Major Moment release new music video for ‘Victim’
MAJOR MOMENT have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Victim, is the brand new single from the American pop-metal band and follows on from their previous…
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The blues scale isn’t just for blues – it’s been used in some of rock and metal’s biggest riffs and solos, too. Here’s how to make it work for you, no matter what style you play
It’s one of the essential guitar scales, and this lesson takes the blues scale from its classic context to place it in the style of Joe Satriani, Cream-era Clapton and Dimebag Darrell
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EP REVIEW: Premonitions – Fortune Teller
Bringing the rough and tough pop-punk energy of the Californian coast to the quiet scenes of the Rondda Valleys, up and coming Welsh act FORTUNE TELLER are ready to rock…
Read more » The Gibson ES-335 has been played by greats including Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Larry Carlton – here’s why guitarists can’t get enough of the iconic semi-hollow
Since 1958, the ES-335 has caught players’ imaginations as only great instruments can
Read more » “Being a guitarist requires versatility – you can’t settle on one thing that might not showcase you”: Alena Ciera on what she learned playing with David Byrne and CeeLo Green – and why MIJ Strats rule
The session ace checks in to discuss her approach to storytelling via guitar – and American versus Japanese Strats
Read more » “I totally respected Jaco’s bass playing, but that 16th-note triplet funk thing – it just wasn’t in his repertoire”: Weather Report drummer Chester Thompson on why Jaco Pastorius struggled to swing
In 1975, Jaco Pastorius replaced Alphonso Johnson in Weather Report, but for drummer Chester Thompson, playing with Jaco was “like oil and water”
Read more » “It’s nothing crazy, but I have some weird, oddball sounds if needed”: Alex Skolnick reveals what’s on his pedalboard
Come take a look and see what the jazz phenom and Testament lead guitarist has on his ‘board, and find out which pedal gives him “Tommy Bolin and Eddie Van Halen” vibes
Read more » Archives release new music video for ‘Make No Mistake’
ARCHIVES have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Make No Mistake, is taken from the Northern Irish metalcore band’s upcoming new album, No Bliss In Ignorance,…
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Wake announce European tour
WAKE have announced a headlining European tour! Set for May this year, the tour will see the Canadian death metal band touring across mainland Europe and the UK in support of…
Read more » “People tell me I’m one of the godfathers of shredding… I don’t know. I play loud, aggressively, and with some flair. I’m just out there doing me”: Did Michael Hampton really land his P-Funk gig by playing Eddie Hazel’s Maggot Brain solo note for note?
Parliamant/Funkadelic’s ‘Kidd Funkadelic’ explains how his disinterest in sports and love of jazz guitar prepared him for the gig – and the difference between playing with Hazel and Blackbyrd McKnight
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