MasterThatLick! – A Dorian Scalar Tapping Lick
January 29, 2011
A new MasterThatLick! Lesson has been added to mastertheguitar video lessons:
CHECK IT OUT: Shred Master – Exercises & Studies from guitarnoize
January 25, 2011
Jonathan Bloomer, mastermind behind the epic guitar blog guitarnoize.com, has just released a comprehensive eBook called ‘Shred Master – Exercises & Studies‘.
The book features tablature of 25 excellent lessons to help build finger strength and dexterity as well as right hand picking accuracy and speed.
What sets this book from the crowd though is the fact each lesson comes with a high definition video lesson showing you how to play each exercise!
Each lesson is clearly transcribed and logical camera placement enables the viewer to get a good clear look at both hands for mastering each exercise.
The sheer amount of material on offer should appeal to players of all levels from beginners to advanced and greatly improve anyone’s playing.
Exercises run the full gamut of modern techniques covering legato, string bending, string skipping, alternate picking, string crossing, economy picking, hybrid picking and tapping.
All this for only $12.99 or in other words $0.52 a lesson!
MasterThatRiff! 67 – Muse “Plug In Baby”
January 24, 2011
It’s new MasterThatRiff! time.
This time looking at the epic Muse and their classic song ‘Plug In Baby’
Tab available here.
ALBUM: Joe Bonamassa announces new solo album ‘Dust Bowl’
January 20, 2011
Joe Bonamassa is on a roll, after the great success of Black Country Communion he has just announced that his new album ‘Dust Bowl’ will be released in the UK on March 21st:
Joe Bonamassa is set to release his 12th full-length solo album, DUST BOWL in the UK on March 21st and in the USA on March 22nd. The album will be promoted on Bonamassa’s forthcoming 2011 Dust Bowl World Tour that will take in America, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia.
DUST BOWL is Bonamassa’s 9th studio release on Provogue Records in Europe and his J&R Adventures label (which he created with long-time manager Roy Weisman) in the US and his 6th collaboration with Dust Bowl’s producer, Kevin “Caveman” Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Black Crowes, Black Country Communion).
Recorded in sessions at Black Rock Studios in Santorini, Greece, Ben’s Studio in Nashville, TN, The Cave in Malibu, CA and The Village in Los Angeles, CA, Dust Bowl combines the gritty, blues-based tones of Bonamassa’s first albums with the fluid, genre-defying sounds he’s mastered in the years since, plus a dose of Nashville in duets with legends John Hiatt and Vince Gill.
“Dust Bowl,” Shirley explains, “is very firmly rooted in the Blues, but definitely explores the outer reaches of the genre and showcases Joe’s amazing virtuosity as he digs deep into his psyche in some lengthy and blistering guitar solos.”
“This is the best album we’ve ever done,” adds Bonamassa. “I’m finding more inspiration in storytelling in my 30s, in writing songs that are about something more profound than ‘my baby left me.’ I like albums that are made with the right intentions and sound organic and a little rough around the edges, like a great band playing live in the room, and that’s what we accomplished with Dust Bowl.”
NAMM: Guthrie Govan and Ron Thal Jam!
January 19, 2011
I absolutely love this video.
Not for the fact you have unbelievable playing but because both of these true modern day virtuosos are having so much fun!
VIDEO: Andy Wood and Guthrie Govan January 17th Gig 2011 (UPDATED)
January 18, 2011
Great to see some footage from Guthrie Govan and Andy Wood’s gig at the Alvas Showroom last night:
Fingers crossed more footage appears!
UPDATE:
Yay more footage now appearing-
NAMM: Guthrie Govan, Bryan Beller and Marco Minnemann Anaheim Bass Bash (UPDATED)
January 18, 2011
Yay!
Finally some footage is emerging from the reportedly amazing gig by Guthrie Govan, Bryan Beller and Macro Minnemann at the Anaheim Bass Bash:
