Weekly Roundup – As I see it.

Posted on August 22nd, 2010 GuitarSavvy No comments

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So – weekly roundup. It’s nearly 2:30am, and I’m not feeling too compus. Is this really the best time to write this stuff? Here goes, anyway…

Guitar Hero

So Guitar Hero… the game…
The full track list of the latest incarnation of the divisive guitar game is kicking around. “Just cos you’re good at GH, doesn’t make you a guitar player,” some say… others say “GH introduces rock, hard rock and metal music to a bunch of kids who may have never experienced it before.” Anyhoo – I reckon I’m qualified enough to say GH has it’s place in the universe.
Guitar Hero track list is here.

On the plus side, I heard that Soundgarden, newly reunited, will release a new album to some players via the game so wahaay! I consider myself a Soungarden fan but not really a GH fan. I’ll maybe wait for the general release.

Tony Iommi’s Gibson SG

OK – more last week’s news but Some scumbag nicked Tony Iommi’s Gibson SG at a concert by the surviving members of Heaven and Hell played in memory of Ronnie James Dio who died recently after a battle with cancer. Hope someone, somewhere will out the thieving detritus.

Joe Satriani – New Album Imminent

Joe “Satch” Satriani has a new album due out soon. Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards (!) – having some trouble unravelling that particular title choice. Maybe when I hear the songs… or maybe not.

Rock Birthdays

This week saw birthdays for Robert Plant (62) and the late Dimebag Darrell Abbot (44) – any others I missed with my radical apathy (cheers to old mate Pete Bates for that tagline) – sorry – please feel free to update in comments.

Steve Tyler is American Idol judge

Spare me. Nothing much to add. Joe Perry summed up my feelings on this when he helped Steve Tyler take a stage dive earlier this week. As much as I love Tyler, I’d have done the same. As long as he wasn’t hurt this time. I’d hate for Liv and me to fall out

Right I’m declining fast so best get back to this in the cold light of day. This was if I say so myself, one of the slackest, laziest blog posts, I’ve ever written – I fell asleep no less than 4 times during the writing of it. Feel free to abuse in comments. Peace out.

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Want to learn to play rock guitar in 6 weeks? New Lick Library course details

Posted on April 9th, 2010 GuitarSavvy No comments

Danny Gill’s Learn Rock Guitar in 6 Weeks

This 6 DVD course is available from Lick Library as a set or you can buy the DVDs individually. This ambitious but achievable rock guitar course promises to take the rock guitar student through their paces and is aimed at the beginner (rather than the “raw novice” – if you’re a raw guitar novice, work your way through our Guitar Intro section for free while you’re waiting for your DVDs to arrive) to intermediate guitar player but is also useful to provide context for the more experienced guitar player. As with all Lick Library products, you are assured of high quality visuals, clear sound and excellent instruction (check out Danny Gill talking about the course below). Rock Guitar in 6 Weeks is available directly from Lick Library.

How much do these cost?
If you’d rather buy the DVDs individually, these are currently priced at £16.99 each (click on the relevant course description or the wee Lick Library thumbnails below). All 6 DVDs will cost £101.94 when bought individually. You can have the complete set of DVDs for £79.99, saving you £21.95.

Week 1 includes: Power Chords, Minor pentatonic scale Pattern #1, Blues Scale Pattern #1, Minor pentatonic and blues scale licks, bending, vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides; 3 licks in the style of Slash

Week 2 includes; Minor Pentatonic and Blues scale pattern #2, connecting patterns, sequences, pre-bends and rhythmic bends, 3 licks in the style of Jimmy Page

Week 3 includes; Major pentatonic scale, Major blues scale patterns #1 and #5, Minor Pentatonic Pattern #5, connecting patterns, combining major and minor blues scales, double stops, 3 licks in the style of Angus Young

Week 4 includes; Minor Pentatonic and Blues scale patterns #3 and #4, harmonics,3 note per string minor pentatonic scale, connecting the entire fretboard, 3 licks in the style of Zakk Wylde

Week 5 includes; Major pentatonic and Blues scale patterns #3,#4, relative scales, harmonizing the pentatonic scale, playing with space, 3 licks in the style of Joe Satriani

Week 6 includes; Major pentatonic and Blues scale pattern #2, soloing over changes, adding chromatic notes, review of all 5 Major and Minor Pentatonic Scale Patterns, review of all 5 Major and Minor Blues Scale Patterns, 3 licks in the style of Van Halen

Danny Gill on his new DVD-based Lick Library guitar course:

A little bit of info about Danny Gill:

Danny first learned to play guitar when he was 12 years old and is a former student of Joe Satriani. Danny was a teacher at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California for 13 years, during those years he had his first record deal with his first band Hericane Alice on Atlantic Records), appeared on MTV, toured the USA and opened for bands such as Whitesnake & Skid Row. He then recorded 3 CD’s with Medicine Wheel, got to tour in Japan before joining Speak No Evil – they released 2 CD’s with Universal Records and opened for bands such as Megadeth, Staind, and System of a Down.

So it’s probably an understatement to say that your guitar training is safe in Danny’s hands!

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