Guitar virtuoso, Eric Johnson prepares a special treat to his fans by revealing that he will be performing special shows at the Irridium Jazz Club on June 5, 6 and 7 in which the guitar maestro is set to accompany the Les Paul Trio for those shows. Not only playing with the likes of Lou Pallo- Guitar, John Colliani- Piano and Nicki Parrott- Bass, Eric and the trio will also be accompanied by renown drummer Anton Fig.

Having been described as a jazzy event, surely Eric will round up and play some exciting jazzy-pop kind of thing that always is his trademark. Moreover according to the official news on Eric's website, the guitar hero and the trio will mostly play the guitarist's material on a Jazz trio kind of version.

For fans that leave near 1650 Broadway, New York City surely those three special days will be the kind of dates that people doesn't want to miss out as Eric performance is something really worth watching. As an additional info, the guitar master is set to play two shows in each of those dates scheduled, so you people living near the area shouldn't have much reason to miss this special stuff.





written by Dewa Nugraha

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One of the coolest thing about become a professional musician such is when you got yourself an endorsement deal from renown music company and that that was pretty much what guitarist Vernon Neilly suggested on his video streamed on YouTube. The guitar player reveals how he got hooked up with Seymour Duncan stating that it all because of an advice from a friend that leads him in trying out the pick up and finally getting the endorsement.



Getting the endorsement doesn't only allows you to get stuffs from the company but you also get the opportunity to choose or even design the perfect pick up that suits your guitar and personal sounding. This surely what Neil reveal on his video on how he finally get the perfect gear for his guitar that makes him able to get the sound he always wanted.

Not only that aside from pick ups another nice thing from being endorsed is you would also get an offer to try out other products from the company and if you like it surely you can use them too. One of the product from Seymour Duncan that Neilly also try out is the Duncan's pedal, that he feels the channels helps him getting the most out of his pick ups in terms of producing a great sound.

In the end, surely getting endorsement is one of the coolest thing that every musician would love to have as it helps them a lot especially with the fact they can get lots of nice products, design the perfect one for them and maybe even getting payed because promoting the products they are using. So when you're starting your step in the music business be sure to let musical instruments company to know your works, don't be shy in sending your stuffs as getting support is one of the thing that makes you keep on going in difficult times.

An interesting clip from guitar legend George Lynch being streamed via his official myspace page, the clip sees George introducing his new guitar model, which is surely something exquisite and unique for guitar lovers out there. The model reminds you of those exciting metal Jackson style (flying V) with the addition of some interesting design on its body that pretty much shows the guitarist personal style.


The guitar that George made is called the Head Hunter guitar made from all mahogany and with lots of the items are the things George loves a lot such as his old guitar pickups that he usually used during his Dokken days. More exact details about this fine looking guitar can be seen on the video below, as all I can say I am amazed with the stuff that the legend design it's just so cool.

As we know the fact that George has that big crush on art surely makes the guitar design so artistic and fun to watch and off course play, that's pretty much the effect of having a cool designed guitar as it should really makes you stand out on stage. It looks like the former Dokken guitarist is heading for that route and surely if you are someone who loves to be a stand out, this exciting piece that the guitar master designs would be something worth checking out.

Guitar virtuoso, George Lynch announced an exciting news for his fans and guitar heads all across the U.S. as he stated via his official MySpace blog that his new guitar models will be premiered on June 5. The new guitar models that will be premiered is truly a special thing as it is George's very own custom Art/carved guitars being designed exclusively by the guitar maestro showing his high taste of arts.


The world premiere of the guitars itself will be held at The Rock and Roll Emporium in Huntington Beach on the day mentioned above. Making the event much more special the fans that attend the show won't only get the chance to see or buy George's new guitars but they will also see the debut of the guitar master's new band called the George Lynch Trio.

Surely it would pretty much make guitar heads feel excited as beside having the opportunity in witnessing fine and artistic guitars models, they will also get to hear George rocking the stage with his new band. Not only that, fans would likely have the chance to meet the former Dokken guitar players in person according to the management team. That would be an interesting opportunity that should not be missed by many guitar fans and George's devotees as they will have so many exciting experience.

If you are interested in attending the show you can pretty much buy the tickets ($40) worth at The Rock and Roll Emporium's starting form Friday, May 21. Beside buying it, another way to get the tickets for the event is to buy an exclusive “George Lynch” Memorabilia Pack that includes: Event Laminate, George Lynch “Axe Heaven” Mini Replica Guitar, Limited Edition 8x10 Photo, and a George Lynch Custom Guitar Pick. More details about tickets and the event can be viewed at The Rock and Roll Emperium's official site

After wondering for sometime about Rusty Cooley's project, the guitar virtuoso came up with an interesting news by revealing his new band titled Day Of Reckoning which consist of three other members, Eric Lauer (vocals), Matt Smith (drums) and Andretti Medina (guitars). Rusty's new band showcase snippet of their upcoming songs via their official MySpace page music widget, in which you can here samples of some of the bands tracks.

According to Rusty himself of his official newsletter mailed to this site, the songs were pretty much demo material that could be on course for the band's debut album. However there hasn't been any confirmation or details about the demo songs as Rusty only stated that the snippet are demo tracks without any titles explaining them.

Listening to the tracks, surely you can pretty much hear that Rusty will be going the Metal route with some of the grind vocals that pretty much heard in all of the tracks. Interesting enough for those metal music maniac that enjoy hearing bands similar to Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine and such surely the type of music is also isn't that different, so if you guys are into this such of music than it would fun to hear it.

As many music lovers know last Sunday is one of the saddest day in the music industry, especially the metal scenes as another metal hero, Ronnie James Dio, left the world. Ronnie is a very important act in the metal world as he has been involved in huge bands on the hard rock-metal scene such as, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, DIO and Heaven & Hell. That participation that Ronnie had with those legendary bands surely made his name close in many music fans and also musicians heart, including some guitar virtuosos that listen to his band's songs a lot.

Surely since Sunday morning, May 16, many guitar heroes have send out their condolences to Ronnie's family and also shout out their sadness for the whole world to hear and see how important and inspirational the legendary vocalist was to the music industry. Among many guitar heroes in this whole wide world, some that vividly shown their lost of Ronnie's death online were the likes of Paul Gilbert, Kiko Loureiro, Richie Kotzen, Slash, Doug Aldrich and Rowan Robertson.

Most of those guitarist, reflects Ronnie's passing away by saying their last words for him via the Internet apart from Paul who without any words showed his condolences by putting RDJ's picture on his official site. Meanwhile, here are some of the last words from other guitarists that I managed to find:
Slash's words: "RIP Ronnie James Dio, one of the best Heavy Metal singers of all time. Ronnie died at 7:45am this morning, but his music will live for eternity"
Kiko's has longer statement for the music legend saying, "Nobody understood better than him how to sing this music style. Dio was definitely an example to all of us showing that we can perform on the stages for many years with the same energy and attitude. I send all my thoughts and condolences to the Ronnie’s family. Now I am going to play 'Don’t Talk To Strangers' to make me feel better.”
Richie also remembering Ronnie through his music: "Driving thru Virginia blasting Dio's rainbow in the dark RIP Ronnie"
Doug Aldrich looks to be on crushed mode by only stating: "RIP RJD"
Meanwhile, Rowan stated, "Thanks everyone who has sent me warmth and care. I send my deepest sympathies to all of Ronnie's closest, and to his fans the world over."

This words of condolences from guitar virtuosos surely proved on how inspirational Ronnie has been to them and the music world in general, his legendary voice will always be remembered through his songs. So long, music legend surely your legacy will live on in each and every soul of your fans, friends and fellow musicians, thank you, goodbye and RIP Ronnie James Dio.

Guitar virtuoso, Greg Howe reveal an interesting news for music fans especially guitar heads as he will be recording a new album this year with the help of two great Jazz masters. The two awesome musicians that will be aiding the spark on Greg's upcoming album are bassist, Tetsuo Sakurai and drummer Dennis Chambers, pretty much the big guns in the music world especially Jazz scenes.

The good news itself was posted on Greg's official MySpace blog, written as "Greg has just confirmed that he will be recording a new follow-up album to "Gentle Hearts" with amazing bassist Tetsuo Sakurai and extraordinaire drummer Dennis Chambers. Recording will begin this June and the album is due to be released later in the year." Moreover, the blog also stated that Greg is very excited about the upcoming plan to work with Dennis and Tetsuo.

Meanwhile, aside from preparing to record a new album, Greg is also busy gearing up for some shows and clinics that he will be doing this year. According to the latest news, the guitarist will be heading to Italy on August 6 to play with his band at the Eddie Lang festival in Monteroduni. Not only performing, he will also held some master class session in the country just before the show, on August 3-5.

Aside from the Italy master class and tour, later this year Greg will also head to Canada and Russia for Master Class and concert. The Master Class, held in Vancouver, Canada will take place on August 10, meanwhile the shows in Russia are set to be staged on September 24-25. Surely it will be fun and interesting to hear Greg's upcoming album with Tetsuo and Dennis, but it would be much more appealing in watching and hearing him live, so if you guitar heads have the chance to catch up with him do check him up at your country.

An exciting clip from renown guitar player, 'Slash' emerged on the Internet, as it shows the former 'Guns 'N Roses performed one of his song titled "Gotten" taken from his latest self-titled solo record. The clip was not an official music video, but a live performance from Slash' show at Elle, where he was accompanied by Maroon 5's Adam Levine.


The guitarist perform the song nicely and Adam's voice makes the ballad sounds sweet and appealing, surely it's a unique combination as the Maroon 5' vocalist voice is not a classic rock kind of voice that usually being Slash's most likely sound used for his guitar playing. The collaboration is really something that you guys would wanna hear a lot on the guitarist's new solo album as on the record you will hear a longer version that the live ones as it may be cut because of duration.

Here is the clip of Slash's Live performance with Adam Levine singing "Gotten":

Being on the road for musicians surely bring lots of interesting, exciting and even off experience that will make them remember the time they had at the specific country, this kind of feel is also what Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse felt during his recent tour with the band. Through the band's official news letter Steve talks about the experience and his feeling about his latest visit to Asia and Australia, the guitarist revealed all of his feeling and conditions at those places.


Speaking about the cities he and his band visited, Steve reveals and interesting stuff about most Asian cities such as Taipei and Hongkong, saying that he do have some adaptability issue regarding the food there. However, the guitar master was more than pleased in seeing the enthusiasm of Asian music fans in watching their shows. "The audience in Taipei was incredible, very energetic! We just arrived in Hong Kong, and you just can't imagine the immensity of high rise buildings on top of hills, everywhere, Steve talks about the experience he felt in some Asian cities.

Meanwhile, about the band's concert in Australia, the guitar maestro also reveals his experience at the continent saying, "Australia was a blur, I think I was still trying to get over the change of day to night, and then we were gone. It was better than last time, I think, and it felt like a good result for all." Moreover, Steve also talks about the meeting he had with some friends there stating, "A guitarist that I met years ago at a Guitar Player guitar concert, Nathan Cavaleri, sat in with us, and played very well, as I expected. I touched base with Living Loud bassist Bob Daisley, and we made plans to finish the tunes we started."

Surely that were some nice and common experience that guitar players or any other musicians pretty much had as surely getting to know knew areas, countries and meet new people are pretty much the fun part of touring. Although there's always the troubling part such as jet leg, tiredness, and food that doesn't suit you, still when you manage to finish your show and get a warm welcome from the crowd is pretty much the highlight of your tour.



written by Dewa Nugraha

Guitar virtuoso, Vinnie Moore shares an exciting news to guitar fans in Brazil as he has announced that he will be visiting the country to do some clinic there. According to the news on Vinnie's official MySpace page the guitarist will be making about six appearance at the footballing country and share his amazing guitar playing there.



The news stated that Vinnie will be starting his journey in Brazil on May 31 in Sao Paolo and then without any break, each day he will be on the road visiting Porto Alegre, Criuiuma, Bruscue, Florianopolis and Brasilia. Those trip is set to end on June 6 and would likely provide all of the coolest and fun musical time for guitar players and musicians at Brazil.


Aside from his clinic schedule, Vinnie himself is also busy doing his solo tour this year by performing in stages in South America and also Europe, the clinic tour that he will be doing looks to be a good installment to add to his current trip. For the tour itself, the UFO guitarist is being accompanied by great musicians such as Mike DiMeo (Keyboards), Aquiles Priester (drums) and Lars Lehmann (bass).


Brazilian music fans and guitar heads should really come to his shows including the upcoming clinic as Vinnie will surely gives amazing performance and great guitar playing tips for all of you. I do remember his REH Video lesson it was very simple, clear and provide lots of knowledge for young guitar players, if the video is very useful surely getting all of the insight from the master himself would be more amazing.

In the middle of world tour, guitar virtuoso/singer, Richie Kotzen has just announced an interesting news to music and guitar fans by revealing that he has now become the new member of Marshall amps family and will be using it world wide. The news was revealed by Richie himself via his official news letter saying, "I am very excited to say that I am now a part of the Marshall family! I will be using Marshall amplifiers exclusively throughout the tour!"

The news surely is an exciting and would pretty much bring out the question whether RK will still use his previous signature series Amps for other things, such as in recording. Although it usually doesn't work that way, but surely Marshall will be the amplifier that Richie will exclusively use on tour and also for his clinics. This actually is not something completely new as I do remember Richie said that at times he already uses Marshall amps in some of his previous tours.

Aside from revealing his new amp, on his news letter Richie also revealed some of the latest clinic dates that he will be doing during his U.S. tour, according to RK he will be doing the clinic at Sam Ash stores at this cities: Orlando, FL (May 10), Madison, TN (May 15), King of Prussia, PA (May 20) and NYC (May 24). This dates are pretty much being inserted on the empty dates for Richie's upcoming U.S. shows which will start on May 12 in Orlando, FL and set to end on Foxboro MA.

May 10 Sam Ash (CLINIC) Orlando, FL

May 12 Club 57 West Orlando, FL

May 13 Freebird Live Jacksonville, FL

May 14 The Local Marietta, GA

May 15 Sam Ash (CLINIC) Madison, TN

May 16 Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN

May 18 Jaxx Night Club West Springfield, VA

May 19 The North Star Bar Philadelphia, PA

May 20 Sam Ash (CLINIC) King of Prussia, PA

May 21 The Works Wyomissing, PA

May 22 Diesel Club Lounge Pittsburgh, PA

May 23 The Bayou (Acoustic) Mount Vernon, NY

May 24 Sam Ash (CLINIC) New York, NY

May 25 Highline Ballroom New York, NY

May 26 Toad's Place New Haven, CT

May 27 Showcase Live Foxboro, MA

June 3 Latino Rock San Jose, Costa Rica

June 4 Latino Rock San Jose, Costa Rica

June 5 Bar Tabacon Jaco Beach, Costa Rica

June 17 02 Academy Islington London, UK

June 19 Club Academy Manchester, UK

June 20 The Classic Grand Glasgow, Scotland

An exciting news arrives from Guitar Legend, Steve Vai as from his latest video the guitar master revealed that he will be giving a chance for you to join his special program with guitar center. The program that, Steve plans to do is giving a chance for 10 lucky guitar players for a special session with him at L.A. where the guitar master will be providing all of his guitar knowledge with the 10 lucky person.

According to Steve, he will not only give guitar tips and tricks but also talk about things such as his new guitar model and also an insight to the music industry. If you want to experience this chance it wont be easy as surely with 10 winners there will be tough competition as Steve will be picking contestants based on the video they uploaded on the publicrecord site.

You can pretty much see more of the contest rules at the site and just try to be sure that you're ready for any competition not to mention remembering that this contest will most likely bee seen by Steve himself, so if you're a guitarist you surely doesn't want to put out an embarrassing videos. Surely if you win it would be great to hang out with the guitar maestro and off course if you are picked into one of the ten lucky guitar players, you can be sure that you're playing is top notch well at least according to Steve.

Mr. Big guitarist, Paul Gilbert looks set to surprise his fans especially those in Japan as according to the latest news Paul will be releasing a new album at the country on June 23 this year. Despite there hasn't been any official confirmation from the guitarist himself, but the news is already being revealed via hmv site in Japan.

The new record will be titled "Fuzz Universe" until now there hasn't been any details regarding the song list but it will be released via WHD entertainment and aside from the CD there will be also a new DVD coming out for the record which will also be dropped on the same date. The new record according to metalichicka will be another instrumental set made as the follow up to "Silenced Followed By A Defeaning Roar" that was dropped in 2008.

Hasn't actually had a clue but pretty much looking forward for this new outing as the previous one, did showcase some of Paul's best instrumental stuffs which I believe is the best Instrumental solo album wrote by Paul and pretty much on par with Paul's amazing "Burning Organ". Furthermore, it will be difficult to pretty much follow on Silenced's success or even Burning Organ's as the condition when Paul wrote both records are pretty much different, so I do hope that "Fuzz Universe" would be something of another master piece from him.