ALBUM: Pete Thorn ‘Guitar Nerd’ Listening Party on guitarTV.com
May 19, 2011
Great to see that Pete Thorn‘s hotly anticipated solo album will be having a listening party on the awesome and newly launched guitarTV.com!
Pete Thorn’s Guitar Nerd Listening Party This Friday, May 20 on GuitarTV.com
(LOS ANGELES, CA…MAY 17, 2011) – In celebration of the release of Pete Thorn’s first all instrumental guitar album, Guitar Nerd, Pete and GuitarTV will be hosting a live listening party Friday, May 20 at 10 PM EST/7 PM PST. Pete will be discussing the album, the tracks and the making of Guitar Nerd for this exclusive event.
To learn more about Guitar Nerd please visit CDbaby http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/petethorn through May 30. When you order Guitar Nerd, you will receive a CD with instructions on how to download a 70 minute video lesson! Pete breaks down and teaches a ripping solo from the song “Monster Movie” featuring fast alternate picking, sweep picking, and whammy bar utilization. Also featured is the entire clean solo instrumental piece “Promise”.
Guitar Nerd was written and produced by Pete and features three mixes from Grammy® Award winning engineer and producer Bob Clearmountain (The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams). Other artists appearing on Guitar Nerd include Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), Jon Button (Roger Daltry, Robben Ford, Sheryl Crow) and Jorgen Carlsson (Gov’t Mule) on bass and Blair Sinta (Alanis Morissette, Melissa Etheridge), Toss Panos (Michael Landau, Steve Lukather, John Scofield, Larry Carlton), and Dorian Crozier (Pink, Celine Dion) on drums.
Pete represents a new generation of talented LA session and touring musicians having performed with Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave), James Blunt, Jewel, Daniel Powter, Alicia Keys, and Courtney Love (Hole). Pete can currently be seen touring with Grammy® Award winning artist Melissa Etheridge. Pete has performed to millions of fans worldwide and is actively involved with millions of online users with his popular YouTube channel demonstrations for fine audio and instrument manufacturers including TC Electronic, Carl Martin, and Suhr Guitars. Pete is sponsored by EVH® Gear (Eddie Van Halen) and plays through the Suhr PT100 amp developed by John Suhr with input from Pete.
CHECK IT OUT: Guthrie Govan on cover of Guitar Player Magazine
May 19, 2011
It’s taken a while, in fact Guitar Player magazine had named Guthrie Govan ‘Best New Talent’ way back in 2008 as he was getting more global recognition around the World, in part, due to youtube. But finally the great man has now graced the cover of the July issue of the legendary Guitar Player Magazine:
Being the modern age I can’t wait to get this issue digitally via Zinio!
(ta to Laurie for the heads up)
NEWS: Monkeyfest 2011 Official Poster
May 5, 2011
ALBUM: The Aristocrats recording complete, album being mixed!
May 5, 2011
The Aristocrats, super trio featuring Guthrie Govan, Bryan Beller and Marco Minnemann, have now finished recording and the album is now being mixed, here’s what Ed had to say:
Well, the rough mix is done and the final mixdown will be done by TJ Helmerich over at GIT and the mastering may be done by TJ as well. All I can say is that this album is exactly what we’d expect from a band like this: intense, raw, in-your-face rude, spontaneous, eclectic, groovin’, rockin’ hard, mind-bogglingly complex at times, lyrical, melodic, fun, mischievous, lotsa unexpected twists and turns, and mind-blowingly virtuosic. Yeah yeah, that’s a lot of hype but it’s just one of those albums that won’t grab you right away but still begs for repeated listenings. Then, at the 2nd or 3rd listening, it starts filtering in and knocks you out.
What I can state with confidence is that this is nothing like the G3 (Vai, Satch, Yngwie, EJ) variety and certainly not like DT either but, then, that’s not what you are expecting from this band. It really isn’t anything like ‘Erotic Cakes’ either. This band already has a sound of its own. This sounds and feels like a live trio album. There are virtually no guitar overdubs except for a few here and there to flesh out the mix but this is raw and virtually live. This is what the band wanted for this debut album – no BS!
Really looking forward to this!
ALBUM: Pete Thorn’s ‘Guitar Nerd’ solo album available May 31st!
May 5, 2011
Been keeping an eye on developments with Pete Thorn’s album and glad to receive the official press release stating that the album will be available May 31st!:
ACE SESSION AND TOURING MUSICIAN PETE THORN RELEASES MUCH ANTICIPATED FIRST SOLO ALBUM, GUITAR NERD, ON MAY 31, 2011
(LOS ANGELES, CA…MAY 4, 2011) – Guitar Nerd is Pete Thorn’s first all instrumental guitar album set to release on May 31, 2011. Pete’s virtuosity shines through an eclectic mix of high energy rock and intricate melodic compositions. “The goal was to make a great sounding instrumental rock guitar record, with no compromises artistically or stylistically” says Pete. “I didn’t worry about what is “cool” or “not cool”, I just played a bit of everything that I like to play! In short, “Guitar Nerd” is a true reflection of me – I am (and always will be) a guitar nerd!” Guitar Nerd will be available at CD Baby and iTunes on May 31, 2011.
Guitar Nerd was written and produced by Pete and features three mixes from Grammy® Award winning engineer and producer Bob Clearmountain (The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams). Other artists appearing on Guitar Nerd include Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), Jon Button (Roger Daltry, Robben Ford, Sheryl Crow) and Jorgen Carlsson (Gov’t Mule) on bass and Blair Sinta (Alanis Morissette, Melissa Etheridge), Toss Panos (Michael Landau, Steve Lukather, John Scofield, Larry Carlton), and Dorian Crozier (Pink, Celine Dion) on drums.
Pete represents a new generation of talented LA session and touring musicians having performed with Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave), James Blunt, Jewel, Daniel Powter, Alicia Keys, and Courtney Love (Hole). Pete can currently be seen touring with Grammy® Award winning artist Melissa Etheridge. Pete has performed to millions of fans worldwide and is actively involved with millions of online users with his popular YouTube channel demonstrations for fine audio and instrument manufacturers including TC Electronic, Carl Martin, and Suhr Guitars. Pete is sponsored by EVH® Gear (Eddie Van Halen) and plays through the Suhr PT100 amp developed by John Suhr with input from Pete.
Check out song samples from the album.
