Posted in Guitar Players, News, Videos on Aug 13th, 2009 1 Comment »
Les Paul died today; he was 94 years old. Les was much more than a guitar player. He was a tinkerer, inventor, innovator, visionary and legend. He is best known for inventing the solid body guitar that bears his name. But that’s not all, he also invented. multi-track recording and pioneered many recording innovations, [...]
Posted in Guitar Players, News, Videos on Jul 11th, 2009 1 Comment »
The World Series of Poker draws many celebrities, and this year, one of them was Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. Scott competed in the World Series of Poker Main Event, taking place now in Las Vegas. Out of over 6,000 entrants, Scott finished in 637th place. Not bad! He will take home a prize of $21,365. [...]
Posted in Guitar Players, News, Videos on Jun 21st, 2009 8 Comments »
The now sober Eddie Van Halen told told Spinner.com that sobriety has made it more difficult to play the guitar.
It takes me a good hour to loosen up my fingers… after two and a half, three hours, you kind of get into a zone that I’m kind of relearning because I’m not drinking anymore. [...]
Posted in News, Songs, Videos on May 4th, 2009 1 Comment »
You may remember the story of Joe Satriani suing Coldplay for copyright infringement with their song “Viva La Vida”. The song bears a striking resemblance to Joe’s tune “If I Could Fly”. Well, someone else is claiming that Viva La Vida is their work. This time, it’s Cat Stevens, who now goes by the name [...]
Posted in News, Updates, Videos on Apr 26th, 2009 No Comments »
Moe Chickenfoot news. It seems the band has sold out nine concerts that had scheduled for May. These intimate venues sold out in record time, and it seems there will be high demand for their debut album to be released on June 9, 2009, which can be pre-ordered here.
The band released this video on [...]
Posted in News, Updates on Mar 22nd, 2009 2 Comments »
There is more news concerning Chickenfoot, the supergroup featuring Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith. The band has released two of their new songs on their web site and MySpace page. The songs are called “Soap on a Rope” and “Down the Drain”.
The band will also be featured on the cover [...]
Posted in Guitar Hero, News, Updates on Mar 8th, 2009 No Comments »
You may recall a lawsuit filed last year by Gibson Guitars against Activision, owners of the Guitar Hero game. Gibson’s lawsuit claimed that the video game infringed a patent of theirs, and requested that Activision obtain a license from Gibson to distribute the video game. There has been a recent development to this story. Last [...]
Posted in Guitar Players, News on Mar 1st, 2009 3 Comments »
An Australian guitarist named Ian Haug, of the band Powderfinger, is currently suing a Brisbane casino for an alleged assault, which injured his wrist. The guitarist claims that the injury has affected his guitar playing, and he has to now re-learn the instrument.
In response to this story, MusicRadar.com took a look at some injured [...]
Posted in News, Updates, Videos on Feb 22nd, 2009 2 Comments »
A while back, the Guitar MX Blog brought you the story of Chickenfoot, the new supergroup featuring Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. The group is currently working on a new album, and just released this new promo video.
Joe Satriani had promised [...]
Posted in News, Videos on Feb 10th, 2009 4 Comments »
Fender University Spring 2009 class is about to start. Fender University is a new program open to guitar and bass players worldwide. The program runs from March 4 through March 9 and includes the following:
Attendance for five days and five nights at Fender University.
Hotel accommodations: Full service hotel—the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, Riverside, Calif.
All [...]