Rock House Method have just launched an on demand service allowing access to their great lessons online for both Mac and Windows machines.

With contributions from the likes of Rob Balducci, Kiko Loureiro, Rusty Cooley, Alex SKolnick, Vernon Reid , Alex Laiho and loads more and TAB provided for each lesson, this is a great way to enhance your playing:

What is Rock House Method On Demand?

It’s a new and exciting way to deliver Rock House Method products to you quickly and safely using an amazing new media system called MOD Machine.

Rock House Method On Demand downloads lessons directly to your hard drive so you can start watching in just minutes. We have worked dillegently to assure you get the same expirence as you do when you go into a store to buy one of our DVDs. You will get the entire product, tab book and all.

If you landed here because you’re interested in a new product or lesson, and you’ve already downloaded the Rock House Method On Demand application, no need to download it again. Simply launch it from your computer and browse for the titles that interest you.

Playing Videos on Your Computer!


You will need a quick time player to view your videos. Quick Time is free and can play on Mac or Windows. Download and install the latest version of the free Quick Time player from Apple’s website here.

Strings On Fire 2 and Milan Polak in collaboration with T-Rex Engineering present an awesome competition with great prizes just for you!

The Prizes:
1) T-Rex SpinDoctor programmable 4 channel tube preamp
2) T-Rex Michael Angelo Signature distortion pedal
3) T-Rex Bloody Mary distortion pedal

The jury:

Milan Polak: http://www.youtube.com/milanpolak
Julian Puttins: http://www.youtube.com/petruccifever
Laurie Monk: http://www.youtube.com/lauriemonk
Ricardo Walls: http://www.youtube.com/ricardowalls
T-Rex Effects: http://www.youtube.com/TRexEffects

How to enter:

1) Subscribe to Milan Polak’s channel: http://www.youtube.com/milanpolak
2) Download the backing track http://bit.ly/nogodbt
2) video your response solo
3) and then post your video in response to this video (please make sure to ADD YOUR NAME to the title)
4) promote your video
5) Win!

What we are looking for: great improvisation or composition, great tone, note selection. A one take solo, no harmonies, no double tracking, one guy, one guitar, just you against the backing track.

Please note: we have to approve all video responses – this can take several hours! All entries must be submitted BEFORE 23:59 CET 25th of April 2010!!!

Great video interview with Slash from Gibson.com talking about his upcoming self titled solo album and the gorgeous Slash Appetite For Destruction Les Paul:

Here’s what to do to participate to this great Dave Martone contest:

1-Download Dave Martone’s “The Goodie Squiggee Song” backing track

http://bit.ly/cMSsiF

2-Record your video playing your own version of The Goodie Squiggee Song or create your own tune over the playback

Hereafter a link to the tabs and a video of Dave Martone giving some tips and tricks to play this great song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW6Y0c…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIKF_u…

Remember guitar is tuned in: D G D G B D (G open tuning)

Tab of the song is hereafter:

powertab format

http://bit.ly/9rhg5e

pdf format
http://bit.ly/9meVaH
3-Subscribe to The Musical Contest youtube channel

4-Post your video as a response to this video

5-Win!

Best of luck and remember: Dave Martone’s waiting.

Cool!

jamtrackcentral’s Custom Fusion 3 with Alex Hutchings package is now available:

Alex Hutchings is one of the UK’s best-kept guitar secrets, and we think you should hear him NOW!
Alex’s third jamtrack package features five fantastic solos, complete with backing tracks, extended jamtracks and 100% accurate Tab (in standard tuning and Alex’s EADGCF tuning).

INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE

5 Large format 1280 x 720 pixel videos
Audio files of all 5 solos
5 standard audio jam tracks minus solos
5 extended audio jam tracks minus solos
Tab and Powertab transcriptions of all 5 solos in both standard and EADGCF tunings
Bonus tab – backing riffs and rhythm parts

I’m all Mac now and now use the rather awesome MOTU Ultralite mk3 for all my recording needs.

So my E-MU 1616 PCMCIA CardBus laptop audio interface is now up for auction.

The E-MU 1616 Cardbus Laptop Digital Audio System features:

Premium 24-bit/192kHz converters – 112dB signal-to-noise ratio for pristine recording and playback of your tracks

The ultimate portable system – for recording, editing, mixing and virtual instruments – use the E-MU 02 CardBus Card alone for its hardware-accelerated effects and premium stereo headphone/line output or together with the MicroDock for complete analog and digital I/O flexibility.

Hardware-accelerated effects – over 600 standalone and E-MU Power FX VST plug-in effects with no CPU overhead

PatchMix™ DSP zero-latency hardware mixing and monitoring – with super-flexible patchbay – no external mixer needed

Ultra-portable MicroDock offers 16 audio inputs, 16 outputs plus 16 channels of MIDI I/O – everything from balanced analog and turntable inputs to ADAT and S/PDIF (swithable to AES/EBU) for seamless integration with your entire studio

Two E-MU XTC™ studio-grade, ultra-low noise preamps (-127dBu EIN) – with analog soft limiter – Mic/Line and true Hi-Z inputs via Neutrik connectors, , 48V phantom power and 60dB of gain

Compatibility with most popular audio/sequencer applications – ultra-low latency 24-bit/192kHz ASIO 2.0 and stereo WDM drivers

E-MU Production Tools Software Bundle – includes Cakewalk SONAR LE, Steinberg Cubase LE and Wavelab Lite, Ableton Live Lite 4 for E-MU, IK Multimedia AmpliTube LE and T-RackS EQ, Minnetonka diskWelder BRONZE, SFX Machine LT, plus E-MU’s Proteus X LE Desktop Sound Module – everything you need to create, record, edit, master and burn is in the box

Nearly missed this were it not for my gorgeous fiancee who heard an ad for the Paul Jones’ radio show.

This Monday his show will feature highlights from Joe Bonamassa’s concert recorded at Maida Vale.

The show will air Monday March 15th at 19:00 on BBC Radio 2.

Like myself, Jon over at Guitarnoize loves to see how things are made and he’s just blogged some great factory videos from PRS guitars.

The videos provide a great insight into their build process detailing each stage from the Wood Shop Neck and Body ( available April 20th ) teams to the Finish Hall ( available May 11th ), ending up at the Final Assembly ( available July 13th ).

The following videos kick off the series looking at the Wood Shop’s Neck team:

For auction Hal Leonard Guitar Signature Licks: The Best Of Pat Martino by Wolf Marshall.

The Guitar Signature Licks series are really great books with accurate transcriptions and a step-by-step breakdown of the techniques, musical concepts and background of each song featured.

Book is in great condition and comes with CD with scarily accurate performances of the transcriptions. Mixed so that the left channel can be used as a backing track for your own practice.

Learn the trademark Riffs, solos and compositions of the modern Jazz Guitar Virtuoso!
In depth explorations of 14 works:

All Blues
Along Came Betty
Blue In Green
El Hombre
The Great Stream
Interchange
Nefertiti
Nightwings
Noshufuru
Oleo
Road Song
Stone Blue
Strings
The Visit

Yes!

The highly anticipated Chickenfoot live DVD ‘Get Your Buzz On’ will be released in the US on April 20th and in UK on April 26th on both DVD and Blu-ray formats.

Chickenfoot brings together the talents of ex-Van Halen members Sammy Hagar (guitar & vocals) and Michael Anthony (bass), Red Hot Chilli Peppers drummer Chad Smith and legendary guitar hero Joe Satriani. Coming together initially in late 2008 they released their eponymous debut album in the spring of 2009 to unanimous critical acclaim and spectacular sales. With their combined pedigree they were always going to be a great live band and the album release was inevitably followed by tour dates in Europe and North America. This show was filmed at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona on September 23rd and proves that the onstage chemistry between the four performers is something genuinely special.

The Blu-ray and DVD editions of this exciting concert are jam-packed with exclusive, never-before-seen backstage footage, rare interviews, extra performance footage, photo gallery and hilarious segments featuring a host of surprise special guests, including Adam Corolla, Bob Weir and Christopher Guest (alias Nigel Tufnel) from the hit movie “Spinal Tap”.

Track listing:

01. Avenida Revolution
02. Sexy Little Thing
03. Soap On A Rope
04. My Kinda Girl
05. Down The Drain
06. Bitten By The Wolf
07. Oh Yeah
08. Learnin’ To Fall
09. Get It Up
10. Turnin’ Left
11. Future In The Past
12. Bad Motor Scooter
13. My Generation

Main Concert:

Running Time: 97 minutes (approx)

Bonus Features:

* Documentary
* Band Interviews
* Running time: 60 minutes (approx)
* Photo Gallery

Looking forward to this!

The concert footage was captured on 16 different hi-def cameras and I really loved the clarity and sound on my first live concert BluRay, Vai’s ‘Where The Wild Things Are”.

Can’t wait!