ALBUM: Pete Thorn “Guitar Nerd” CD/Lesson Sampler video
May 28, 2011
VIDEO: Monkeyfest 2011 Offcial Trailer – Guthrie Govan, Alex Hutchings, Andy James
May 26, 2011
VIDEO: Guthrie Govan, Patrick Rondat, Pascal Mulot @ Pacific Rock 2011
May 26, 2011
Here’s a couple of great videos from Guthrie Govan at Pacific Rock 2011 playing with Patrick Rondat, playing ‘Led Boots’ and ‘Still Got The Blues’:
Guthrie Govan – Guitar ; Patrick Rondat – Guitar ; Youri De Groote – Guitar ; Aurel Ouzoulias – Drums ; Pascal Mulot – Bass ; Patrick – Vocals
cheers to Laurie for the heads up
NEWS: Guitarist Of The Year 2011 finalists announced!
May 23, 2011
Just spotted this on Musicradar, the Guitarist Of The Year top 5 finalists have been announced!
And they are….*drum roll*
Awesome to see both Nick Andrew and Rick Graham make the finals 
The finals themselves will be held at the London Guitar Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in London on June 4th
NEWS: Monkeyfest 2011 Artist Roster Confirmed, Guthrie Govan, Alex Hutchings, Andy James
May 20, 2011
Following the announcement of its launch, the artist roster for MonkeyFest has been finalised…
The Fellowship featuring Guthrie Govan, plus Guthrie Govan workshop
Alex Hutchings (with band), plus workshop
Sacred Mother Tongue
Andy James (solo set), plus workshop
Rob Chapman, plus blues/rock workshop
Godsized
Haken
Sons of Icarus
Mike Dawes and Amy Turk, plus contemporary acoustic techniques workshop
Adam Lee
Greg Davies
Decodes
Doghouse
Lyle Watt
Red Kites
Us Against All
Ben Wilshire presenting an Yngwie Malmsteen workshop
Fred Brum, plus expanding the guitar: 7-strings and more workshop
Mark McGuigan Beyond the Pentatonic workshop
Sammy Coulson Picking Techniques and Licks workshop
Adam Ironside, plus composition and writing workshop
Jess Lewis
Damon Chivers
The final spot goes to the winners of a competition that the festival host, Rob Chapman has launched on YouTube. They will win the opportunity to play on Saturday 2nd, and open for one of the headline acts.
With a line-up of virtuosos from all over the world, and a fantastic venue to hold the event, MonkeyFest tickets are selling fast and available from just £55.
COMPETITION: Shredknowledge ‘Play 4 SK’ competition over $600 of prizes to be won!
May 19, 2011
Check out this awesome competition from the guys over at shredknowledge.com
and here is that amazing list of prizes worth over $600:
$220 Sonuus i2m usb midi converter and hiZ audio interface
$160 Guthrie Govan bluesjamtracks (all his works)
$120 of www.picksofstone.com stone picks
$100 of guitarplayback.com vouchers
$80 INTEX professional guitar cable
$60 6 packs or rotosound strings
$40 sound and the story Troy Stetina
$40 derryl gable dvd of choice from his 13 peice fusion pack
$40 V-pick packs
$33 lick library synyster Gates
$30 German schausstotal shred guitarist
$30 rock house on demand dvd
$30 innerplatarium and toby knapp shredguy cds
$12 Guitarnoize tuition vids
$12 Micheal dolce’s CD
$10 Marco de ros DVD
$10 Buzznut pack
All you need to do to enter is to film yourself either playing over one of the great backing tracks from www.jamtrackcentral.com backing or your own original track then post it as a video response to the video above.
If you are quick you may be lucky enough to be one of the first 10 entrants who will automatically will win a V-Pick!
Entries will be judged by Michael Dolce and German Schauss and all playing levels are welcome in fact one novice winner will be picked from all the entries so no matter your level you stand a chance of winning.
So what are you waiting for? Fire up the video camera and get noodling!
ALBUM: Andy James new album out July 18th listen to new song ‘War March’
May 19, 2011
Excited about Andy James‘ new album which will be released on July 18th on Transcend records. As a taster Andy uploaded audio for the track “War March”:
Album track listing:
Legion
Angel of Darkness
The Storm
What Lies Beneath
Burn It Down
Into The Void
Dust in the Wind
Seperation
Gateways
Bullet In The Head
War March
