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Phil Hilborne: 'Burn' - Lockdown 2020 version.

Deep Purples 'Burn'- Lockdown 2020 version:

Doogie White - Vocals
Phil Hilborne - Guitar
Paul Morris - Keyboards
Greg Smith - Bass
Pete Riley - Drums
This 'virtual' version of 'Burn' came about pretty much by accident (it's a long story)...Very glad we got to do it though - it was a lot of fun.
Huge respect and massive thanks to everyone involved.
Hope you enjoy it...Cheers! Phil
Recorded in the England, Scotland and the USA.
Compiled and edited etc.. by Phil Hilborne @WM Studios, Essex, UK.

Phil Hilborne & Friends - 'Burn' - Lockdown 2020 version.

Phil Hilborne,Paul Reed Smith: PRS Clinic at Peach Guitars

PRS Clinic with Paul Reed Smith and Phil Hilborne
Peach Guitars Wednesday 19:30

We will be hosting an evening clinic on Wednesday 13th November at 7.30pm with Paul Reed Smith and Phil Hilborne at Timbers Restaurant (just around the corner from the shop) Paul will be on hand to answer any questions you may have and Phil will be playing his way through the PRS Guitars range.

We'll have some amazing deals on the night plus some giveaways. PRS guitars UK will be bringing along some super rare Custom guitars for you to try out.

Places are free but numbers are limited so please email us on sales@peachguitars.com if you would like one. Full name and quantity of places please.

Come and meet the man who designed the now legendary Custom 24 model!

More https://www.facebook.com/events/391806244256338/

Lee Hodgson: Country Breakdown!

In our third Country instalment this year, Lee Hodgson is back to give you a thorough breakdown. This video package covers key areas of Country Guitar playing, including some classic Chicken Picking, Country Ballad, Country Rock and Country Shuffle. Once again, Lee demonstrates his expertise in this field with some superb solo examples that are perfect for the intermediate guitarist to get stuck into dissecting every single lick.

The backings were created by our good friend Phil Hilborne of WM Studio (who also wrote the backings for Lee's other available Country packages and The Oracle packages). Phil also helped us out by taking care of the filming at his sought after studio too. On top of that, Lee even transcribed these tracks for you personally!

If you want to get deep down and dirty Country style then this is the package for you. In association with Phil Hilborne/WM Studios

Come and check out the previews! http://www.jamtrackcentral.com/jamtracks/country-breakdown-vol-1

James Richmond,Irene Ketikidi: Pro Series - Recording Irene Ketikidi's Martial Arts & Magic Tricks

Irene Ketikidi Ripping it up!

James Richmond talks about the process of recording Irene Ketikidi's Martial Arts & Magic Tricks album for the new Pro Series. The article should give you some insight into the recording process and techniques used in production.

Recording Irene Ketikidi's Martial Arts & Magic Tricks

James Richmond: Martial Arts & Magic Tricks (MAMT) was an interesting album to make, mainly because people were rarely in the same place at the same time (in fact I've never once spoken to Darby Todd, the drummer, face to face). We chatted a lot on Facebook though.

It took around a year all up I think, although there was a lot of work before that going on in the background.

Irene Ketikidi made demos of all the tracks, using sequenced drums.

Studio gear

The rhythm section (Bass and Drums) were tracked together to Irene's rhythm and lead guitars demos.

And this is the point where I came in - before that point, I didn't do much other than request a couple of things in terms of how the drums and bass were presented.

Dave Marks did a great job tracking the rhythm section and it is much easier to mix a project when the performances were so good. He also did some great work with the hammond/electric piano parts. Very talented guy and Darby - man, what a drummer!

Irene then re-tracked her guitar parts against this new rhythm section takes.

The differences from her demos to the final copy were sometimes subtle but it was something we all agreed was necessary.

Irene did this tracking on her laptop, completely dry - monitoring with Amp simulator plugins.

I then took all of Irene's dry guitar tracks and re-amped them through the Axe FX.

Some small parts were done here in my studio but the for bulk of it Irene did it solo.

Because Irene is so diligent I received 3 takes of all the leads - most of the time I used the first take.

One of the funny things about the record was Fractal Audio kept updating the firmware of the Axe FX so with each new firmware update I found I was going back to the early songs and reprocessing the guitars. That took a lot of time but I am glad we did - each firmware update got a little closer to the sound of an amp in a room and the album is better for it. The Axe FX is an amazing bit of kit!

I do a lot of sound design and avant-garde music where I make the guitar sound like other things and it is perfect for that, as well as good old, balls-to-the-wall guitar tones.

There are a few instances where what sounds like a synth is actually a guitar processed in the Axe FX using pitch and modulation effects. The end part of Distance for example.

Part of the challenge of a record like this is getting it to sound like it was a band playing in a room together, because this didn't happen and some of the songs were worked on in different environments.

The drums were augmented (but not necessarily replaced) with some samples - for instance I blended Darby's wonderful sounding Pork Pie snare with a multisampled DW Craviotto that I recorded some time ago. The mix of the two snares, one bright and one darker give a really nice snare sound - I spend a lot of time on the snare tone- it is really important to me to sound right and fit well.

I then mix around that snare sound and I try to get the snare sounding consistent from track to track. Similar techniques are used on the toms and the kick - the stereo overhead signal and room mic is untouched. The former is lightly compressed and the room mic is crushed and mixed in at quite a low level. The compressed room mic gives weight to the drum sound, making it bigger and more powerful.

in the studio

In terms of the mix - I mix "in the box", meaning I don't use a console, but I do process audio in the analog domain and then re-record it into my DAW (I use a mix of Pro Tools and Logic, the mix was done in Logic 9). Plugins are a lot closer to the analog hardware than they used to be though. I spend a lot of time on the drums- it is really important for the snare to come through- there are a bunch of techniques to allow for this (sidechain compression, various EQ curves) but it takes time. Also getting consistency from one track to another is something I pay attention to.

Irene was with me for a lot of this - we'd get together for 5-10 hour sessions when time allowed. As time went on this was more regular- we tried sending files back and forth over the internet but it was a very slow way to approach it when it came to mixing.

We have a great rapport and I think she's incredibly talented and a great player.

The guest players -Justin Sandercoe, Phil Hilborne and Dave Kilminster all tracked their parts in their own rooms and emailed the performances to Irene, who sent them to me. All very professional and well recorded- it made mixing a pleasure. I knew Justin before this project, his studio is around the corner from mine but this was the first time mixing Dave or Phil.

Irene... "what it's three takes for every solo?!"

The album was mastered by Andy 'Hippy' Baldwin at Metropolis at my suggestion.

Andy did a great job on it- I wasn't present for the mastering but Irene and I talked about what sort of treatment would be best. I'm not a huge fan of 'crushed' records- they are exhausting to listen to. I'd rather sacrifice a bit of loudness to preserve the dynamics. He nailed it.

James Richmond: You asked about me and my playing/services etc. Well I started as a gigging/touring guitar player in Australia - I started in the industry back in the late 80's/early 90's and quickly found my way into recording. I've worked in Oz, UK, USA, Switzerland on a variety of projects in that time.

These days I mostly produce and engineer but there is still a bit of playing in there as well as teaching. I've also done commercial house music, remixing, sound design, voice-over work and I was a writer for Australian Guitar Magazine and various other music/audio tech magazines.

I work out of my own studio in West London- I don't advertise, everything is word of mouth and I only work on projects that I find interesting.

I've recently started building guitars- I'm particularly interested in ergonomics of guitar playing and I'm studying acoustic guitar lutherie at London Metropolitan University in London.

I like to keep busy so a lot of this stuff all happens at once and the task is juggling, keeping all the balls in the air.

another view of the studio

I find the best work happens when under a bit of pressure and this is one way of keeping the pressure on. The danger with working digitally is you can literally tweak forever and never finish anything.

I see this a lot on internet forums- hobby musicians previewing their latest song and always end with a caveat of 'it isn't finished/mixed yet'. Well... finish the damn thing!

Having said that- my computer has loads of unfinished things on it- maybe I should take my own advice?

One thing I kept saying to Irene throughout the album is "You don't finish an album, you give up on it'.

It is slightly tongue in cheek but there is an element of truth to it- you can tweak forever you always get to a point where you aren't improving the track, you are just changing it.

You have to get to a point where you say 'Enough... it is done'.

That takes a bit of courage because at that point you are committing to this being the best that you can do at this time.

There is always the tendency to go back and say 'oh, just one more thing'.

That is the road to hell.

Working with Irene was great in this respect because she doesn't try to rush things, but also she doesn't dither about. She is very focussed and driven and I think she is really going places.

You can connect with James Richmond on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sevendeadlyguitars

James Richmond did a great job with the mix and his work combined with Irene's song writing / guitar playing have garnered some great reviews... including the awesome Greg Howe!

Greg Howe: "Damn Girl.. you mad shred! and I love the whammy pedal stuff! awesome album"

You can purchase the album online (reviewed on Shreddelicious)

Irene Ketikidi: Martial Arts & Magic Tricks

Irene Ketikidi - "Martial Arts & Magic Tricks" album release

Irene Ketikidi: Martial Arts & Magic Tricks - physical CD pre-order

Irene Ketikidi: Martial Arts & Magic Tricks

Truth In Shredding will be featuring an in-depth article on the recording process with James Richmond, who undertook the mixing with Irene Ketikidi on this excellent album.

If you are looking for one of the hottest new female guitar players around, and looking for some great rock oriented songs with great guitar then this album will be for you! The album featuring guest appearances from Phil Hilborne, Justin Sandercoe and David Kilminster.

Track listing:

1. Yelling Gestures - 04:23

2. Martial Arts & Magic Tricks - 03:42

3. Rambler - 03:44

4. Distance - 05:14

5. Likewise - 04:16

6. In the Machine - 04:10

7. Matt - 05:08

8. Catch - 03:56

9. The Nerd - 04:37

10. Wax on Wax off - 03:45

Pre-order Irene Ketikidi's "Martial Arts & Magic Tricks" CD now through Ketikidi Official Store:
http://ketikidistore.bigcartel.com/product/martial-arts-magic-tricks-cd

All pre-orders will be shipping in late May 2013, get your physical CD copy now!

Phil Hilborne: The Oracle 2 - Raise Your Game

THE ORACLE VOLUME 2

It has been said that this man of mystery shuns the public eye due to his displeasure of once being given a Knighthood and lands by the Valyrian King, only to have them stripped from him after a four day bender in which he was overheard to have referred to 'his Grace' as a pompous oaf and a nincompoop.

Having now, no title, no home and the mother of all hangovers, he re-titled himself 'The Oracle'. This was witnessed by a small orphan child who happened to be pulling on his trouser leg at the time asking for "A Groat for a cuppa tea please Mister?'.

Nevertheless, his secret knowledge of the electric guitar knows no boundaries, so he has returned once more to JTC headquarters with cap in hand trading licks for party packs of booze. His lessons are like no other, and will transform your playing into a stratosphere that no human should ever encounter.

In Series 1, The Oracle bust you out of that lick rut....now he will help you Raise Your Game!

This package is in association with Phil Hilborne/WM Studios

http://www.jamtrackcentral.com/jamtracks/the-oracle-volume-2

Phil Hilborne: The Oracle - Free Lesson

Free Lesson...Last Friday was the debut release by The Oracle, the guitarist whose identity is unknown and licks are unworldly! Learning the ten tracks in this brand new package is guaranteed to make you analyse just how you solo and take you into a whole world of new! However, we felt that a few extra hints and tips along the way are going to be required to really understand the Oracle's methods, so we have put together a lesson focusing on different elements of this incredible new package.

You might have noticed that a couple of the tracks are specifically about dominant and altered dominant chords. In this first lesson, we're going to show you the (musical) meaning of dominant and how an altered dominant is created.
http://www.jamtrackcentral.com/blog/dominants_and_altered_dominants/

Phil Hilborne: The Oracle Volume I - Rut Busting Licks

THE ORACLE VOLUME 1

Stuck in a rut with your playing?

Need a fresh approach to liven up your soloing?

Look no further. We approached the Mystical Music Master uncommonly known as 'The Oracle' and asked him to scour the dark recesses of his mind for techniques ancient and modern which would bring forth spice to our customers' fretboards.

This he did, for the price of total anonymity and honeyed wine…… and how?

'The Oracle's' unique lessons are mind-blowingly innovative and are guaranteed to make you raise your game once you have mastered the master's mastery of all matters guitar.

According to our mystery prophet, these epic tracks were played on strings forged from Valyrian steel and the transcriptions were hewn from the living rock tablets of the PDF mountains. Be that true or false, these audio masterpieces will echo through the next century as the sonic scriptures that busted a million ruts!

'The Oracle' has prophesied to return with a follow up series in a month or so when the mead and wine we gave him has run out.

This package is in association with Phil Hilborne/WM Studios

MIX
INTERMEDIATE
AUDIO ONLY
WHAT YOU GET
10 solo example tracks in MP3 format
10 solo backing tracks in MP3 format
Accurate TAB and notation in PDF and Powertab format
Bonus notes on each track

http://www.jamtrackcentral.com/jamtracks/the-oracle-volume-1

*NEW* The Oracle - Vol.1 Rut-Busting Guitar Licks at Jamtrackcentral.com

Hey friends! I'm going to be playing on the amazing ZAGREB GUITAR SHOW with incredible players like Guthrie Govan, Phil Hilborne, Ivan Mihaljevic and many more, on November10 in Zagreb, Croatia.
I'll play music from my newest album ATOMS AND SPACE
with a great band of amazing musicians!!
Tomislav Marich - Drums
Hedras Ramos Sr. (my dad) - Bass
See you there!
Hedras Ramos

Phil Hilborne,Paul Reed Smith: Cos We've Ended As Lovers

Phil Hilborne-Paul Reed Smith-Cos We've Ended As Lovers-PRS DV247 Gig

Jamie Humphries,Richie Kotzen,Phil Hilborne: J new CD features Richie Kotzen

“J” is a collaboration between friends/music partners Jason Campbell, Bass and Vocals, and Jamie Humphries, Guitars, both known to friends and family as Jay, hence the name. Jason and Jamie first met in the early 90’s, while both performing in bands on the Kent Rock scene. Both shared a love for the music of Jimi Hendrix and Kings X, and soon began to work together on various projects. Although at various points they both embarked on other work with in the industry, they still continued to write and record tracks together in their studio.
Jason performed and recorded with renowned UK rock guitarist Phil Hilborne, and also performed with US guitarist Richie Kotzen, (Poison, Mr Big, Vertue). Jason also recorded a series of Bass tuition programs for the M Channel, now shown on Rockworld TV. Jason also worked with Jamie on various commercial projects, including Giants of Metal, and Giants of Rock CD’s for Jamie’s books published by Sanctuary, and legendary 80’s prog/pop band It Bites “Live in Montreux” album.
Jamie has transcribed over 20 guitar books for Total Accuracy, as well as producing over 40 instructional DVD’s for Lick Library. He has written and produced 3 book and CD projects for Sanctuary including Giants of Metal, Giants of Rock, and Crash Course Electric Guitar. He has transcribed for Guitar Techniques for more than 10 years, and has also contributed to Guitarists, Total Guitar and Guitar World. He also hosts online lesson on www.licklibrary.com. Jamie has lectured at the ACM Guildford for the past 10 years. He also performed clinics for Musicman Guitars, Cornford Amplifiers, and the ACM in the UK, USA and Japan. In 2005 he performed guitar on the Top 20 hit single “Rocket” by Braund Reynold , which was single of the week twice on Radio 1, and #1 in the Buzz chart. He has recorded for the Hoxton Whores, Phonetic Records, Public Symphony and Luciana. His guitar playing has been heard on such TV shows as The Fixer, Freephonix, Top Gear, The World Cup, Winter Olympics and Sky Movies. He also performs in the hit West End Musical “We Will Rock You”, and has toured the USA extensively with The Australian Pink Floyd Show. This year he begins touring with a new show called The Mystic Orchestra in the USA.
The “J” project is a collection of vocal and instrumental music, and features Pete Riley on drums, from Keith Emmerson’s band, and Guthrie Govan’s Erotic Cakes. Guest musicians include Richie Kotzen and Phil Hilborne on guitars. This album covers many musical genre’s from Hard Rock, Fusion, and Instrumental Rock, drawing influence from Kings X, The Jelly Jam, Platapus, Soundgarden, It Bites, Greg Howe and Brett Garsed. buy: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jrecordings

Black Dog Day

Phil Hilborne: namm 2011 really interesting interview!

Phil Hilborne NAMM 2011 part I

Phil Hilborne NAMM 2011 part II

Phil Hilborne: shred knowledge interview

1. How did you enjoy NAMM 2011, what cool stuff stood out?

a. Gosh! That is actually a tricky question to answer because most of the time I was working and didn't get as much time to look around as I would have liked – plus, the place is huge! However, the amps I was demonstrating - The Hayden High-gain 20 and 40 are really, really good... I have done a lot of R&Dwork recently with the company - helping to test them and 'voice' them properly etc....They got an amazing response from everyone that heard them that's for sure! Other than that, I saw some great new guitars on the PRS stand and also heard on the grapevine about a digital pick-up selector that allows you to have all the possible switching options - if it works that would be amazing as it could potentially make the 3 and 5 way switches we all currently use a thing of the past!

2. You have played a PRS Guitar for as long as I've known you, you must have been offered endorsements a lot?

a. Yes, there has been a few different things crop up but - other than a couple of Fret-Kings that Trevor Wilkinson gave me - that I sometimes use - I am honestly totally happy with PRS - I would ideally like to have a bit of design input with them sometime in the future too - there are quite a few ideas floating around my head! more

Ivan Mihaljevic, Brett Garsed,Phil Hilborne: Destination Unknown new CD gets release date

Destination Unknown new CD is set to be released 1 October 2010:

Destination Unknown is the final amalgamation between the shredding and the good Hard & Heavy music. Some instrumental pieces alternate with songs. This album is recommended to all the fans of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal and absolutely a must for guitar lovers.

Ivan Mihaljevic: Vocals, guitar and keyboards
Majkl Jagunic: Bass
Alen Frljak: Drums and percussions

Guests: Brett Garsed, John Denner, Phil Hilborne, Marko Osmanovic, Igor Tatarevic, Danko Krznaric, Josip Mihaljevic

http://www.sgrecords.it/en/artists/M/23-ivan-mihaljevic/27-destination-unknown

Recorded at Attic Room Studio by Ivan Mihaljevic
Drums recorded at Soundcage by Viktor Grabar
Mixed: Ivan Mihaljevic at Attic Room Studio
Mastering: Davorin Ilic at Nova Sound

Ivan Mihaljevic & Side Effects - Time Travel (Guitar Idol 2010)

Ivan Mihaljevic, Phil Hilborne: Fool For Your Loving

Whitesnake cover
Live in Boogaloo, Zagreb, Croatia
April 22nd 2010

Marko Osmanovic - vocals
Phil Hilborne - guitar

Ivan Mihaljevic - guitar, vocals
Majkl Jagunic - bass
Alen Frljak - drums

More videos from this show coming!

http://www.ivanmihaljevic.com/

IM & Side Effects featuring P. Hilborne & M. Osmanovic - Fool For Your Loving (Live In Boogaloo)

Ivan Mihaljevic, Phil Hilborne: Carry On My Wayward Son

Carry On My Wayward Son - Live in Zagreb, Croatia

Phil Hilborne: exposed guitarist goes underground...

Phil Hilborne Question:

What would you do if you found out that someone had been miming along to your work then put it up on YouTube - passing it off as their own playing and had nearly half a million views with it?

Well you might do this... go on extended leave...

John Denner Music Video

My insider information leads me to believe that this is a serial offence... read the whole sorry tale

Steve Vai,Phil Hilborne,Steve Lukather,Bernie Marsden: Guitar Nation 2010!

Announcing the Guitar Nation Festival 2010

Earls Court Olympia May 8th /9th

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/group.php?gid=301740052489&ref=ts

Guitar nation is a two day music festival of performances, demonstrations, seminars and cutting edge debates for guitarists and musicians serious about music. It brings together the people who make the industry happen; world class musicians, band managers, top producers, media professionals, music industry guru’s and many more.

Guitar Nation will get musicians closer to music and its industry than ever before. A broad variety of master classes, tutorials, seminars, performances and forums are planned, covering a wide range of hard hitting topics in a fun, innovative and creative environment.

Master classes and seminars already confirmed are:

- Guitar God Steve Vai’s Only UK appearance in 2010 : Making it in the Music Industry

- Iron Maiden’s Nicko McBrain : Touring the world with Iron Maiden

- Toto’s Steve Lukather : masterclass with Grammy award winning guitarist

- Bernie Marsden : ex-Whitesnake guitarists killer blues workshop

- Phil Hilborne : How to become a session musician

- Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd) and guests : My bass and other animals

- Ace (Skunk Anansie) : The ultimate guide to guitar effects

- Ruta Sepetys (manager Steve Vai, Desmond Childs) : The new most important power in music: what to expect from your manager, advice and discussion panel.

- Meet Jon Morter (Founder of Rage Against the Machine to number 1 campaign ) : What's next in social networking media

- John Webster (CEO, Music Managers Forum; founder, Mercury Music Prize) presents Meet the bookers : an insight into the inside of the live music industry.

- Total Production magazine Editor Mark Cunningham present series of hard hitting debates with top MI professionals

- ‘Meet the Men Behind the Glass’…Youth - uber-producer (U2/ The Verve ), composer and bassist with seminal post-punk rockers Killing Joke : See how he makes music and talks about the role of the producer in the creative process.

- Earn a living without record company support with Barry Martin ( Hamsters )

The festivals mission is to empower musicians, help them make a living from music and improve their playing. Issues covered include making money as a songwriter, planning your first tour, how publishing works as well as innovations in music technology; the depth and breadth of what you can learn will be truly invaluable.

Guitar Nation is a consumer conference giving the public seamless access to musicians and experts in a way they could only ever dream about.

Serious about music – You have to be at Guitar Nation 2010!

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