ALBUM: Hear ‘Light Years Away’ from Satriani’s upcoming album ‘Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards’

Joe Satriani has posted up his first single, ‘Light Years Away’, from his upcoming album ‘Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards’ on soundcloud!

Light Years Away by joesatriani

The album is available now to preorder from Amazon and will be released in the UK on October 4th.

P.S Also did not know that Satch had a soundcloud account, very cool!

VIDEO: watch all of ‘Crossroads’, featuring Steve Vai, on youtube for free!

Many thanks to Jean-Loup for the heads up!

You can watch the classic movie ‘Crossroads’ ( the one with Steve Vai and Raplh Macchio ) in full up on youtube!!

Iconic.

“The blues ain’t nothin’ but a good man feelin’ bad, thinkin’ ’bout the woman he once was with.”

CHECK IT OUT: RGT now offering Jazz Guitar Diplomas

The Registry of Guitar Tutors has just launched a new Performance Diploma for Jazz Guitar:

RGT offers a series of fully-accredited post-Grade Eight Performance Diplomas that reflect the specific musical skills needed by jazz guitarists.

There are four levels of Jazz Guitar Performance Diploma available:
Diploma Of The London College Of Music – DipLCM
Associate Of The London College Of Music – ALCM
Licentiate Of The London College Of Music – LLCM
Fellowship Of The London College Of Music – FLCM

Each diploma provides guitarists with the opportunity to gain an internationally recognised professional qualification and to develop their jazz playing skills to an advanced level. The Diplomas are awarded by London College of Music Exams and are accredited by Thames Valley University.

The syllabus is available here.

DVD: Learn to Play Rory Gallagher Guitar Tuition DVD launched by Lick Library

Lick Library’s massive selection of guitar tuition DVDs wouldn’t be complete without including the legendary Rory Gallagher.


Described by Jimi Hendrix as the best guitarist in the world, Rory Gallagher is cited by many modern guitarists including Slash, The Edge and Joe Bonamassa as an inspiration in their formative years. Rory was an Irish Blues / Rock guitarist, famed for his talent, dedication to his craft and his legendary marathon performances.


Learn to Play Rory Gallagher (RRP £24.99) – is over two hours of outstanding guitar tuition by acclaimed guitar teacher Mike Casswell. This double DVD set breaks down five classic Rory Gallagher tracks into easy to learn sections which let you learn every riff and solo note for note. Tracks included on these guitar tuition DVDs are Do You Read Me, Secret Agent, Moonchild, Tattoo Lady and Shadow Play. Mike shares cool little tricks with you as he advises you on how to get the best touch and tone to achieve an out of phase sound similar to Rory Gallagher. Techniques covered include power chords, bending, harmonics, distortion, and how to get the same sound with different hand positions – choose the one most comfortable for you.

Guitar tutor, Mike Casswell, is a world renowned player with an extensive musical history having toured with many of the greatest, played on TV ads, jingles and film soundtracks and worked on theatre productions including We Will Rock You. He is a versatile player with a wide range of influences including Rory Gallagher himself and clear easy manner as he teaches you these fabulous tracks.

Log on and learn at www.licklibrary.com, probably the best online guitar community. If you take your guitar playing seriously check out Lick Library ’s huge range of guitar tuition DVDs.

NEWS: London Music Show Postponed until 2011!

Just announced:

We are sorry to announce that we’ve made the decision to postpone the 2010 London Music Show until 2011 due to exceptionally tough market conditions.

We’re absolutely determined that the first ever London Music Show will offer the most exciting and interactive music show in the UK and we won’t compromise on this promise. We’ll provide details on the 2011 event in due course.


We’d like to thank everyone that has shown their support for the London Music Show. For more details please contact events.londonmusicshow@futurenet.com

Anyone who has purchased tickets for this year’s event will of course receive a full refund. SEE, our ticket provider, will be in touch shortly. For further ticket refund information please contact 0871 620 7059.


Chris Down
Event Director, London Music Show

Was looking forward to that.

Implications for Guitarist Of The Year final?

ALBUM: new Satch album ‘Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards’ announced!

Hot off the press, the new Joe Satriani album has been named and will be released in the UK on October 4th!:

Joe Satriani, one of rock music’s most renowned electric guitarists, has announced that his highly anticipated 14th studio album “Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards” is to be released in the UK on Monday October 4th by Epic records. The album release dovetails Satch’s autumn UK tour, which kicks off on October 17th at the Manchester Apollo.

Click here to read the album press release – http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/JoeSatriani/album.htm

On the new album Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards, Satriani’s classic sound is accompanied by a surprisingly rich new texture. The first single “Light Years Away” is destined to be a hit, alongside several other high energy offerings, like “Wormhole Wizards” and “Premonition.”

Joe Satriani has been a worldwide guitar hero since his 1987 breakthrough album, “Surfing With The Alien”. Over 10-million albums sales, 15 Grammy nominations and numerous accolades later, Joe continues to push the envelope of modern rock guitar playing.

INTERVIEW: Premier Guitar Paul Gilbert Interview

Great interview with Paul Gilbert in the latest Premier Guitar magazine:

You’re a huge fan of the Beatles and all sorts of jangle pop. How does that affect your writing and performing for an all-instrumental album like Fuzz Universe? Is the instrumental format liberating or constraining—or both?


The Beatles are kind of my musical DNA. If I could sing like them, write like them, and make girls jump up and down and scream like they did, then I would never have to play instrumental music at all. But for some reason, playing athletic things on the guitar always came easier to me. So I try to do that in a musical way that even a Beatles fan like me could listen to. More specifically, I try to learn lots of chords from ’60s and ’70s pop songs and use them as the foundation for my melodies. On this album, I used a lot of min7b5 and 7sus4 chords. I love the sound of those chords, and I feel they are terribly underused in heavy rock. I felt it was my mission to bring up the average.

Also, it’s funny you mention the Beatles, because when I was working on the chorus for the opening track, “Fuzz Universe,” I was suddenly inspired with a chord progression and melody. I ran into my studio to record it while it was still in my head. First I recorded the chords, then I started overdubbing the melody, and—damn—I realized I had just written the bridge to a very famous Beatles song. I ended up changing it with a couple of chord substitutions and a totally different melody of my own, but you can still sing the Beatles melody over the top and it fits perfectly. I’ll let you guess which song it is.

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