When I come up with an amazing riff, I pull out my phone and record it immediately using SoundCloud (I hum or sing or something) and then I map them out on the fretboard when I have more time. Frighteningly often I realize it’s a Metallica riff I’ve hummed :-/ At least I’m not alone:
Read moreProgression is a competitor of Guitar Pro for authoring guitar tabs for MacOS and Windows. And now an iPad version has been released! Having tried it out I have to say it is a much simpler alternative than working with tab notation i Guitar Pro on a computer (especially Guitar Pro 6 which is a bloated […]
Read moreThe Aaron O’Keefe Music Academy strikes again. I’ve blogged previously about them before, when they covered Cowboys From Hell. Looking back I can say I would have seriously considered going to a school with triple rectos as their standard gear :-).
Read moreRaz Ben Ari is an Israelian who makes innovative guitar videos on Youtube. His best in my opinition is 10 metal genresin 3 minutes: He’s also made Evolution of Metal, Metal Around the World and some other clever videos. I’m not sure I like the latest one with movie music themes as much, but I […]
Read moreGlenn de Laune is awesome at getting great tones out of digital stuff, such as the Pod X3. This is a really impressive Queensrÿche cover where he plays all instruments and even sings himself. The ultimate bedroom guitarist?
Read moreOla Englund is, apart from an awesome guitarist, renowned over all the internet as someone who can squeeze a fantastic tone out of almost any amp. He’s made a few tutorial videos on Youtube that describes how you make amazing guitar and bass recordings, and how to make plugin drumkits like Superior Drummer sound great. Here’s […]
Read moreThis guy is 12 years old and plays Racer X’s (Paul Gilbert’s) Technical Difficulties in a very impressive way. He’s only played for three years, just like me. Comparisons stop there :-/
Read moreInvoluntary hiatus – again. And when I finally had some free time yesterday the high E string broke, and unfortunately changing strings was a bit too much work to fit into the practice session (ZR bridge). So I’m posting a video a made a month ago instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUdKEgYB2MA My first video! I’ve decided I’m going to […]
Read moreAt the Aaron O’Keefe music academy the students have regular studio time, and it’s used well: Ages from 12 to 16.
Read moreAwesome dude who plays all guitars and sings as well, doing a song that I wouldn’t call exactly dead simple: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErQx1bLpEIc] He’s better at playing than singing, but as a whole it’s really impressive.
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