Tony Smotherman – The Light Within
Born in Athens, Greece in 1979 Tony Smotherman started playing guitar at the relatively late age of 15 after being introduced to the music of Bach and before long was practicing Paganini Caprices and Bach lute suites for up to 6 hours a day – his dedication was soon rewarded… Continue »
New Jaden Rose Guitars website
The ever-busy and recently reviewed Jaden Rose managed to find the time to update his website recently – the URL is the same but with a new layout and a more navigation-friendly design I think it’s a great improvement on the old one…now if only I could persuade him to… Continue »
Lick Library releases “Jam with Hendrix Volume 2″
Lick Library launch Jam with Jimi Hendrix Volume 2 When Lick Library began recording the Jimi Hendrix DVD’s series they knew that with so many great tracks there would have to be Jam with Jimi Hendrix Volume 2. Jimi Hendrix was one of the most important and influential musicians of… Continue »
Andy James – Metal Rhythm Guitar in 6 weeks
Press Release – July 2010 Lick Library Launches Andy James’ Metal Rhythm Guitar in 6 Weeks Continuing in their quest to give guitarist the widest possible resources, Lick Library release the definitive Andy James’ Metal Rhythm Guitar in Six Weeks to follow on from the huge success of Andy James’… Continue »
LearnShredGuitar.com – Website Review
I’m sure some of you will remember the review of Flatstick’s Omnicore which I wrote some time back – well Doug contacted me recently with a suggestion that I review his excellent tuition website Learnshredguitar.com. This is an area I have been considering branching out into for some time so… Continue »
Billy Connally – The Silent Canvas
Billy Connally: A Rock Guitarist with over 27 years experience. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Has been in numerous bands and has decided to embark on an Instrumental Rock Guitar Journey since the departure from his last band Concrete Ritual. Fans are always telling him how… Continue »
German Schauss – Shredding Bach
J.S. Bach is one of the greatest composers and most virtuosic musicians of all time. His amazing compositions are technically demanding, which make them the perfect match for heavy metal shred guitar. Shredding Bach introduces you to the unique style of this musical master and stretches your playing to the… Continue »
Rick Graham – Insideout
Insideout is the long-anticipated solo album from Rick Graham and for those of you not aware of his playing or background I’ll provide a brief rundown; Based in the Kings Lynn area of Norfolk (that’s the East coast of England for the non natives) he’s a Suhr Guitars artist and… Continue »
Kiko Loureiro – Creative Fusion – Beyond Pentatonics and Power Chords
Kiko Loureiro really needs no introduction to guitar fans; he’s been releasing albums since 1992 with his Power Metal band Angra, with Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen (ex-Nightwish vocalist and renowned solo artist) then of course on numerous solo outings (most recent of which is Full Blast). He’s also released several… Continue »
Thursday 29th July 2010
Elf Riffs #9 with Carl Roa — Paganini Caprice No. 5 David Jacobson Shred This III — 7 26 2010 Shred this III Brett Garsed Dimarzio Pickups- Ricardo Walls Shred This III — Adam Moore Mattias IA Eklundh — Tour Dates! TOUR OF THE FREAKS France, Finland, the UK and… Continue »
Wednesday 28th July 2010
Shred This III: Brett Garsed and DiMarzio Competition — Davide Pepi Entry Andy James at Shredknowledge.com Andy James is one of the U.K’s rising stars in the world of shred and metal guitar. He is perhaps best known as a regular contributor to “Lick Library”, the benchmark for web-based guitar… Continue »
Tuesday 27th July 2010
Tapping & Legato Lick (HD) — Shred Academy Lick of the Week #23 — Kris Barras KevinPeters — ShredThisIII Shred this III : by Alex Peptanariu Shred III Competition — Juan Campos If I was a Piano — Dave Martone FERNANDO MIYATA — UNBELIVEABLE GUITAR SOLO Shred this 3 entry… Continue »
Monday 26th July 2010
Rusty Cooley — Axe-FX Demos!! Michael Schenker — Lights Out!! Jonas Tamas: Shred This 3 guitar solo competition entry — Shred fusion rock funk blues Andreas Haukenes: shred this too — Broken PC no impediment to shred! Marc Playle — Always With Me Always With You Cover God Bless Marc… Continue »
Sunday 25th July 2010
Michael Schenker Group with Gary Barden & Carmine Appice Lost Horizons, Into the Arena, Rock Bottom Michael Harris Couch Improvisation part 1 Chris Broderick — Chaos Theory #3 Shred This III Brett Garsed and DiMarzio competition By Gonzalo Vieira Shred This III: Brett Garsed and DiMarzio competition — João Neto… Continue »
Mark Gibson – Edge of Nowhere & Persistence of Vision
As many of you are aware I like, wherever possible, to try and highlight players from the UK and Europe for the simple fact that there are a plethora of talented guitarists who deserve to have their profile raised, and the coverage seems a little less than their US compatriots… Continue »
Friday 23rd July 2010
Shred This III — Milan Polak Shred This 3 by Osman Cenan CIGIL Fusion Guitar — Alessandro Ragazzo Lick of the Week 90: Learn the Whole Tone Scale Part1 — Theodore Ziras Shred This III: Brett Garsed and DiMarzio competition by Silvio Gazquez Claudio Mariola — High 5 — Frank… Continue »
Thursday 22 July 2010
Dream theater-Erotomania Cover by Erikson Rudy Marcos De Ros — Shred This III Brett Garsed. Marco De Cave brett garsed shred this 3 contest Steve Brown: Andy James Style: Intervalic String Skip Tapping Shred This III: Brett Garsed and DiMarzio : Jazzonazz (Jad Nasr) ShredThis3Jazzy — Morten Faerestrand — Third… Continue »
Wednesday 21st July 2010
Gus G. demonstrates the new Blackstar HT-Blackfire Brett Garsed Solo — C Dominant — Dario Cortese Brett Garsed Solo — E Lydian — Dario Cortese How To Sweep Pick Musically: Riff Of The Week® — 7/21/10 (S5:E35) Fayeed Tan entry on Brett Garsed’s Shred this III Clocktown by Sam Bell… Continue »
Tony Smotherman – The Light Within
Born in Athens, Greece in 1979 Tony Smotherman started playing guitar at the relatively late age of 15 after being introduced to the music of Bach and before long was practicing Paganini Caprices and Bach lute suites for up to 6 hours a day – his dedication was soon rewarded… Continue »
Tuesday 20th July 2010
Andy James — Warming up with the Blackstar HT-Blackfire Danny Gill — Harmonic Minor And Diminshed Scales — Guitar Tips Session 17 Licklibrary Instant Shredding August 2010 Example #3 — German Schauss Scorpions-Rock you like a Hurricane Part 2 (Play your own Solo) Guitar Lesson — Theodore Ziras Shred this… Continue »
New Jaden Rose Guitars website
The ever-busy and recently reviewed Jaden Rose managed to find the time to update his website recently – the URL is the same but with a new layout and a more navigation-friendly design I think it’s a great improvement on the old one…now if only I could persuade him to… Continue »Monday 19th July 2010
Masterclass in Bitola — short documentary Shred This III Brett Garsed and DiMarzio competition Shred This III Brett Garsed & Dimarzio Entry- Alejandro Fenili Shred This III Competition Entry by Nemo Shred This III Entry-Ian Brudnicki Gareth Pearson — Adrenaline Rush — Solo Acoustic Guitar Pharaoh — Like a Ghost… Continue »
Monday 19th July 2010
Masterclass in Bitola — short documentary Shred This III Brett Garsed and DiMarzio competition Shred This III Brett Garsed & Dimarzio Entry- Alejandro Fenili Shred This III Competition Entry by Nemo Shred This III Entry-Ian Brudnicki Gareth Pearson — Adrenaline Rush — Solo Acoustic Guitar Pharaoh — Like a Ghost… Continue »
Sunday 18th JUly 2010
Michael Harris: Darkology and ArchRival A stunning new release, top notch guitar and vocals — Darkology sure to be a must on any self respecting progressive metal music shelf! Seriously good metal EPIC WIN yes please I need to get me some of that! and coming soon is another awesome… Continue »
st0rk – st0rk
A long-anticipated release (see the back story here) stOrk features Shane Gibson (Korn, Johnathan Davies) Thomas Lang (The Greatest Drummer in the World) and Berklee Alumnus Eloy Palacios (Schwarzenator, Vension, session work) in what has to be one of the tightest, most rhythmically schizophrenic and groove-laden records to have been… Continue »
Artist Profile – Jeff Beasley
“I have known Jeff for a while and have jammed with him on several occasions. He is not only an amazing guitarist, but a great instructor as well.” -Michael Angelo Batio “Killer chops, great melody and song diversity” -Rusty Cooley Jeff Beasley is another one of those players that I… Continue »
Brian May – Star Licks Masters Sessions
Brian May – Star Licks Masters Sessions One of the most unique and instantly recogniseable guitar players ever, Brian’s tone, approaches to song writing and inventinve use of effects really need no introduction to any of us and this is his only instructional video – but its a very good… Continue »
Chris Letchford’s Guitar Technique Book
Chris Letchford (Scale the Summit) was born in Houston, Texas in 1984 and began playing guitar at the age of 8 — since then he’s attended MIT, Berklee School of Music and the Houston Community College and managed to tour in support of Dream Theater — does he really need… Continue »
Mattias IA Eklnudh – Grow your own Moustache (Volume 1)
If you haven’t heard of Mattias IA Eknlundh and Freak Kitchen then you have probably been asleep for some time so play the above video very loudly, make yourself a cup of tea and come back when you’re refreshed…..or possibly take some drugs, stay here, stay freaky and read on!… Continue »
Oli Herbert Metal Guitar – Heavy Rhythms, Leads and Harmonies – level one
Metal Guitar — Heavy Rhythms, Leads and Harmonies won the NAMM2010 award for “Best instructional book/DVD of the Year” and indeed it is an extremely well crafted and assembled release. I shall be reviewing it side-by-side with Rockhouse Method’s latest innovation the Rock House “On Demand” software. Oli Herbert of… Continue »
Guthrie Govan – Creative Guitar Volume 1 and 2
Guthrie Govan – Creative Guitar 1 and 2 It’s Guthrie – go buy it now you fools!! The man is a legend so what on earth are you waiting for? Ok, I suppose you really want to know what it is you’re parting with your cash for. In Creavtive Guitar… Continue »
Michael Romeo – The Guitar Chapter
Michael Romeo – The Guitar Chapter Another perennial favourite Michael Romeo needs absolutely no introduction as a World-Class Guitarist, Composer and Musician. Released by Young Guitar Magazine “The Guitar Chapter” examines his stunning technique, and breaks down a number of songs from the earlier Symphony X albums. The technique… Continue »
Rusty Cooley – Fretboard Autopsy (Level 1)
Rusty has been a highly acclaimed player for some time and having already taken a look at some of Rusty’s other releases with CFH (in fact I’ve reassessed them in light of this video — find the updated reviews here) I’ve been very keen to see his Rock House Method… Continue »
