ALBUM: Andy James guest solo on upcoming album from Jonas Tamas

Andy James has been a busy boy of late, with the release of his new solo CD and recording/touring with Sacred Mother Tongue, he has managed to guest on Jonas Tamas’ upcoming album ‘Timeless Hour’:

English guitar virtuoso Andy James plays a stunning guest guitar solo for the song Borderline, one of the new songs on Jonas Tamas’ upcoming instrumental guitar album Timeless Hour. Despite of his full schedule of writing music, releasing his new album, touring with his band Sacred Mother Tongue, and making new guitar tutorial DVDs as well as a series of guitar books, Andy was kind enough to find the time and record a fantastic guitar solo for one of the heaviest songs on the second album of Jonas Tamas.

The upcoming second instrumental guitar album of Jonas Tamas will feature international stars as guest players, including Mattias IA Eklundh (Freak Kitchen), Brett Garsed (Planet X, etc.), Marcel Coenen (Sun Caged), Thorsten Koehne (Eden’s Curse), singer Mischa Mang (Ivanhoe, ex-Dreamscape), and the new keyboard wizard Sergey Boykov (Shadow Cry).

Here’s a sneak peak of Jonas in the studio working on the album:

VIDEO: new ‘Jazzy Jams’ jamtrackcentral.com package with Alex Hutchings out soon!

Alex Hutchings has been back to the jamtrackcentral studio working a new ‘Jazzy Jams’ package which, as usual, will feature 100% accurate transcriptions, extended backing tracks and full length videos:

VIDEO: Talking tone and building guitars with John Suhr on Suhr Factory tour!

Check out these five videos from Accordo.it showing a tour of the Suhr Guitars factory with John Suhr himself!

A fascinating and informative 45 mins where John Suhr talks about the whole build process, tone woods, the pros and cons of finishing and much more.

I love factory tour videos but backed up with the knowledge of one of the top builders in the World this is not to be missed!

Also nice to see behind the scenes, where my custom will eventually be made

I would have missed this had it not been for Jon over a guitarnoize for finding and posting!

So many thanks Jon!

MasterThatRiff! 72 – Derek and the Dominos “Layla”

Like a bit of Clapton? Then check out the new MasterThatRiff! looking at the iconic “Layla” by Derek and the Dominos:

TAB available here.

ALBUM: New Richie Kotzen Album ’24 Hours’ finished and to be released soon

Always great to hear about a new Kotzen album. An update from the man himself states that the new CD, ’24 Hours’, is now done and ready for release:

Hello Friends and Fans,

The latest news is that my new cd is finished!

The new cd is called 24 Hours. There will be a new music video posted very soon for the title track. I can’t wait to share the new music with everyone!

Official release date TBA.

Sincerely,
RK

NEWS: Robben Ford Clinic at Peach Guitars September 11th

This September 11th the legendary Robben Ford will be holding a clinic exclusively at Peach Guitars!:

Get in early as we’re limited to only 25 places, when will there ever be a chance to have a guitar lesson with a guitar legend like this?

Four-time Grammy nominated musician Robben Ford has played with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, The Yellowjackets, Gregg Allman, Michael McDonald, Phil Lesh and countless other music legends. Ford will present a master class on guitar and music theory for beginning and intermediate level musicians on Sunday 11th September, 2011.

The class will focus on the basic building blocks of music theory, chord progressions, the use of voicings, listening and improvisation. There will be an emphasis on the importance of the blues in building a strong musical foundation, as well as the understanding and usage of advanced harmony to add dimension to simple music forms and chord progressions. The guitar will be featured, but beginning and mid-level students of any instrument would benefit from this class.

Starts at 10am and ends at 4pm

We’ll be holding this in the store, so it’ll be a great atmosphere and i’m sure we’ll all learn a lot from it.

This is great chance to learn from one of the true guitar greats, tickets are available now, costing £150 for the day.

CHECK IT OUT: jamtrackcentral.com new look website launches

jamtrackcentral.com have just launched their new look website!:

EDIT: jamtrackcentral are now on Google+

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