Complete the entry form http://tiny.cc/sfogliform
4 and then post your video in response to this video: http://www.youtube.com/video_response_upload?v=Q9QH-2U9W2M
5 promote your video
6 Win!
What we are looking for: Great improvisation or composition. great tone, note selection A one take solo, no harmonies, no double tracking, one guy, one guitar, just you against the backing track.
Good Luck
Guitar Edge Magazine’s Best Riffs of 2009
December 17, 2009
Guitar Edge Magazine has published a great Best Riffs of 2009 feature with TAB.
The Riffs are:
1. Mastodon—“Divinations”
2. Shadows Fall—“My Demise”
3. Brad Paisley—“Catch All the Fish”
4. Breaking Benjamin—“Fade Away”
5. Five Finger Death Punch—“Bulletproof”
6. Zac Brown—“Toes”
7. Lamb of God—“Grace”
8. Megadeth—“This Day We Fight”
47 Sites Every Recording Musician Should Visit
December 16, 2009
Posted last month audiotuts+ ( a great website I hadn’t heard of before that blogs tutorials on the tools and techniques for recording, producing and mixing ) has compiled a great ‘47 Sites Every Recording Musician Should Visit‘ post.
It lists sites on Music Education, Online Magazines and Blogs, Forums, Resource Sites, Keyboard Sites, Synth Sites, Guitar Sites, Sites for Listening to Music and Music Stores.
A great resource in itself, the post really hammers homw what great material is out there online for Musicians!
Check it out!
MasterThatRiff! 54 – Judas Priest “Breaking The Law”
December 10, 2009
Back with some more installments of MasterThatRiff!
Getting back into the swing of things with the classic ‘Breaking The Law‘ by Judas Priest!
