Tosin Abasi Interview

'Animals As Leaders' creator Tosin Abasi talks about how he handles the pressure of being regarded a prodigy, his recording setup, 5 desert island albums and more.

Such a chilled, happy guy for such amazing abilities!

'It Might Get Loud' - Jimmy Page, Edge & Jack White

So after far to many months of 'meaning to' I finally got around to watching 'It Might Get Loud' and I'm glad to say it lived up to my hopes, even exceeded them. If you play guitar or want to play guitar watch this movie... its that simple.

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2010 Movie Montage (Stunning Video)

Ok this isn't strictly guitary, but it does contain some great music and is quite likely to be the best movie montage you have ever seen... I that was good enough reason for me to post it. The art of using music to compliment or even enhance movie pictures is one Ive always found rather magical.

How many of these 2010 movies have you seen or recognise?

Jeff Beck Discusses Music & the Studio

"The basis of all good music is rhythm, melody and the two intertwined... if you havent got that you're not really talking about music." Just one of the insightful gems of wisdom in this interview with Jeff Beck.

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Top Ten Solo Albums That Shook the World

It's either a sad or wonderful fact of life: sometimes our favorite band members decide to fly the coop and strike out on their own. Sometimes the results are absolutely disastrous. Sometimes they're pretty good. Sometimes they even overshadow the work of the band that made them famous. Here are ten of the best.

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Smashing Pumpkins Sound with Electro Harmonix Pedals

Here’s an easy way to get a sound reminiscent of the Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream album. The effect chain consists of a Little Big Muff and Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai. The Little Big Muff produces the harmonic grind while the Stereo Memory Man in the modulation mode produces a doubling and thickening of the sound. The combination of these two effects produces a thick wall of sound using only one guitar. See the links below to get a hold of these sweet pedals!

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Learn Vai's "Building The Church" intro

Learn how to play the intro to "Building The Church". You can watch the full lesson through Steve's Online Course at Berkleemusic.com/vai



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Joe Satriani's live setup revealed

Joe offers an up-close-and-personal look at the guitars, effects and amps he's been using on the road (see the video above, with photos and lists on the following pages). "I don't travel with trucks and trucks of guitars and gear," he says. "To be quite honest, I'm always trying to bring as little with me as I possibly can. One less thing to worry about is one less headache."

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Rig Rundown - John Mayer

Check out John Mayer's current live setup including with the help of legendary guitar tech Rene Martinez (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Prince, Mick Jones). Rene even shows off some of Mayer's 40 guitars he currently has on tour.

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Steve Vai Interview - Guitar Wisdom

Some awesome wisdom shared by Steve Vai in this interview. A must for all aspiring guitarists!

Even if your not a fan of practicing as such of of Steve's music there is some real gems of inspiration in here.

Kudos to Justin Sandercoe for this interview.

Music Vid Revolution - Crowdsourcing

Having fans help you make your song video is know as crowd sourcing. Its a relatively new phenomena and this clip shows its great potential. The good news is videos can be shot on a shoes string budget and catapult bands into the spotlight of millions of viewers by their viral nature (remember Ok Go's treadmill clip).

The department where this sort of clip does cost is that of time... lots and lots of preparation time. This songs music video had four directors, took two months of story boarding, and a month of shooting to complete.

Well worth the effort though Im sure you'll agree! Enjoy.

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These Ones Go Up To 11!

Ahhh the joy that is 'This Is Spinal Tap'. One of the greatest scenes in rock history! Such a must see movie for any aspiring rocker, or anyone with a sense of humor for that matter.

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Follow Satriani Behind the Scenes

Follow Satch in lead up to the release of Black Swans & Wormhole Wizards on his cool youtube vlog. The series gives you insight to the writing of the songs, the studio, the band members and very importantly the origins of the crazy album title!

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Steve Lukather & Marty Friedman Jamming!

Hearing a well known guitarist cover another well known guitarists song is one thing but hearing 2 well known guitarists cover each others song while sitting in the same room is another thing all together. Confused? Then watch the video and see what I yaking on about :)

If you are easily offended skip the potentially offensive lead in banter and jump straight to the guitar action at 20 seconds.




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Rock Stars Kidnapped By Ninjas!

So I recently got into this whole video blogging thing as an outlet for airing my thoughts on guitar, new music, bands etc. Subscribe to the channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/nailguitarvlog

Leave your comment below sharing... if kidnapped by ninjas which sexy star you would want to save you? And why? The best answer will feature in my next vlog.




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Lessons Of A Slide Blues Pro

Jack Pearson, quietly spoken but a devil of a slide player. You can hear the years of experience in every note, so intentional, so mature. This video is part 1 of five pieced together by Gibson.

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First 3D Music Video

Awwwwweful music, but the 3D is great if you have red/blue glasses! Apparently its the first 3d film clip on youtube, if not its probably the first well produced one.
(at time of publishing more than 50% of the 3D movies on youtube aren't very affective.)

Need glasses try Ebay, I got mine for under $5 delivered and their actual plastic glasses not just the old paper ones. Enjoy, even if that requires turning the sound down :)

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Vai Helps Charity

Great to see a big name in the guitar community putting their fame to good use helping a charity. Kudos to Steve Vai.



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Creating A Great Band

Steve Vai talks about the mammoth task of putting together his band for the 'Where The Wild Things Are' tour.

A great insight into to huge amount of work and dedication it takes to create a really special show. Some good gems of wisdom also.



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Slash Attacked!

Much to my amusement my old guitar teacher used to say "rock'n'roll is a tough game Andy, that's why they wear sweat bands".

By the looks of this clip where a crazy guy tries to attack Slash, he is right... rock'n'roll is a tough game. I just never expected it be quite so literal.



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