Now Available: Free Blues MP3 Practice Loops
Posted by Drew in News on 02. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
I’ve posted the first of many free blues MP3 loops for you to use for backing tracks and practice. You can find them by clicking the “Loops” link up at the top-left of the page. The inaugural pair consists of a 16, and 8 bar blues: Better known to most as Little Walter’s “My Babe” [...]
Jonny Lang Brings His Own Blues
Posted by Drew in News on 01. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Guitar Player magazine has a nice feature on guitarist/vocalist/phenom Jonny Lang. In it, Michael Ross covers Lang’s influences and focuses on his recent shift away from the typcial “SRV blues revival” style that has become de rigueur in the last decade, and focuses on his migration towards soul, funk, and rock. While Lang’s material is [...]
The Gibson Classic Interview: Jeff Beck
Posted by Drew in News on 31. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
Gibson has posted an enlightening interview with rock/blues/otherworldly guitar genius Jeff Beck. Beck is the guy who followed Eric Clapton — and preceded Jimmy Page — in that hugely influential blues/pop group The Yardbirds. But then, you knew that already. You also know that Beck is a musician nearly without peer; wildly inventive, defiantly individual, [...]
AFM Petitions to Allow Carrying Instruments on Airplanes
Posted by Drew in News on 30. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
If you’re a musician who’s ever traveled with their instrument, you know it’s a hassle. If all goes well, you get to carry your axe onto the plane with you, safely stowing it in the overhead bin above your head. If all goes otherwise, your precious gear gets chucked into the bowels of the plane [...]
On the 20th Anniversary of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Passing
Posted by Drew in News on 27. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
It’s hard to believe that two decades have passed since that tragic day when Stevie Ray Vaughan and four others died in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin. Much like his hero, Jimi Hendrix, Vaughan’s stature has only increased in the years since his death, as evidenced by, among other things, his recent #1 ranking in [...]
