How to Use the Pentatonic Scale in Jazz Progressions
I remember the first time I walked into my freshman Jazz Ensemble class at Berklee College of Music. I’d been a sloppy pentatonic blues player pretty much my whole life…
Read more »Five Ways to Make Guitar Practice Fun
Guitar practice can be a drag, but it doesn’t have to be. Guitar instructor Robert Baker has come up with five ways you can make guitar practice fun and more rewarding….
Read more »Lars Ulrich Tells What His Dad Thinks of Metallica
Metallica fans are most likely familiar with drummer Lars Ulrich’s father, Torben Ulrich. As Lars puts it, his dad has been “a fairly large presence in and out of Metallica’s…
Read more »Watch Metallica and Iggy Pop Perform the Stooges’ "T.V. Eye" in Mexico City
Iggy Pop joined Metallica onstage last night (March 5) at a gig in Mexico City. They joined forces to perform “T.V. Eye,” a track from the Stooges’ 1970 album, Fun House….
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Megadeth’s David Ellefson Announces Dawn Patrol Chorus Pedal
Over the weekend, Megadeth bassist David Ellefson announced plans to release a new pedal, the Dawn Patrol Chorus, the result of his recent collaboration with Pro Tone Pedals. “As a bass…
Read more »How Kids React to Guns N’ Roses
Fine Brothers Entertainment, the makers of “Kids React” videos, have created clips showing how young folks respond to everything from rotary phones to Metallica. The group has now set its…
Read more »See Metallica Guitarists Join Lars Ulrich for Drum Solo in New Live Show Segment
Metallica have added a segment to their live performance of “Now That We’re Dead” in which all four members play drums. The song—a cut from their latest album, Hardwired…to Self-Destruct—now…
Read more »Fit For An Autopsy Premiere "Heads Will Hang" Playthrough Video
Today, GuitarWorld.com presents the exclusive premiere of Fit For An Autopsy’s new “Heads Will Hang” guitar-playthrough video. The track is from the band’s hard-hitting new album, The Great Collapse, which will…
Read more »Gary Clark Jr. Releases Video for “My Baby’s Gone” from New Live Album
Gary Clark Jr. today releases another track from his upcoming and second live album, Live North America 2016. You can view the video for his performance of the Elmore James…
Read more »Joe Perry: “Steven Tyler Didn’t Get ‘This Is Spinal Tap’”
This Is Spinal Tap has been celebrated as the ultimate metal mockumentary. But not everyone got the joke. Aerosmith’s Joe Perry says that his bandmate Steven Tyler was not amused…
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