Great to see that the Bombastic Meatbats will be releasing a new album on October 19th called ‘More Meat’:

Remember the good old days, when jazz-fusion wasn’t all about showing off your chops, and was more about creating sweeping moods, and the importance of songwriting? Well, the Bombastic Meatbats certainly remember those days. Having obviously studied the classic early-to-mid ’70s recordings of such fusion greats as Return to Forever and Jeff Beck, the group (which includes such members as Grammy winning Red Hot Chili Peppers/Chickenfoot drummer Chad Smith, guitarist Jeff Kollman, keyboardist Ed Roth, and bassist Kevin Chown), is back with their sophomore full-length album. Aptly titled, “More Meat,” the album is jam-packed follow-up to last year’s critically acclaimed “Meet the Meatbats,” and once more, is released by Warrior Records via Universal Music Group Distribution.

The album is available for pre order now!

If you’ve not heard them before here they are in their awesomeness:

Light Years Away by joesatriani

The album is available now to preorder from Amazon and will be released in the UK on October 4th.

P.S Also did not know that Satch had a soundcloud account, very cool!

You can watch the classic movie ‘Crossroads’ ( the one with Steve Vai and Raplh Macchio ) in full up on youtube!!

Iconic.

“The blues ain’t nothin’ but a good man feelin’ bad, thinkin’ ’bout the woman he once was with.”

RGT offers a series of fully-accredited post-Grade Eight Performance Diplomas that reflect the specific musical skills needed by jazz guitarists.

There are four levels of Jazz Guitar Performance Diploma available:
Diploma Of The London College Of Music – DipLCM
Associate Of The London College Of Music – ALCM
Licentiate Of The London College Of Music – LLCM
Fellowship Of The London College Of Music – FLCM

Each diploma provides guitarists with the opportunity to gain an internationally recognised professional qualification and to develop their jazz playing skills to an advanced level. The Diplomas are awarded by London College of Music Exams and are accredited by Thames Valley University.

The syllabus is available here.

Lick Library’s massive selection of guitar tuition DVDs wouldn’t be complete without including the legendary Rory Gallagher.


Described by Jimi Hendrix as the best guitarist in the world, Rory Gallagher is cited by many modern guitarists including Slash, The Edge and Joe Bonamassa as an inspiration in their formative years. Rory was an Irish Blues / Rock guitarist, famed for his talent, dedication to his craft and his legendary marathon performances.


Learn to Play Rory Gallagher (RRP £24.99) – is over two hours of outstanding guitar tuition by acclaimed guitar teacher Mike Casswell. This double DVD set breaks down five classic Rory Gallagher tracks into easy to learn sections which let you learn every riff and solo note for note. Tracks included on these guitar tuition DVDs are Do You Read Me, Secret Agent, Moonchild, Tattoo Lady and Shadow Play. Mike shares cool little tricks with you as he advises you on how to get the best touch and tone to achieve an out of phase sound similar to Rory Gallagher. Techniques covered include power chords, bending, harmonics, distortion, and how to get the same sound with different hand positions – choose the one most comfortable for you.

Guitar tutor, Mike Casswell, is a world renowned player with an extensive musical history having toured with many of the greatest, played on TV ads, jingles and film soundtracks and worked on theatre productions including We Will Rock You. He is a versatile player with a wide range of influences including Rory Gallagher himself and clear easy manner as he teaches you these fabulous tracks.

Log on and learn at www.licklibrary.com, probably the best online guitar community. If you take your guitar playing seriously check out Lick Library ’s huge range of guitar tuition DVDs.

We are sorry to announce that we’ve made the decision to postpone the 2010 London Music Show until 2011 due to exceptionally tough market conditions.

We’re absolutely determined that the first ever London Music Show will offer the most exciting and interactive music show in the UK and we won’t compromise on this promise. We’ll provide details on the 2011 event in due course.


We’d like to thank everyone that has shown their support for the London Music Show. For more details please contact events.londonmusicshow@futurenet.com

Anyone who has purchased tickets for this year’s event will of course receive a full refund. SEE, our ticket provider, will be in touch shortly. For further ticket refund information please contact 0871 620 7059.


Chris Down
Event Director, London Music Show

Was looking forward to that.

Implications for Guitarist Of The Year final?

Joe Satriani, one of rock music’s most renowned electric guitarists, has announced that his highly anticipated 14th studio album “Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards” is to be released in the UK on Monday October 4th by Epic records. The album release dovetails Satch’s autumn UK tour, which kicks off on October 17th at the Manchester Apollo.

Click here to read the album press release – http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/JoeSatriani/album.htm

On the new album Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards, Satriani’s classic sound is accompanied by a surprisingly rich new texture. The first single “Light Years Away” is destined to be a hit, alongside several other high energy offerings, like “Wormhole Wizards” and “Premonition.”

Joe Satriani has been a worldwide guitar hero since his 1987 breakthrough album, “Surfing With The Alien”. Over 10-million albums sales, 15 Grammy nominations and numerous accolades later, Joe continues to push the envelope of modern rock guitar playing.

You’re a huge fan of the Beatles and all sorts of jangle pop. How does that affect your writing and performing for an all-instrumental album like Fuzz Universe? Is the instrumental format liberating or constraining—or both?


The Beatles are kind of my musical DNA. If I could sing like them, write like them, and make girls jump up and down and scream like they did, then I would never have to play instrumental music at all. But for some reason, playing athletic things on the guitar always came easier to me. So I try to do that in a musical way that even a Beatles fan like me could listen to. More specifically, I try to learn lots of chords from ’60s and ’70s pop songs and use them as the foundation for my melodies. On this album, I used a lot of min7b5 and 7sus4 chords. I love the sound of those chords, and I feel they are terribly underused in heavy rock. I felt it was my mission to bring up the average.

Also, it’s funny you mention the Beatles, because when I was working on the chorus for the opening track, “Fuzz Universe,” I was suddenly inspired with a chord progression and melody. I ran into my studio to record it while it was still in my head. First I recorded the chords, then I started overdubbing the melody, and—damn—I realized I had just written the bridge to a very famous Beatles song. I ended up changing it with a couple of chord substitutions and a totally different melody of my own, but you can still sing the Beatles melody over the top and it fits perfectly. I’ll let you guess which song it is.

INTRODUCTION
On September 11th 2010 DirtBox will turn 1 year old!

A lot has happened in the past year and the site has developed into MUCH more than I could have imagined and so we are running a competition to commemorate our first birthday.


PRIZES
Sanyo Pedal Juice Worth $200!!

WHAT TO DO
1. Sign up to become a member of the DirtBox forum.
2. Visit this thread – http://www.dirtbox.net/communi…..-form/#p46
3. Answer the simple question honestly.

HOW DO I WIN?
I will read through EVERY entry to the competition and select those that are honest and genuine. Any SPAM entries will be deleted.
The usernames of those who have made entries will be added to a database. On September 11th 2010 I will close the thread and randomly select one of the usernames from the database; that person has won!
I will then contact that person via PM through the forum to obtain their mailling address etc… and post out the prize ASAP.

RULES
Please read these rules very carefully as anyone not complying to the rules will be banned from the competition. These rules are here to make the competition run smoothly.
- Only one entry per person. C’mon guys be reasonable. No multiple usernames, fake e-mail addresses etc. There are ways to check these things and if anyone is found cheating in this manner they will be banned from Dirt Box altogether.
- Anyone can enter anywhere in the world! Age is not important.
- The competition will close when the thread is locked at some point on September 11th 2010 (GMT), so don’t leave your entries to the last minute, get them in as soon as possible.
- This competition should cost you nothing! I will pay postage and packaging but I am NOT liable for any taxes that your government incurs upon arrival of the prize. You SHOULDN’T have to pay anything as this is a competition prize but there is a chance your government will charge you some kind of VAT or other tax. Again, this is not my fault and you will have to pay these charges.
- There are extra rules in the submission thread.

Check out some of these awesome solos: