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Lead guitar is more than likely why you wanted to learn to play blues guitar in the first place. The lead parts of a song are often the most expressive parts a guitarist can play. On top of that there are all sorts of techniques and tricks that can really draw attention to the guitarist. There [...]

Hi, readers.This boy is amazing. He play like a guitar hero. What a wonderful boy. Read the post.When Tallan "T-Man" Latz was 5, he saw Joe Satriani playing guitar on TV. "I turned around to my dad and said, "That's exactly what I want to do.'" Three years and countless hours of practicing later, 8-year-old Tallan is a blues guitar prodigy. He's played in bars and clubs, including the House of Blu

The title speaks the truth and if you realize that you don't know a certain chord and then start feeling bad, you really shouldn't because you'll know it now. This lesson is definitely directed towards beginning guitarists, but you never know - there may be something new here. I built this list based upon what chords are the most common or well known, but I have found that this is a really good

In case you missed my previous article about Lightning Hopkins the legendary acoustic Blues Guitar Player, here’s another song  complete with sunglasses, it’s a slow blues, talking style of vocal line. This is history and it’s wonderful to have it saved and preserved on video.  It’s from the American Folk Blues Festival 1964.  His voice is outstanding [...]

Here’s another beautiful guitar piece on youtube video by the brilliant Andy McKee acoustic guitarist.  Notice how he uses a half capo that only covers some of the strings.  He  is one of the most natyrally percussive players that I have ever heard.  he’s playing a Lowden guitar, not unlike the ones Pierre Bensusan used for [...]

07-21-2008 Guest Drummer and Guitarist for the “Darkness Arena” Remake Guitarist FOX IV - sent a demo recording to A.D. a few months ago of his ideas for the song darkness. After much debate John took on the challenge of finding all of the old parts on various multi track tapes and reassembling the song into a [...]

I don't believe that I have ever posted anything about Robert Cray. Which is a shame, becaue I really like him a lot. He is on my list of favorite living gutar players.Buy at AllPosters.com Amazon.com WidgetsThe Robert Cray Band Official WebsiteRobert Cray's MySpace page.

This week the nationally syndicated, Wyldside Radio Show, is proud to bring you an exclusive interview with none other than guitarist extraordinaire, Brad Gillis of NIGHT RANGER! Brad will be dishing all the dirt to us about Night Ranger’s first new studio album in over a decade, Hole In The Sun, the band's upcoming performance at Rocklahoma 2008, and the bands formula for keeping it all togethe

Guitarist Bo Diddley dead at 79: Bo Diddley, singer - songwriter - guitarist, died at the age of 79 of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida.Bo Diddley, the musical pioneer whose songs, such as "Who Do You Love?" and "Bo Diddley," melded rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll through a distinctive thumping beat, has died. He was 79. Diddley died Monday, surrounded by family and loved ones at h

News: 01-06-2008: A really interesting post on the petrucci forum by Martin Wichmann. He of this video fame: Matin asks: I was just listening to clips of famous guys and couldn't help thinking.... if they were unknown players now and were posting videos on You Tube, would they be held in such high regard as they were when they started? I guess the argument could be made that a lot of those...

TRIXTER guitarist Steve Brown's new recording of the underground KISS track "A Million To One", a song co-written by Paul Stanley and Vinnie Vincent, premiered during the May 30 episode of nationally syndicated radio program "Friday Night Rocks". In the studio with DJ Eddie Trunk were Steve and his TRIXTER bandmate Mark "Gus" Scott, who were there to promote the upcoming TRIXTER reunion. Regarding

Long-running Swiss rockers KROKUS who recently announced that they were reforming in their classic formation featuring Marc Storace (vocals, 56), Fernando Von Arb (guitar, 53), Chris Von Rohr (bass, 56) and Freddy Steady (drums, 55) — have issued the following update:"It's official! No more speculation on who's gonna be the last part of the most-anticipated KROKUS comeback puzzle. No other than

05-19-2008 For our upcoming album tentatively titled 1984 we have some amazing guest musicians who will be joining us. Rather than reveal everyone all at once we are going to go little by little. MAG a guitar player from Quebec City, Canada will be playing a few solo’s on 1984. We have already started to work on two solo’s which are [...]

Founding Trixter guitarist Steve Brown has been added to the roster of the upcoming tribute album "KISS MY ANKH: A Tribute To Vinnie Vincent." In an oddly appropriate twist of phrase, the man known for the #1 Dial MTV hit "One In A Million" will tackle the underground Kiss favorite "A Million To One." Steve's contribution will be an elaborate acoustic rendition of the song, putting a fresh new spi

MOTLEY CRUE guitarist MICK MARS has asked a judge to suspend payments to an ex-girlfriend he has accused of breaking a palimony agreement.Mars - real name Robert Alan Deal - filed suit against former lover Robbie Mantooth in 2006, alleging she breached the terms of a palimony agreement between the former couple who were together for 14 years between 1990 and 2004.Mantooth originally sued Deal clai

News: 15-05-2008: Part one of Mike de Jagers interview with the maestro Joe Satriani at the prestigious Birmingham Symphony Hall for Guitarist TV. Is'nt that Paul Gilbert I hear singing in the background. This is a content summary only. Visit Truth In Shredding to find out more!

Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman spoke with Australia's Beat magazine about how astonished the band was after seeing Disturbed soundchecking before a show in England. Weinman said that the Chicago rockers were "practicing where they were g

Keith Richard brit gitáros, énekes, dalszerző 1943. december 18-án született Dartfordban, és az 1962-ben alakult Rolling Stones egyik alapító tagjaként vált ismertté és világhírűvé.A zenekarnak Mick Jagger mellett másik meghatározó egyénisége. Kábítószer- és alkoholfüggősége munkásságán, arcán és hírnevén is mély nyomokat hagyott, a bulvárlapoknak is állandó témát nyújt.Megmondom őszintén igen elcsodálkoztam a százas listán elfoglalt előkelő helyén, de a listák már csak ilyenek, szubjektívek.Az 1968-ban megjelent Beggars Banquet című Rolling Stones lemezt azért választottam, mert ez volt az utolsó Rolling album, amelynek felvételein a tragikusan fiatalon elhunyt multiinstrumentalista Brian Jones is közreműködött.Az album ma má

Say it ain't so. Despite having his music featured in both Guitar Hero III and Rock Band, Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo suggests that playing rhythm games is a waste of time."You should just play a real instrument.""I don't get those games at all," Cuomo told Joystick Division in an undated interview published on Thursday. "I mean, I haven't tried them. But they must be fun because people love them."But, to me, it seems like if you're going to put that much effort into playing something, you should just play a real instrument [laughs]."It's unclear whether Cuomo was merely being cheeky, or if he seriously doubts the investment spent on becoming an expert faux guitar player.Multiple Weezer songs are featured in both Rock Band and Guitar Hero III, which pay artists to license the use of thei

Playing any instrument is really a love/hate relationship. We all want to be able to play fantastically powerful/expressive/advanced/compelling music, but rarely want to practice to reach such a goal. There are exceptions, but I think the majority of us would rather “play” our instruments than “practice” them. Why shouldn’t we? [...]

A Rolling Stone Magazin által 2003-ban összeállított, minden idők 100 legjobb gitárosát tartalmazó listán a hetedik az 1954. október 3-án Dallasban, Texas államban született Stephen ("Stevie") Ray Vaughan, aki egyike Amerika legmeghatározóbb elektromos-blues gitárosainak.Bár már egészen fiatalon zenélni kezdett, az első igazi áttörést az 1980-ban Austinban rögzített rádiófelvétel jelentette, mely után - a kiadó és szerződés nélküli együttesek közül elsőként - a Montreaux-i Jazz Fesztiválon léphetett fel kisérőzenekarával, a Double Trouble-val.1983-as bemutatkozó albumuk, a Texas Flood kirobbanó siker volt, következő két lemeze is aranylemez lett.Alkoholfüggősége miatt néhány év szünet következik, majd egy sikeres elvonókúrát k

I am very excited to announce that “The Garden I long for” will feature classical guitarist Kostas Grigoreas - An eminent member of the Greek guitar fraternity, and one of the most serious figures in the field of classical guitar. Kostas studied guitar and theory on a British Council scholarship at Royal Northern College of [...]

In the spirit of kickin' 'em when they're down, we thought we'd lace 'em up and give a solid punt to the arse of everyone's favorite crap-rock poster boys, Bon Jovi in this, another of our 'music and booze-themed' postings.'Jovi Guitarist Ritchie Sambora, pictured here, and looking in decidedly poorer shape than ex-squeeze Heather Lochlear was recently arrested for DUI in Laguna Beach California. So, to honor the band, and also in the spirit of celebrating the worst of everything, we've decided to put together a tribute, of sorts, to Bon Jovi, the world’s most famous Bruce Springsteen tribute band.Early on in their career as Bruce, they discovered that their slice of the bar receipts pie was wafer thin (to mix food metaphors) and that they should ditch their E Street Band and streamline

Gitaris PrisaFoto Seksi PrisaGitaris Cewek PrisaGitaris Jago PrisaGambar PrisaPrisa is a talented woman guitarist. Prisa Adinda Arini Rianzi is her full name. Her guitarist favourite is Steve Vai And Mick Thompson. She was born on January 6,1986 in Jakarta.

Livin’ on a prayer and a double shot of Southern Comfort, Richie Sambora, best known as the guitarist for Bon Jovi and ugly schmuck who married Heather Locklear, was busted for driving under the influence last night. The forty-eight year old’s steel horse, a black hummer, was spotted by Laguna Beach police (yeah, that place does exist in real life) driving erratically

Subscribe to my feed! It’s free, easy to do and makes me happy!... at least that's what Rolling Stone says. But more importantly,  Mr. Haynes is coming to Little Rock in April !!!  That's right, my good friends down at the Rev Room have booked Gov't Mule for April 30th, and I highly advise you go see this show.  Not convinced? Check out this old school footage: In Memphis, we called that heat!!!Compton  -----Props goes to the first person that can name the kid playing with Warren------ guitar guitar lessons guitar lessons in little rock little rock guitar lessons warren haynes gov't mule

A Rolling Stone Magazin minden idők legnagyobb gitárosait soroló listáján a hatodik Chuck Berry, aki Charles Edwards Anderson Berry néven 1926. október 18-án St.Louisban, Missouri államban született. 18 évesen 10 év börtönre ítélték fegyveres rablásért, de jó magaviselete miatt már 1947-ben szabadult. A zenélgetés mellett volt autógyári munkás, fodrász és fényképész is, majd Muddy Waters révén 1955-ben első feketeként be tudott kerülni a poppiacra. De az igazi sikert, áttörést 1957-ben a School Days című száma hozta meg, ettől kezdve már a rock and roll élvonalába tartozott. A rockzene egyik legmeghatározóbb, legnagyobb hatású egyénisége, hatását a legnagyobb előadók sem titkolják.1958-ban kiskorú megrontásáért ismét bört

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter will be supported by Lady Cat-Man on guitar from now on. She will replace guitarist Pitrone, who the band split up with. From the band: "Hello Maniacs. There was a line up change. Pitrone is no longer part of the band. His job as guitarist will be taken over by Lady Cat-Man this instant. We hesitated for a long time to take this step, but there were many reasons to let Pitrone go and look for a replacement. Not many of you know that Pitrone himself wanted to leave in May 2006. That hit us like a ten ton hammer back then since "Riders on the storm" was about to be released and the Riders-tour in autumn was threatened.After a week of looking desperately for a replacement we got a surprise call from Pitrone, saying that he wanted to continue after all. So hold your

A Rolling Stone Magazin szerkesztői valamiért Robert Johnsont tartják minden idők legjobb gitárosai között az ötödiknek. Ezen én őszintén elcsodálkoztam. Ezzel persze nem kívánom Johnson érdemeit lebecsülni, hiszen az egyik legjelentősebb, legnagyobb hatású, iskolát teremtő blues muzsikus esetében ez nem is lenne méltó.Hogy mikor is született, arról megoszlanak a vélemények: 1909-ben, 1911-ben vagy 1912-ben. Az viszont biztos, hogy Mississippi államban, egy Hazlehurst melletti farmon.Egykori zenésztársai - Son House, Johnny Shines, Henry Towshend, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James és mások - egymásnak ellentmondó visszaemlékezései amúgy is kalandos élete köré egész legendafüzért szőttek. Halálát 1938. augusztus 16-án valószínűleg egy féltékeny

Most pedig összekötöm a kellemeset a hasznossal: a Rolling Stone Magazin listájában a minden idők 100 legnagyobb gitárosai között Eric Clapton a 4. helyen áll, és Clapton életművének bemutatásában most érkeztünk el a Cream együttes 1967-ben megjelent Disraeli Gear című albumához.Tömörítés/Bitrate: 320 kb/sLetöltés/Download:[ Gigasize ][ Data ]Jelszó/Password: levente

I’ve just read a very encouraging post on another blog about what it actually takes for anyone to master anything they want. It has little to do with starting early or having the right genes - although these things certainly help they are not required. It’s objections like “It’s too late/I’m too old” and “I’m not [...]

Most of modern metal bands today prefer to tune down the guitar to drop D, C or B tuning to get more bottom and heavier sound. But without proper setup on your guitar and amp, your guitar will produce dull & muddy sound.For drop C tuning, I prefer 10-52 gauge. If you're using smaller gauge, the strings will vibrate heavily and resulting in poor notes definition.First of all, you have to change the guitar string gauge. For drop C tuning, I prefer 10-52 gauge. If you're using smaller gauge, the strings will vibrate heavily and resulting in poor notes definition. It also suggested for you to send the guitar to professional guitar tech to re-setup the guitar after you change the string gauge.Next, if you can afford to change your guitar pickup, replace the pickup to the pickup that special

Riley B. King 1925. szeptember 16-án született a Mississippi állambeli Itta Bena-ban. Kilenc éves korától gitározik, de a hangszert soha nem tanulta, mindazt amit tud, autodidakta módon, saját erjéből sajátította el. Húsz évesen egy Memphis-i rádióállomás lemezlovasa, művészneve itt ragad rá: Blues Boy King. Ebből rövidült a név, amelyen már mi is ismerhetjük: B. B. King.1949-től készít lemezeket, s az ötvenes években már igen jó nevet szerzett magának az R&B zene előadói között. Az 1980-as évektől máig a csúcson van, hihetetlen mennyiségű koncerten, televízió műsorokban lép fel, és sorra jelennek meg sikeres lemezei.Gary Moore-ralKansas City című koncertalbuma 1972-ben jelent meg.Tömörítés/Bitrate: 320 kb/sLetöltés/Download:[

Photo credit: Gossip BoulevardThe 22-year-old actress - who previously dated Whitestarr frontman Cisco Adler - publicly kissed Taylor at a memorial concert for filmmaker Brandon Schantz at Los Angeles’ The Roxy Theatre last week.An onlooker said: “Mischa was singing along and dancing as Rooney were playing. Literally as soon as they had finished she dashed [...]

Howard Duane Allman 1946. november 20-án született Nashville Tennessee-ben. Zenei karrierjét stúdiózenészként kezdte, olyan előadók felvételein gitározott mint Wilson Pickett és Aretha Franklin. A hatvanas évek végén öccsével, a billentyűs-énekes Greg Allman-nal létrehozták zenekarukat, az Allmann Brothers Band-et, emelyben két szólógitáros és két dobos is működött, és nagyon jó, déli, blues-rock zenét játszott. A másik szólógitárossal, Richard ("Dickey") Betts-szel hátborzongató felelgetős szólókat adtak elő.Sokat igérő pályafutásának 1971. október 29-én egy motorbaleset vetett véget.1972-ben An Anthology címmel megjelent egy válogatás munkásságából, ennek első korongját szeretném most bemutatni.Statesboro BluesTömörítés

Tom Morello rose to fame with the ground breaking rap / metal band Rage Against the Machine. The combination of extremely tight three piece backing band including Tom Morello with his distinctive pseudo synthesiser style of guitar backing up the politically charged rapping / vocals of Zack de la Rocha proved to be a refreshing [...]

Unfortunately it’s been a few days since I was last able to play my guitars. Schedules and other things (like working) just kept getting in the way of having some quality time with my guitars. It’s a sad day when a guitarist doesn’t get to play his guitars. It’s like two [...]

You all seemed interested in reading about the Lubavitcher Rebbe's past. On a similar, but completely different theme, I wanted to look today at someone else's present (i.e. future from back when).Last month my good friend Rabbi Burton spent a week trying to figure out whether Kevin DuBrow was Jewish or not.Someone had mentioned to me that one of the guitarists from Anthrax had become frum. I decided it was time to investigate.Meet Anthrax and their two most famous guitarists: Scott Ian and Dan Spitz (both born Jewish - Ian's real surname is Rosenfeld)Scott Ian is still just plain old Scott Ian. I had high hopes for Dan Spitz though. He gave up playing guitar and went to Switzerland to become a watch maker. Perhaps he became Ba'al Teshuva at the same time? Imagine the payos he would have!B

KornKORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer has issued the following update: "2007 was great for me and Emotional Syphon Recordings [Munky's record label]. We released two kick-ass albums from very different bands, DROID and MONSTER IN THE MACHINE. "Both albums are special for me. "I started ESR because I felt like there was a void in the music industry. I aimed to fill that by promoting more great music. I wanted to give these artists a channel to be heard. These records are completely untouched by industry politics and trends. They come from the respective musicians' hearts. They also are the beginning of ESR! I'd been wanting to start a label for a very long time, and now it's up and running! We're on the right track... "Last year was also fantastic for KORN. We released a great new albu

influences are tool, godsmack, alice in chains, stp, and more. we have written a ton of new songs since this but here is the myspace page you can sample some of what we have done. all the new stuff is more toward the hit the ground style, heavier and solid. hit me up at [email_removed]In a short ad, how do you bother saying "Here's my myspace page" then forget to put it in there?DID YOU KNOW: by typing "orig." instead of "original", you save three keystrokes?

5 piece band seeks mature lead guitarist to round out lineup for classic rock act doing 60's thru present. We are looking to expand the set list to include more danceable and uptempo influences such as Steely Dan,Styx, Kansas, Yes, Floyd as well as some "eclectic". Some older some more modern. Play out only on weekends. We offer a full P.A.,8 track digital recording at westside rehearsal location.Pro gear and attitude (lacking drama, ego and willing to commit)please.This is a good ad. Very straightforward.Only a couple things.Don't be afraid to break up those sentences into paragraphs, there's at least three different thoughts in there."Danceable" does not equal Steely Dan, Styx, Kansas, Yes, and Floyd.I have an awesome picture in my head of a packed dance floor with people showing off their best moves to "Carry On My Wayward Son". Not gonna happen.I'm also picturing an episode of Family Feud. Cue Richard Dawson:"Name a danceable, uptempo song by Pink Floyd.""...three seconds..."

Hawthorne Heights' Casey CalvertAutopsy lists 'acute combined effects' of prescription medications and unspecified opiate, possibly Vicodin; expert says, 'This kind of death is one in several million.'Hawthorne Heights guitarist Casey Calvert died due to the "acute combined effects of opiate, citalopram and clonazepam intoxication," according to the results of an autopsy released Monday (December 17) by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Washington, D.C. He was found dead in the band's tour bus outside the 9:30 club in the city on November 24.The autopsy listed Calvert's death as accidental, though a spokesperson for the chief medical examiner added that it was brought on due to "substance abuse." The opiate referred to in the report wasn't specified, but often, any drug that acts on cell receptors — including strong prescription pain relievers such as fentanyl or oxycodone — are referred to as "opiates" or sometimes "opoids." Both citalopram (also known by the br

Hi there,I am guitarist looking for workin country or blues-jazz band or talented muscians to form one. I do have experience and nice gear. If interested I can send you an audio clip of my playing through email. (Please no drugs..) Thank you for looking. Email [removed]Even though you have politely stated otherwise, I must insist that you send me a clip of your drugs through email as well.

Guitarist and drummer looking for a semi-serious fold. 13+ years of experience. Only serious inquiries please.Location: [zip_code_removed]What is a fold? What makes a fold serious or semi-serious?Don't forget, there are about 13 million different styles of music out there. List a few that you enjoy playing in your ad.I'm also not sure what 13+ years of experience is. Is it ... 14 years? People usually use the plus sign with normal counting blocks, as a ballpark amount of time. 10+ years, etc. 13 is an unusual number to use there.I like that the location is listed as only a zip code. At first I thought "why would you want to make people look up your zip code?" But actually, this is a good idea. If you know the zip code right off the bat, you probably live close by, which is probably what they are looking for.I think that was unintentional, but good idea anyway.

24 years old, located in [removed]. Looking for a band or musicians to start a band. I have pro equipment, 14 years experience, and a professional attitude. I don't do any drugs. I currently work full time sun-thur from 4:00pm-12:30am, so I only have fri and sat off for practice and shows, however I would be willing to change jobs for the right band. I'm looking for something pretty close to me for now, but again I'd be willing to relocate for the right band.I'm looking for something heavy, kinda guitar driven, very groove oriented. Nothing too technical, I like to be able to move around on stage and not have to focus so much on what I'm playing. I'm not great at writing riffs, but I'm pretty good at working with another guitar player to make an okay riff better. I'm a solid live player, with lots of energy. Been listening to a lot of Soilwork, In Flames, All That Remains, and Killswitch Engage lately. I'm into a lot of different styles, and have influences in many genres. so

Old style Blues GAuitar player wanted.(although we do newer type stuff too)Want older, more mellow style guitar player for reforming blues band. (Not necessarly old player, though, The rest of us are old enough already)A little distortion and effects are OK but would like to see somone who plays the Guitar and dosn't have the electronics play them. (Some Jazz experience would be nice)Age is unimportant, but be advised, you will be playing with hardened old musical veterans who have played all kinds of music and have 20 and 30 years on stage. The key is we only care about tallent and not your birthdate!Hope we don't sound too sanctimonious, but we want a Kenny Burell / BB King type and don't want to waste the time of a bunch of death metal only players.Location: [removed]I like these guys already.This is a great example of writing reflecting a person's true personality. You can tell, these guys are friendly, older, funny/ sarcastic, and just want to play the blues without some dumb

Casey Calvert, guitarist for post punk/ rock band Hawthorne Heights, was found dead early Saturday morning. Calvert was 26-years-old. According to several accounts Calvert appeared healthy on Friday night while spending time with friends before going to sleep for the night. Those same reports indicated that Calvert passed away at some point while sleeping. Casey Calvert’s sound played a big role

First and foremost, I'm a ROCK guitar player. That would mean no jazz, country, hip-hop, rap, disco. Rock would mean, bluesy-classic rock, modern progressive-alternative, metal, and even southern rock styles. Generally dig, music that is guitar based (ie no techno crap). would be up to starting a band (have connections on other players)or joining a band. Have done originals and covers, a fast learner. Have played both lead and rhythym, it's all guitar anyways ain't it? Experience is over 20 years. Plenty of professional equipment to play small bars to large arenas. I also have a full PA system, always nice to have on hand. You can e mail me at rebelrokker@[removed]. Give me your phone number so I can talk with an actual person, or else you will not receive a response.If you're a band, it would help if you provide an idea of where you're musical paths are leading you. Do you have a website? Looking to rock soon.Hello. I am REBELROKKER. I rock. As you can tell by my email nickname,

[This is the original, unedited version of the GUITAR PLAYER magazine article titled: FREELANCING—How To Get Hometown Gigs Now. Guitar Player Issue 311—Vol. 2g No. 11, November 1995.] Many guitarists want to make a living in the music business. You get an instrument and learn to play because it looks fun, exciting or cool—and off you go. After awhile you’re jamming, and making a career

Hi ATOMIC fans. I was reading the Ultimate Guitar forum today and came across a huge discussion on Who's the Best Guitarist of this Era. Check it out. I keep hearing guitarists lately say John Mayer is so great, not just at the UG forum, but all over the place. Gag me with a spoon... John Mayer is actually pretty good, but I do the opposite of vibe out when I hear it.

This is going to be an easy one, ATOMIC fans. Because I'm actually the greatest Rock guitarist ever. But not really. In theory what would you have to do to become the greatest Rock guitarist of all time? Here's my list: 1. Surpass the Most Skilled Guitarists First you'd have to be better than, say, Joe Satriani on a pure skill level. You'd also have to get better than Jimi Hendrix, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, and plenty of other legends. 2. Become More Famous and More Influential You'd also have to become more famous than the most famous guitarists of all time like Jimmy Page, Kurt Cobain, and the others mentioned above. You'd also need to be famous and at the same time more influential than the most influential guitarists of all like Stephen Malkmus (Pavement/low-fi movement), Joey Santiago (Pixies/pre-grunge), Johnny Ramone (Ramones/punk rock), Neil Young ("slop rock"), the others mentioned above, and many many more. 3. Be More Progressive In order to become the greatest R

Hey ATOMIC fans. I have a huge announcement. ATOMIC Guitarist may be going communal starting this week, in which anyone can sign up and have a guitar blog. I have two goals in mind: 1) Help each other become the best guitarists we can be in a positive way. 2) Allow anyone to have a voice among thousands of guitarists on the net. Membership will be free. Also, I just wanted to say that talking to myself most of the time has become boring. I like to hear what others have to say about things. If you have any objections, please reply below.

Monday Chris Walla, Guitarist of Death Cab For Cutie, was paid a visit by homeland security. The government took his computer for no valid reason (actually, they never really gave a clear explanation why). Possibly because the would-have-soon-debuted album called Field Manual sat in the hard drive. "(The New Album) is "very political," packed with songs about issues both foreign ("The Score" tackles the war in Iraq) and domestic ("Everyone Needs a Home" deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; "Sing Again" is about so-called "morning after" pills and whether they're a form of contraception or abortion)." -Source: MTV News Chris Walla and Death Cab's music promotes terrorism! I mean, CDs can be dangerous if you sharpen the edges and throw them like frisbees. Great work Homeland Security. I guess freedom of speech isn't the same as the freedom to rock.

Following #1 Charlie Christian #2 Joe Pass #3 Jimmy Page #4 Wes Montgomery And Number 5... on the ATOMIC Greatest Guitarists of All Time List, the fastest guitarist in the world, the one and only, the stunning, the innovative, the severely skilled: Joe Satriani Uh oh, what did he say? First let me clear up my statement about "Satch" being the fastest guitarist in the world. A lot of shredders out there don't like to give Joe Satriani the credit he deserves because in stead of shredding, he plays one-hand legato style. But... he plays a whole lot of 32nd notes at a blazing speed, which makes him the quickest. It's said the reason he plays legato is because he likes the sound of 32nd notes more than 16th. Joe Satriani is the second rocker on the ATOMIC greatest guitarists list. Why is that? In 1986, Satch became the first purely instrumental rock guitarist to be put in the spotlight. And thus good sir, he has inspired an entire generation of highly-advanced guitarists th

Some of you may remember that last Wednesday I went to see Envy Corps at Water Rats in London, however they had to cancel the show suddenly. Well, news has since emerged as to why they had to cancel so abruptly: guitarist Brandon had suffered a stroke. Only 30, he is expected to make a full recovery. Our thoughts are with him and his family… so unexpected. Photo is taken from Stephen Mcleod’s flickr stream under the Creative Commons License. Tags: Envy, Corps, EnvyCorps, stroke, Brandon, water, rats, waterrats

Jimmy Page Rock guitarist Jimmy Page of the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin is the ATOMIC #3 greatest guitarist of all time (#1 was Charlie Christian, #2 Joe Pass). Why is Jimmy Page the first rock guitarist on this master list? One word: influential. Page's technique of down-stroking chords and power chords influenced the earliest punk rock guitarists like Johnny Ramone and thus, all of Punk Rock and any style of Rock like Alternative and New Rock. Also, Jimmy Page is the greatest Rock guitarist of all time because of his Riff Rock, which still is a key element in Heavy Metal music. You might not know this one. Eddie Van Halen is often credited for being the creator of finger-tapping technique. That was actually Jimmy Page. While Rock guitarist Van Halen may have taken finger tapping to an amazing level, he originally learned it from Page. Furthermore, Jimmy Page was a pioneer in guitar recording techniques doing things no one had ever heard like the effects of putting mics

To kick off the ATOMIC 10 Greatest Guitarists of All Time Period... Drum roll please. Charlie Christian Who was Charlie Christian and why is he the greatest guitarist of all time? At 23-years-old Charlie Christian became the most innovative guitarists of his time. In the late 1930s guitars were used as backup instruments because they weren't loud enough. No one had thought about playing guitar as if it were a horn. It was never the lead instrument in a group of musicians. Christian was the greatest guitarist of all time because he started using an amplifier to play loud enough to be the soloist of a group. We have Charlie Christian to credit for the evolution of music on the electric guitar. If it weren't for him, we'd all be listening to horns and I for one would have already blown my head off. Can you imagine a guitarist like Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine playing "Killing in the Name Of" on a saxophone instead of a guitar? Charlie Christian's 1940 "Flying Ho

Rolling Stone’s loud mouthed guitarist Keith Richards has demanded that two Swedish newspapers apologise for publishing bad reviews of one of the band’s recent gigs on their world tour. Keith Richards, in a letter to the concert promoters wrote, ““Never before have I risen to the bait of a bad review. You owe our fans and us an apology.” Newspaper Expressen used the headline “Keith was super drunk”, giving the 63 year-old no stars for his performance. The second reviewer in the equation, in the paper Aftonbladet has refused to apologise for his “subjective opinion”. and gave the whole show a measly 2 stars. The letter written by Richard’s was published in Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, continued to say, “There were 56,000 people in Ullevi stadium who bought a ticket to our concert - and experienced a completely different show than the one you ‘reviewed’. How dare you cheapen the experience for them - and for the hundreds of thousands of other

It’s always good to have something to fall back on—whether it be because your hopes of landing a cushy job in accounting just didn’t work out, or because the lead singer of your mega-successful band dies an early death, it’s always good to have a second option. Having been plucked away from his astrophysics classes almost forty years ago by the young duo of Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor

Burn-out Smashing Pumpkins members Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlan held a 13 minute YouTube Q & A interview yesterday. You got to love the great guitar work from their songs throughout the years, but holy Moses you can tell by the interview that the members of the group aren't hungry at all anymore. Worse, they make me (at least) want to fall asleep. The only good thing about the interview was hearing a little bit about Billy Corgan's setup: Custom-built Strat with Dimarzio pickups Diezel Herbert Amp (German) "Weird Effects Pedals" with German names, so he couldn't pronounce them From what I can tell the Smashing Pumpkins new album "Zeitgeist" has some solid guitar work from newcomer Jeff Schroeder. But not that great... Maybe I'm just in a bad mood today, but I feel the urge to severely rip on one of my all-time favorite bands in this highly one-sided post. SP, I love you/I hate you. Jeff Shroeder Guitarist Jeff Schroeder is creative but all head, no s

Alex "Raz" is a gifted and talented child already a rock star at 9-years-old. In March Raz was discovered playing on the reality show "Finding Julian's Band". Since then he's picked up fans all over the internet at sites like YouTube and Yahoo! VIDEO. Father Steve Raz has been the brains behind the promotion of his rock star child. "I could just tell. I just showed him a little finger exercise, and I could just tell, he picked it up pretty quick" -Alex's Father Alex's first album debuts in October featuring his old buddy from the reality show, 7-year-old singer Vincent Fondale. Alex Raz's influences include guitarists Eddie Van Halen, SRV, Satriani, Slash, and more, so we can expect it to sound like a hybrid of exciting guitar rock. Okay, this gifted child may not seem amazing to few, but let me say this. When I used to teach private guitar lessons, the 9-year-olds I taught could barely press down a string. They had an attention span of a fly. The best and most talented of

By Peter Edvinsson It’s time for you to reap the benefits from all sheet music that has been written by good composers. Let’s see how you can improve your sight reading skills. I know by own experience that many guitarists at first find it hard to read sheet music. Why is that? A guitar is a fantastic instrument in many ways. One interesting feature is that you can find the same note on different strings. It makes for interesting effects if you want. However, the same feature can make it hard to read a sheet music note as you can find it on more than one place on a guitar. Many beginners on classical guitar master the notes in the first position on the guitar. That is, the first four frets on the fretboard. I suggest that you also learn to find the notes you know on the first four frets on your guitar on the higher frets. For example, the C on the first fret on the second string can also be found on the fifth fret on the third string and on the tenth fret on the fourth

Scott Tennant, world-class classical guitarist and well-respected guitar educator, has brought together the most comprehensive technique handbook for the classical guitarist. In addition to technical information not available elsewhere, he has compiled selections from Giuliani's 120 Right-Hand Studies; musical examples by Bach, Turina, Rodrigo and others;Tarrega arpeggio studies; and original compositions by Andrew York and Brian Head. Essential information and a great sense of humor are effectively combined in this best-selling book.

Former Kiss guitarist Mark St. John died yesterday morning (April 5) from an apparent brain hemorrhage. He was 51.Born Mark Norton in Hollywood, Calif., St. John was Kiss' third official guitarist, having replaced Vinnie Vincent in 1984. By this point, Kiss had done away with its trademark makeup and costumes, but the group was enjoying a career renaissance. The lone Kiss album on which St. John appeared, "Animalize," re-established the group as one of the world's top arena metal bands. The album spawned the popular MTV video, "Heaven's on Fire" (the only Kiss video to feature St. John).St. John's flashy playing reflected the era's Van Halen-influenced rock guitarists, but it certainly helped spark the material on "Animalize," which many fans consider one of Kiss' strongest non-makeup releases. However, right around the time Kiss was to launch a worldwide tour in support of the album, St. John was diagnosed with a form of arthritis called Reiter's Syndrome, which caused his hand

In have listened to the new album - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - of an indieband named Modest Mouse, and also posted about it here. Now I found out more information about this band from The Independent: Morrissey may have hogged the headlines since the Smiths split in 1987 but this week Johnny Marr is celebrating a triumph that his former bandmate has never savoured. Working with his new band, the indie rockers Modest Mouse, the guitarist has gone straight to the top of the American album charts with We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. It is the first time Marr has had a No 1 record in the States and We Were Dead... has also topped the iTunes download chart and the Amazon chart. The album will be released in the UK next week. If you go to the band´s MySpace-page you can listen so some of the tracks from the new album (found from a blogger in Svenska Dabladet). More information in Swedish about Modest Mouse on the Billboard list. Compare: Andra bloggar om: Mod

A friend of mine sent me this link a few minutes ago. This guy is mind-blowingly-unbelievable-incredible-brilliant at what he does. And what he does is play the acoustic guitar. I don't need to say any more, his guitar does all the talking.This video is of Andy playing Africa - Toto.For fun, check out another video by Andy!This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License.

A friend of mine sent me this link a few minutes ago. This guy is mind-blowingly-unbelievable-incredible-brilliant at what he does. And what he does is play the acoustic guitar. I don't need to say any more, his guitar does all the talking.This video is of Andy playing Africa - Toto.For fun, check out another video by Andy!This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License.

There is a Brett Garsed interview up on the new guitar blog 22nd Century Guitarist. It's a little hard to read right now, but there's a note at the bottom saying it will be reformatted and reposted. Link

Leathermouth!Frank Iero; guitarist from My Chemical Romance has started a side band called "Leathermouth". In this band hes the vocalist/throat and there are other 4 members. They are signed to Skeleton Crew Records. They are Rock / Punk / Hardcore. Anyways i actualli like them quite a lot so yay. BTW loads of shouting going on so...yeh. :pCheck out their songs in their myspace!MySpace : www.myspace.com/leathermouthlives

We had the chance to meet Pete Huttlinger at last night's Lighting of the Great Tree at Macy's. I scored one of Pete's CD's entititled The Santa Rita Connection and it is amazing. He is a world class acoustic guitarist, and a nice guy to boot. They've got a couple of his albums on iTunes, and if you love great guitar music, it would behoove you to check it out...

Okay, I've been updating and my latest John Mayer post constantly just because new stuff and new gossip keeps coming up. The new gossip is, nightmare inducing, but nonetheless hilarious. However, it's taken my focus off of South Korea which is unfortunate because Westerners, the bulk of my audience it seems, really need to learn more about the rest of the world. Since I'm here, I'll try to help