From the November 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY MAMIE MINCH Q: About six months ago, I bought a Gibson Hummingbird from the 1990s. Even though it was a little beaten up by the previous owner, it’s a solid guitar. It initially was a little fussy about staying in tune, but lately it’s gotten worse, and it’s particularly frustrating onstage. […]
You can find more information about Adrian Smith’s career, influences, gear and settings in the UG wiki article. Adrian Smith incorporates all the classic metal guitar player’s techniques: alternate picking, legato, hammer-ons, and pull-offs, sweep picking, slide playing and more. What separates him from the rest of the pack is that he uses all […]
As crowds slowly trickled into the second installment of the Music Tastes Good festival on a cool Saturday in Long Beach, the first bands took the stages a little after noon. While a few people hung around the stages listening to opening bands such as the Halcones on the New Orleans stage and a few more […]
When Michael Tait left behind his university studies and a dream of pursuing politics to join a rock band, he couldn’t have imagined what the future held. Now, nearly three decades deep into his music career and the frontman for the award-winning Christian rock band Newsboys, Tait said singing about his faith has always been […]
Guitar World Magazine Tetrarch Unveils New Album ‘Freak’—Album StreamGuitar World MagazineToday, much buzzed-about metal group Tetrarch—who toured this summer with DevilDriver and Uncured, among others—released their new full-length Freak. You can now stream Freak in its entirety right here at GuitarWorld.com. “We are so excited to … Source link
For Uli Jon Roth fans all over the globe, 2018 is going to be a very special year: 40-year anniversary of Scorpions – Tokyo Tapes 40-year anniversary of the Birth of Electric Sun 50-year anniversary of Uli’s first ever stage performance in 1968 To celebrate this special anniversary year, Uli Jon Roth is performing a […]
On Friday, Sept. 29, we were so lucky to meet the band The Script backstage at Radio City Music Hall before their concert. We met vocalist and keyboardist Danny O’Donoghue, guitarist Mark Sheehan, and drummer Glen Power. They were very nice, calm, cool and collected. We thought they had the greatest accents. They are Irish. […]
THE only person who wasn’t surprised when Phil Jamieson accepted the invitation to enter the world of musical theatre was the Grinspoon frontman. When he got the offer to play St Jimmy in the Green Day musical American Idiot, Jamieson gave a resounding “Hell yeah!” even as his team raised a quizzical eyebrow. “I said […]
Guitar Hero’s got nothing on this.Image: fretx By Team CommerceMashable Shopping2017-09-30 12:00:00 UTC All those hours of Guitar Hero never turned you into the next Jimi Hendrix or Les Paul — but the FRETX? It just might. Learn how to play guitar the smart (and fun) way with the help of this clip-on learning device, […]
Today—September 29—David Gilmour released Live at Pompeii, a live album and concert film documenting his performance at the Pompeii Amphitheatre last year. Now, you can get a preview of the film and album with a gorgeously shot, high-definition video of Gilmour and his band performing the Pink Floyd classic, “Run Like Hell.” The Live at […]
