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Swivel joint earpiece design adapts to every user.
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Excellent response for voice communications and dynamic in-game audio, with extended bass response for high-impact explosions.
The Chapman Guitars "Heart of Fire" Competition
Chapman Guitars celebrates its two year anniversary - launches competition to win endorsement deal & two guitars.
2nd September 2011 for immediate release
Chapman Guitars is a growing guitar company founded by YouTube guitarist & educator Rob Chapman. It is based on the principle of having Rob's fans collaboratively design guitar models with him through a series of polls conducted on the Chapman Guitars website.
To celebrate two years of running, culminating in over 30,000 subscribers on YouTube, Rob is launching a competition that is open to anybody, of any age, anywhere in the world. The winner of the competition will receive a full endorsement with Chapman Guitars; a one-off SveeArt custom Chapman Guitars ML-1 "Heart of Fire"; a Chapman Guitars ML-2 Standard and a bag of Chapman Guitars accessories (including picks, strings and a hand-made leather strap).
In order to help Rob find the best of the best, he has turned to two of his friends and top producers in the industry: Eddie Kramer and Misha Mansoor. Rather than judge solely on guitar prowess, Rob, Eddie and Misha will be judging the competition together, looking for guitarists with passion and personality in their performance.
The competition launches on September the 2nd, and will run for two months.
The backing track for this competition is available from here:
http://www.guitarplayback.com/happy-satch-mood
Many thanks to Svee at http://www.sveeart.com for his amazing work on the Chapman Guitars ML-1 "Heart of Fire"
Good luck!
Rob Chapman, Eddie Kramer, Misha Mansoor and the Chapman Guitars team
Daniele Gottardo: Superfingering and Melodic Construction
Time
16 September at 15:00 - 30 December at 18:30
Location
MMI Milano c / o Moon House via Gian Francesco Pizzi, 29, mob. 348/5668374
Created by:
Daniele Gottardo , Ignazio Di Salvo , Daniele Gottardo IIMore info
Complementary course with Daniele Gottardo Educational program: - Systems of simplification in the display and storage of the musical material. - methods for the simplification of the fingerings and their connections. - main techniques applied to the construction of counterpoint melodic improvisation and composition. - Techniques contemporary tapping monophonic and polyphonic ("finger tapping") - Analysis of the contemporary techniques of the electric guitar and development of the technique as a function of the sound. - Harmonic Techniques: Neutralization and modulation, harmonic shades, shades, etc. .. harmonics - Construction formal phrasing : forms of reason, musical periods, balance, contrast, organization of musical space, playing at double time and half. - Commixtures modal extension of tonality and modality. Chromaticism. The course will begin in October 2011 and will end in July 2012 on a monthly basis. The schedule of classes will be arranged with the teacher. The lectures will be organized in small classes from 3 / 4 students each sibling. Each lesson will last for two hours in which are discussed all the topics of the course. At the end of the day the teacher will be available to follow each student with additional lessons. At the end of the course will receive a certificate signed by the teacher, the director headquarters and the president of the Modern Music Institute. The course fee is € 35 per lesson. For information write to info@mmimilano.com. For details contact the teacher to danielegottardo1@libero.it http://www.mmimilano.com/
I’m a guitarist/songwriter/singer with my homebase in Stockholm, Sweden. I have played guitar for nearly a decade and have been writing songs for as long as I can remember. Although I’m primarily a guitarist, I started out playing classical piano for a few years before my interest in the guitar really began. I took inspiration from guitarists like Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore and John Norum.
When I had played and practised a few years I decided to take part in a guitar competition, just for fun, on the Swedish radio station ”Rockklassiker” to see how far I could go competing with all the skilled guys out there. The theme was to play an improvisation around Led Zeppelin’s ”Heartbreaker”. To my surprise, I took second place and won a guitar (an Epiphone, which I later traded in for my Gibson Les Paul). Participating in this event also led me to perform at the Led Zeppelin Polar Prize week.
I have played in many bands over the years, mostly together with female musicians. Until recentry I was playing with a female metal band called Hysterica. We did an European tour and had an appearence in Swedish television in connection to a gig.
Recently I’ve recorded a four track EP at Studios 301 (Soundtrade) in Stockholm, together with Ian Haugland and John Levén from the Swedish band Europe. You can listen to the samples on my new MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/jessicafoxxofficial
The EP will be available on CD and for digital download in the coming months. Right now i'm writing more songs for an album. For up to date information, see my NEW blog!
Johnny Hiland doing a review on Dava Picks
http://www.davapicks.com Buy your today.
http://www.johnnyhiland.net http://www.thesoundguitarmagazine.com
Best known as the guitarist and driving force behind metal outfit Infinity Overture, Danish guitar virtuoso Niels Vejlyt is about to make his mark on the guitar instrumental scene with his powerful solo debut 'Sthenic' on 16th September 2011 fully loaded with a bonus DVD!
Already no stranger to guitar fanatics worldwide thanks to numerous instructional DVD's, books and his own online guitar school, 'Sthenic' is a long awaited release for Neils Vejlyt's legion of fans worldwide and is also sure to attract many newcomers.
With a sound reminiscent at times of instrumental offerings from Jeff Loomis, John Petrucci and Steve Vai etc, 'Sthenic' sees Vejlyt serve up 8 tracks that blend intricate heavy riffs with exciting grooves and chord progressions over which Niels' formidable lead technique takes the album over the edge!
With a strong core backing band of Jakob Vand (Infinity Overture) and bassist Kris Gildenlow (ex Pain Of Salvation), Niels has taken the live approach of a classic 3 piece and worked from that basic premise adding further textures and rhythm guitars to build a strong wall of sound. This live feel to the music manages to bring a direct sound often lacking in 'overdub city' guitar offerings and also make the album more palatable for even the most hardened cynic.
Mixed and mastered by the legendary Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Jørn Lande, Circus Maximus) 'Sthenic' boasts a strong and powerful production which further enhances the listening experience and makes this a true scorcher of a release for guitar fans worldwide.
Full info and online ordering at http://www.lionmusic.com/cd/sthenic.htm
11 yr. old Fletcher Barton, despite his age, was granted special permission to attend the Berklee College of Music's Summer Guitar Sessions in Boston, MA. - Over 400 guitarists were there from all over the world! This is a clip from Fletcher's ensembles group performance led by the amazing David "Fuze" Fiuczynski. At the closing ceremony, Larry Baione, Guitar Chair at Berklee, awarded Fletcher a 12 week berkleemusic.com course which he gets to take this fall!!!
Special thanks to everyone at Berklee!!!!!!
My entry to Hufschmid Guitar Competition - Year of the Dragon. All guitars recorded using Helldunkel pickups (created in colaboration with Patrick Hufschmid). Every one of 3 song parts recorded in different switch position so You can hear how they sound in each configuration.This is original composition made specially for this contest. Hope You enjoy it :)
Please visit www.hufschmidguitars.com and www.youtube.com/user/leonardogzm (happy winner of earlier Hufshmid Albinodroid contest)
Why do I want to win this guitar?..hmmm
- because it is handmade...not a factory "one of many"
- because I love that warm, poweful tone of mahogany
- becasue she's gonna be treated very well in my hands :)
Progressive giants Dream Theater give you an inside look on why they chose to announce new drummer Mike Mangini through "The Spirit Carries On" Documentary.
Dream Theater's new album "A Dramatic Turn of Events" will be released September 13th!
