Feature Articles
The Yardbirds’ Chris Dreja: Re-Inventing the “Rave Up”
By Adam St. James
The band that launched the careers of Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck is still out there rockin’… As of 2010, the Yardbirds are on tour again, with dates in the U.S. and worldwide.
This archive interview, in which I spoke with founding member Chris Dreja a few years back, details how [...]
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Feature Articles
by Adam St. James Ahhh, the road. Touring. On the road again. Road Trip! Sounds like heaven, don’t it? Keith Nelson ...
By Adam St. James It started in Austin. From there it went to L.A., then back across the pond to U.K. ...
by Adam St. James Disturbed has had a pretty fine ride for the past year-and-a-half. They released their debut album, The ...
By Adam St. James Most musicians would agree: Early musical influences can be, well, very influential. But when your father is ...
by Adam St. James Pete Anderson has played lead and rhythm guitar on and produced almost every record by multi-platinum, Grammy-winning ...
Artist News
Lynyrd Skynyrd To Release Live CD/DVD June 22LYNYRD SKYNYRD TO RELEASE LIVE FROM FREEDOM HALL CD/DVD SET ON JUNE 22nd; LAST CONCERT RECORDED WITH LONGTIME MEMBERS BILLY POWELL AND EAN EVANS
SUMMER TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
New York, NY: Lynyrd Skynyrd will release Live From Freedom Hall on June 22 as both a CD/DVD set and as a stand-alone DVD. Live From Freedom Hall [...]
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Buckcherry: Line ‘em Up!by Adam St. James
Ahhh, the road. Touring. On the road again. Road Trip! Sounds like heaven, don’t it? Keith Nelson and his mates in Buckcherry have seen a few miles of our great American highways from the windows of a tour bus and lived to tell about it. And we’re pretty sure they’re not really [...]
Guitar Industry News
Industry Legend Shares Secrets of Music StardomAgent behind The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, The Judds, Merle Haggard, Roy Clark, Tammy Wynette releases book
Jim Halsey set to appear on Fox & Friends, Fox Business Network, and SiriusXM all on March 4th
OKLAHOMA CITY – After building the number one country-music agency in the world, Halsey eventually sold it to found the Jim [...]
Guitar Lessons
How To Find The Right Chords for a MelodyI get a lot of email questions relating to things I teach in my various courses, and/or just things guitarists are working on in their own musical world. I just got an email from Christopher in the U.K. asking how to figure out appropriate chords for a melody.
Here’s what I told him:
Thanks for [...]
Resources & Links
Musical Associations: The Definitive ListAFTRA (American Federation of TV and Radio Artists)
AFTRA represents actors and other professional performers in television, radio, sound recordings, and new technologies. AFTRA negotiates pay scales and contractual payments for over 80,000 performers. AFTRA also offers health insurance and retirement benefits for active members.
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Contact: Sidney White
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Reviews
Essential Jazz Guitar Lesson DVDs and Book/CD PackagesI’ve been getting a lot of email and blog comment questions about Jazz guitar lately.
There are definitely some great books and DVDs available that I would recommend for building your jazz rhythm and lead chops.
Check out some of these:
50 Licks Jazz Style will give you some great soloing ideas, and after you learn a bunch [...]
