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Nothing Like Vacation…

Posted in guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, new song, tagged guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song on August 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »

…to get me inspired. I’m on vacation right now up at Clear Lake, CA. It’s one of those family vacations where we do pretty much nothing but chill out. Our resort is on the lake, and it’s absolutely gorgeous! We don’t have any plans, no itinerary; there are places to go, but we have 10 [...]

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Facebook Hell

Posted in guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, tagged guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song on July 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This is a song that I just wrote this evening. I’ve been wanting to write a song about my family’s obsession with Facebook for awhile, but couldn’t come up with lyrics nor the genre. So I decided to try country western, but with a bit of a twist. Then the words just kind of came. [...]

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New Song: It’s Ugly (temporary title)

Posted in GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, tagged GAS, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Man! Haven’t written a full song with vocals in awhile. Life happens, and it’s not the easiest thing to get the time to write. So the other day, I came up with a funky groove. It started out as a simple blues in Em, bouncing back and forth between Em7 and Bm7. I knew I [...]

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When recording, use the tools you need!

Posted in amplifiers, amps, aracom amps, attenuator, gear, goldie, guitar, guitar attenuators, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, tagged aracom, aracom amps, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, saint guitars, squire classic vibe telecaster on December 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I’ve been working on a new instrumental for over a month now, called “Strutter.” I think I’ve probably made 50+ recordings of the song, and even though I dig the melody I’ve come up with, I’ve always thought it needed something… more… Couldn’t put my finger on it, but none of my recordings of the [...]

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Blues With Brains Journey Update

Posted in guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar instruction, guitar lessons, guitarists, Guitars, improvisation, inspiration, instruction, learn guitar, Music, musicians, new song, tagged blues with brains, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar lessons, guitar life, guitarists, Guitars, learn guitar, Music, musicians on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As I’ve mentioned in the past, I purchased Chuck D’Aloia’s “Blues with Brains” series. After a month, I still haven’t moved past Volume 1, but that’s only because I’m going slowly and methodically with the process. Besides, the one thing that I found is that Chuck throws A LOT of stuff at you in a [...]

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First Impressions: Dr. Z Remedy Amp

Posted in amplifiers, amps, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, tagged amp, amp reviews, amplification, amplifiers, amps, Dr. Z, Dr. Z Remedy, GAS, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, remedy amp on October 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »

In yesterday’s little adventure at Guitar Player Magazine, I got a chance to play the new Dr. Z Remedy amplifier. This amp is based upon a classic Marshall JTM circuit design, but with a twist: Instead of 4 inputs that allow you to jumper the two channels, the Remedy has a single input and the [...]

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Goldie Just Inspires Me!

Posted in aracom amps, custom guitars, GAS, gear, goldie, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, reason amps, reason bambino, Saint Guitar Company, saint guitars messenger, tagged aracom amps, GAS, gear, goldie, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, reason amps, Saint Guitar Company, saint guitars on September 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I spoke about Tone with a capital “T” the other day and how your Tone is the combination of your gear plus what’s in your heart. One thing that I didn’t discuss is that when your heart and your gear are in alignment, the visceral effect it has on you borders on a religious experience. [...]

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New Song: Lovin’ You Again

Posted in AmpliTube, amplitube fender, GarageBand, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, IK Multimedia, Music, musicians, new song, recording, tagged AmpliTube, amplitube fender, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, IK Multimedia, Music, musicians, new song on July 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I wrote this song a few years back, and had the hardest time trying to record it. Unfortunately, the stock drum tracks in GarageBand just don’t cover the blues very well, so I finally found some decent audio drum loops that I could use. Ostensibly, this is a song about everlasting love, and how in [...]

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GAS Blues

Posted in buying gear, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, tagged buying gear, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song on July 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »

If you’re a visitor here, it’s more than likely that you suffer from an affliction commonly referred to as GAS or Gear Acquisition Syndrome, which is a uncontrollable urge to buy gear to affect your tone. Be honest, you know you have it. This morning, in search of some new material to write about, I [...]

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Adventures in Groovin’ on my Strat

Posted in amplifiers, aracom amps, booster, Creation Audio Labs, GarageBand, GAS, gear, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Hardwire, inspiration, Mk.4.23, Music, musicians, new song, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, effect pedals, Effects, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, pedals, Red Bear Picks, V-Picks on July 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I’m normally very methodical in my approach to writing music. But sometimes, I just get carried away with playing that I’ll just create a riff, and jam over it again and again until my fingertips are numb. Writing my latest instrumental was exactly that experience. I came up with a riff, added some bass and [...]

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