An Interesting event seem set to arrive in New Plymouth, New Zealand as the G-Taranaki International Music fest will start in August, making the event much more entertaining is the fact that two guitar virtuosos, Tony MacAlpine and Vinnie Moore who confirmed their appearance there. The news was revealed via Tony's official MySpace page and it pretty much lifted my interest as the Planet X guitarist, reveals of a unique collaboration that he will perform with Vinnie at the Music Fest.On his MySpace page, Tony stated that he will perform more than once on August 14, playing two instruments guitar and keyboards, the two instruments that have been so attached with the guitar master in the few years. The Planet X guitarist will be playing the keyboards when he plays with Vinnie on stage, while after that he will pick up his guitar and shred it out along with HAIL.
Those two upcoming performances looks really set becoming a badass show that many music lovers should not missed as despite playing the keyboards, Tony and Vinnie would probably gives an attractive musical show on stage. As many might knew that Tony has had a handful of professional experience playing the keyboards, especially his time helping out Steve Vai on Steve's solo tour and G3 shows back than.
Not only playing with Hail and Vinnie, Tony also stated that he will also jamm with other musicians that will also perform at the festival such as Jennifer Batten, Slash and Uli Jon Roth. That line up would pretty much another insurance the quality of the fest, and surely you should really hit the event if you have the chance. Info about the Taranaki festival can be viewed at this site
written by Dewa Nugraha
An interesting video emerged on ronniewoodradio.com, showing Ronnie gets a special visit from a special friend, Slash, the two got to do some jamm session. Although it wasn't really a ground breaking musical stuff, still it is interesting to check out some of Ronnie's solo music which sounds pretty cool.
Just checked out this video:
Slash on the Ronnie Wood Show from Somethin' Else on Vimeo.
posted by Dewa Nugraha
An exciting video was streamed by Guitar World earlier this week showing a cool interview and guitar lesson from female guitar wonder Orianthi playing one of her song titled "According To You". The video streamed on Guitar World's official channel is just part of the original Interview and lesson clip made by the guitar site n magazine that's available at their official website.
In the early part of the short video, you can actually see an interesting interview about Orianthi's past, favorites and all of that stuff that might interest guitar heads of her fans. After the short Q&A, the rock guitar chick started to show the chord, riffs and solos that she did on "According To You", from that short showing you can pretty much acknowledge her guitar playing skills that obviously looks awesome.
There were some exciting guitar techniques that Orianthi showed on the video and really hit me, the hammer on and pulls of are really really good it pretty much captured the strength and the tone of her playing is just perfect. Surely this short video is very interesting, and the full clip would definitely be something worth watching, although Orianthi doesn't really give the kind of guitar lesson that many would expect it is still a cool thing to watch.
written by Dewa Nugraha
For young practicing musicians who have the desire to study music seriously, taking a step further on their music education after finishing high school often being considered as the best option to improve their musicality. One of the choices to fulfill that ambition is getting into universities or institutes that have a music major that suits your own preferences, as there are many options that you can choose especially if you're living in the U.S. However, mainly there are two types of music education that people can choose, a regular university with music major and a full-time music institute/college. Some example of the regular universities are, the University of Redlands, Columbia University, Ithaca College, and many other that you can find near your living area. Meanwhile, some examples of the full music school are the likes of, Musicians Institute, Berklee College of Music, Julliard School, Manhattan School of Music, etc.
The main difference of those two type of college is that at the regular university, you will get a bigger environment because the music faculty is just part of the college's academic department and there are other faculties which means you can meet people with different major and goals. Meanwhile, on a specified music college, you will pretty much meet people with the same interest and goals in becoming a better musicians. Surely that conditions have their own pluses and minuses, but it's all depends on your own preferences, which suits you more, being in a plural environment around people with different mind set or hanging around with fellow practicing musicians. Moreover, another difference from those two type of music college can also be seen on the educational system which are clearly different, for instance if we compare the University of Redlands School of Music and Musicians Institute's course catalogs there would be some differences in terms of the subjects being given as the two college have different approach and system.
As an example, if you decide to go to Redlands University and choosing its music faculty the subjects that you'll be getting will mostly about the basic music knowledge such as composing, learning the basic of all instruments, etc. Meanwhile, in Musicians Institute you will get the opportunity to learn things much more specific such as learning about one instruments only such as getting in depth knowledge about playing guitar. However, surely both have an equally quality education that will help their students achieving their dream and goal as professional musicians. Overall, whatever options that you may choose if you are serious in getting a better education and aiming to make a living with music, studying at a music college is indeed an advisable option as not only you can get the knowledge needed but you can also get in touch with professional people in the music field.
written by Dewa Nugraha
A new interesting video streamed by guitar legend Steve Vai, not so long ago showing some cool warm up stuffs that he did and also short explanation about the riffs he worked on his latest single "The Moon and I". The clip was kinda shot in a candid sort of way as it saw Steve's employee named Andy shooting the guitar master while trying out his new camera.
In the earlier part of the clip, Andy showed scenes of Steve doing some fingering warm ups, doing some hammer on pull offs, legato and all of that usual technical warm up thing that guitar heads would do at home. From the middle part of the video, the guitar maestro spend some time to chat with Andy and talk about the riffs he did for "The Moon and I".
The former Whitesnake axeman, showed some of the cool riffs that he's been doing on the new single and explain the methods of performing it to Andy, showing a bit off his technical knowledge to every guitar heads out there. As always Steve used the whammy bar a lot even in the riff sections as he stated, that he wanted to make a melodic sounded riffs.
It sounded well, Steve Vai kinda thing, if you're a guitar freak and listen to his songs, you'll just figure out the master's style. Still is, its always fun seeing a guitar virtuoso such as Steve sharing his of knowledge for many fans without any real barrier and just having fun.
In the earlier part of the clip, Andy showed scenes of Steve doing some fingering warm ups, doing some hammer on pull offs, legato and all of that usual technical warm up thing that guitar heads would do at home. From the middle part of the video, the guitar maestro spend some time to chat with Andy and talk about the riffs he did for "The Moon and I".
The former Whitesnake axeman, showed some of the cool riffs that he's been doing on the new single and explain the methods of performing it to Andy, showing a bit off his technical knowledge to every guitar heads out there. As always Steve used the whammy bar a lot even in the riff sections as he stated, that he wanted to make a melodic sounded riffs.
It sounded well, Steve Vai kinda thing, if you're a guitar freak and listen to his songs, you'll just figure out the master's style. Still is, its always fun seeing a guitar virtuoso such as Steve sharing his of knowledge for many fans without any real barrier and just having fun.
Just check this cool video out :
written by Dewa Nugraha
In the middle of his busy tour schedule, guitar virtuoso, Richie Kotzen still have the time to further promote his latest album by unleashing a new music video for his latest single "Larger Than Life". The new clip has been worked for sometime now and on June 8, Richie via his official YouTube page (Headroominc) premiered the new video and it actually received a pretty good viewers already.
The new clip is the second one made for Richie's new album "Peace Sign" as previously the guitarist already streamed a clip for the records' first single titled "Paying Dues". For the new video, RK looks to make it more serious compared to the first one by adding a bit story concept and some female models on it, not to mention the "Larger Than Life" video is being directed by Steven Lyon not by the former Poison guitarist himself.
For the most part, the video looks like trying to picture out the meaning of the song lyrics as it sees Richie and his partner (either wife of girlfriend you can figure out for yourself) just sharing the romantic and seductive moments together. Aside the romantically artistic scene, the clip also shown parts of RK singing and recording the track in the studio with his bandmates before at the end of the clip, his girlfriend(wife) and some other girls accompanied the guitar master and his band members in the studio.
Just check out this cool and amazing music video:
written by Dewa Nugraha
Having already released his self titled solo album, Slash spend his time busy performing from stages to stages and one of the highlight of his latest performances is his gig at Rock am Ring 2010 where he performs "Paradise City". The performance is actually fun an exciting to hear and watch as Myles Kennedy, who was tabbed as the former Guns N' Roses guitarist's singer for his your sings amazingly.
This actually one of my favorite track from GNR's hey day, not pretty much into with the verse, outro and solos but the Intro and the chorus' lyrics just hit the nail for me. Pretty much what most rockers dream of back when they were young and just having fun, well that was pretty much what I get from listening the track, the idea of a paradise city is always amusing, after years of not hearing it this latest version that Slash played with is surely fun and brings back that cool vibe. Just check it out:
Slash performing Paradise City at ROck am Ring (June 5)
written by Dewa Nugraha
After not having any news from him in a while, neo classic legend Yngwie Malmsteen surprise the music world and guitar heads by announcing the release of his new DVD titled "Raw Live". The new DVD looks to be a special kinda of thing as it provides fans with never seen footage from the guitar legend's musical journey from way back in his early 1981 days to his 1999 shows.
Surely this special DVD will bring all of you a view of Yngwie's career path, from the days his starting out his musical road in Sweden slowly getting his solo records on track until as it was mention his 1999 era. This historical journey certainly would be a nice collection for all guitar heads in the world mostly for the Swedish born guitar master's fans.
I remember back in my high school days, I made a short bio-paper for my English class about Yngwie and it really went out really well, as on the album you can see this short bio about the guitar master. That written Bio about the guitar legend, is already something informative that would make you have that unique interest towards the guitarist, I can't stop wondering what would this new DVD gives music fans? Surely this exclusive item is something guitar heads should not be missing in their DVD rack.
More info about how to purchase this upcoming DVD can be viewed at Yngwie's official MySpace blog.
written by Dewa Nugraha
Guitar legend, Joe Satriani, Never seems to have a block of creativity as not long after his project with Chickenfoot finished for a while, the guitarist confirms that he is ready for another batch of Satch. If you're wondering what would that be, well it's pretty much what Joe decides to name a new record this days, yup according to his official news letter, batch of Satch would a new recording material that he will be working on soon.
The guitar hero, reveals that the upcoming recording's process is at advanced stage as the writing process and arrangement are mostly done and all they need to do is record it. Confirming this statement Joe wrote, "All the songs are written, and mostly arranged, just waiting to come alive. Jeff, Allen and Mike will be arriving in a few days for a bit of rehearsal, then it's off to the studio."
The guitar master also promises that he will keep us and all of his fans updated about new details for his new record as that's pretty much that he reveals up til now. The guitar master looks very excited in starting out his new solo album's process and working again with his band writing some of his own music that comes from his personal point of view after having such a wonderful time together with his boys at Chickenfoot.
Aside from revealing his plan to release a new album, on his official news letter, Joe also confirm about all of the latest concert dates that he will be performing at. According to the latest info, the guitar virtuoso will be on the road around October to November, in which he will start his Journey on October 16 in Dublin and set to end on November 22 in Lisbon
Here is the complete tour schedule for Joe Satriani's upcoming European leg:
Sat Oct 16 @ Vicar St - Dublin, IE
Sun Oct 17 @ Manchester Apollo Theatre - Manchester, England
Mon Oct 18 @ Bristol Colston Hall - Bristol, England
Tue Oct 19 @ London Hammesmith Apollo - London, England
Thu Oct 21 @ Newcastle City Hall - Newcastle, England
Fri Oct 22 @ Glasgow Clyde Auditorium - Glasgow, Scotland
Sat Oct 23 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall - Birmingham, England
Mon Oct 25 @ La Cigale - Paris, FR
Tue Oct 26 @ La Cigale - Paris, FR
Wed Oct 27 @ Le Colisee - Roubaix, FR
Thu Oct 28 @ Den Atelier - Luxembourg City, LU
Fri Oct 29 @ Heineken Music Hall - Amsterdam, NL
Sat Oct 30 @ Cirque Royal - Brussels, BE
Mon Nov 01 @ Dommelsch Zaal - Tilburg, NL
Fri Nov 05 @ BKZ Oktyabrsky - St. Petersburg, RU
Sat Nov 06 @ Arena Moscow - Moscow, RU
Tue Nov 09 @ Gasometer - Vienna, AT
Wed Nov 10 @ Hala Tivoli - Ljubljana, SI
Thu Nov 11 @ Alcatraz - Milano, IT
Fri Nov 12 @ Gran Teatro - Padova, IT
Sun Nov 14 @ Atlantico - Rome, IT
Tue Nov 16 @ L'Amphitheatre Cite Internacionale - Lyon, FR
Sun Nov 21 @ Pavilhao Rosa Mota - Oporto, PT
Mon Nov 22 @ Campo Pequeno - Lisbon, PT
The guitar hero, reveals that the upcoming recording's process is at advanced stage as the writing process and arrangement are mostly done and all they need to do is record it. Confirming this statement Joe wrote, "All the songs are written, and mostly arranged, just waiting to come alive. Jeff, Allen and Mike will be arriving in a few days for a bit of rehearsal, then it's off to the studio."
The guitar master also promises that he will keep us and all of his fans updated about new details for his new record as that's pretty much that he reveals up til now. The guitar master looks very excited in starting out his new solo album's process and working again with his band writing some of his own music that comes from his personal point of view after having such a wonderful time together with his boys at Chickenfoot.
Aside from revealing his plan to release a new album, on his official news letter, Joe also confirm about all of the latest concert dates that he will be performing at. According to the latest info, the guitar virtuoso will be on the road around October to November, in which he will start his Journey on October 16 in Dublin and set to end on November 22 in Lisbon
Here is the complete tour schedule for Joe Satriani's upcoming European leg:
Sat Oct 16 @ Vicar St - Dublin, IE
Sun Oct 17 @ Manchester Apollo Theatre - Manchester, England
Mon Oct 18 @ Bristol Colston Hall - Bristol, England
Tue Oct 19 @ London Hammesmith Apollo - London, England
Thu Oct 21 @ Newcastle City Hall - Newcastle, England
Fri Oct 22 @ Glasgow Clyde Auditorium - Glasgow, Scotland
Sat Oct 23 @ Birmingham Symphony Hall - Birmingham, England
Mon Oct 25 @ La Cigale - Paris, FR
Tue Oct 26 @ La Cigale - Paris, FR
Wed Oct 27 @ Le Colisee - Roubaix, FR
Thu Oct 28 @ Den Atelier - Luxembourg City, LU
Fri Oct 29 @ Heineken Music Hall - Amsterdam, NL
Sat Oct 30 @ Cirque Royal - Brussels, BE
Mon Nov 01 @ Dommelsch Zaal - Tilburg, NL
Fri Nov 05 @ BKZ Oktyabrsky - St. Petersburg, RU
Sat Nov 06 @ Arena Moscow - Moscow, RU
Tue Nov 09 @ Gasometer - Vienna, AT
Wed Nov 10 @ Hala Tivoli - Ljubljana, SI
Thu Nov 11 @ Alcatraz - Milano, IT
Fri Nov 12 @ Gran Teatro - Padova, IT
Sun Nov 14 @ Atlantico - Rome, IT
Tue Nov 16 @ L'Amphitheatre Cite Internacionale - Lyon, FR
Sun Nov 21 @ Pavilhao Rosa Mota - Oporto, PT
Mon Nov 22 @ Campo Pequeno - Lisbon, PT
written by Dewa Nugraha
