The talented Martin Miller’s Fusion Series 1 package is now available from jamtrackcentral.com:

Martin Miller is one of the most exciting young fusion players around at the moment. With this in mind, we are proud to have him join the JTC artist roster and we can now announce his debut package has officially arrived.
This package contains three outstanding rock/fusion tracks and comes with shortened solo tracks, extended jam tracks, full length hi-res videos of each track being played by Martin and, of course, completely accurate TAB.

Have you noticed our new slogan…’the no.1 in guitar improvisation’? Well, Martin really sums this up. He tackles these three original jam tracks with mind blowing improvised runs and he has included some notes to help you improvise over these great jam tracks too.

3 Full Hi Quality Videos in MP4
3 Solo Tracks in MP3
3 Extended Jam Tracks in MP3
Completely Accurate TAB in PDF and Powertab Format
Hints and Tips From Martin

Here’s a taster of what is on offer:

Been meaning to blog about this for a while, check out these fantastic shots from the Erotic Cakes gig at The Black Stuff pub in Udine,Italy:

If you haven’t seen it already I wholeheartedly recommend you check out this brilliantly filmed movie featuring highlights from this year’s amazing Monkeyfest:

Early bird tickets are now available for Monkeyfest 2012!

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:

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!

Recently crowned Guitarist Of The Year, Rick Graham, has recorded a video lesson showing you how to play his winning track ‘Thin Ice’:

The lesson has been recorded in glorious HD video and features:

Full 11-page transcription of ‘Thin Ice’ by Jordan ‘Bakerman’ Baker who has been responsible for transcribing, among many others, the work of U.S. band Dream Theater.

A full video performance of the track ‘Thin Ice’ along with breakdown videos of the entire track filmed in Full HD 1080p resolution.

MP3 album recording of ‘Thin Ice’ taken from my debut album ‘Insideout’.

2 different MP3 backing tracks with different endings so that you can play the album version (with fadeout) or perform the track in a live setting (without fadeout)

MP3 of the album recording of the solo section with everything but the lead guitar and Hi-hat removed (Hi-hat for rhythmic reference)

Grab the lesson package for $15 from here.

A couple weeks back I blogged about the great new documentary, ‘Crybaby – The Pedal That Rocks The World‘ and that Parts 1 and 2 had been uploaded well now the full film is available to view! -

This is some piece of work and great news for Dream Theater fans!

Lick Library has just released the ultimate shredding guitar tuition DVD with the launch of Jam With Dream Theater. This is a double DVD guitar tuition set, with Andy James taking you through the intricacies of some of the world’s most skilled guitar playing, all in the style of John Petrucci and Dream Theater, the award winning progressive rock band.

Dream Theater’s guitarist John Petrucci is well known for his fast riffs, technical wizardry, and precise execution. John was named one of the ‘Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders Of All Time’ by GuitarOne magazine, and in 2009 he was the number two best metal guitarist by Joel McIVer in his book ‘The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists’.

Jam with Dream Theater ( RRP £27.99) Double DVD set shows you how to play seven tracks that span more that a decade (1992 TO 2009) of Dream Theater music. From the classic Images and Words album, this new DVD features a guitar lesson on Pull Me Under, widely considered to be Dream Theater’s most well known song and also Under A Glass Moon.

The DVD then takes a look at the only instrumental, from the third album Awake, Erotomania followed the tracks Fatal Tragedy ( Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes From A Memory ), As I Am (Train Of Thought )and Wither (Black Clouds & Silver Linings ). Finally the DVD features a guitar lesson on Constant Motion from the Systematic Chaos album which is well known for its various complex time changes.

Andy James, a well respected guitarist and teacher is well placed to take you through these challenging guitar parts, as he explores the demanding rhythms and solos of John Petrucci. Techniques that are explored include alternate picking, sweeping and legato. Andy takes you through the solo’s melodic structures step by step, breaking them down into easy to understand and replicate sections.

In addition to the two DVD’s there is a CD with the seven backing tracks for you to play along to. This CD has a real live band feel to it with renowned drum teacher Pete Reilly on drums and the astonishing bass player Andy Staples.

To find out more about this ultimate shredders DVD guitar tuition set and other products visit www.licklibrary.com

You may recall back in December I blogged about an awesome upcoming documentary looking at the legendary Crybaby wah wah pedal, well now Parts 1 and 2 of the film are now available for you to watch online!:

Part 3 goes live on February 28th with the full film being available on March 7th.

Thanks to Pete from iheartguitar for the heads up.