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The New Universe Music Festival 2010

The New Universe Music Festival 2010

The New Universe Music Festival 2010… Where were you on the nights of November 20 and 21 of 2010? If your answer wasn’t, “At the Abstract Logix Music Festival,” then I guess you missed some really amazing music! But don’t despair, the kind folks at Abstract Logix recorded the shindig and it is available for you [...]

Guitar World: How to Play Heavy Metal Bass

Guitar World - How to Play Heavy Metal Bass

Alfred Music Publishing, the leader in educational music resources since 1922, now distributes Guitar World: How to Play Heavy Metal Bass, an instructional DVD on how to play bass in a hard rock band, by multi-instrumentalist and Guitar World Music Editor, Matt Scharfglass. The Guitar World: How to Play Heavy Metal Bass instructional DVD features over 70 minutes of critical [...]

Tiny Goat Films and Kala Brand Music Announce the Release of the Film Mighty Uke on DVD

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Tiny Goat Films and Kala Brand Music have announced the release of the film Mighty Uke on DVD just in time for the Holiday season. KALA is a sponsor of the film and the MIGHTYUKE ROADSHOW tour that has been selling out theaters and entertaining audiences all over the world. The DVD is packed with [...]

Recommended ‘Learning’ With Damian Erskine: Roy Vogt | “Teach Me Bass Guitar”

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Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine ~ Roy Vogt “Teach Me Bass Guitar” (www.teachmebassguitar.com) While I normally only review CDs, I was sent a full copy of Roy Vogt’s new 10 disc DVD instructional series, “Teach Me Bass Guitar” and had to tell a few of you about it. While there are a lot of great instructional [...]

Don Ross, Michael Manring and Special Guest Andy McKee: Live In Toronto by Tim Seiser

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Meet Tim Seiser I have been a fan of Michael Manring’s solo work for years now and have never had the chance to see him perform live, so I was very excited to see this new DVD release. I believe it is technically a Don Ross DVD release featuring Michael Manring and young solo guitarist [...]

David Pastorius’ New Album “Sense of Urgency”

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Review by Raul Amador – A while back Larry Hartke sent me a tune from David Pastorius’ new album “Sense of Urgency” to check out. Now, Larry has never sent me anything to listen to so I figured this one might be interesting. So, I sat down and programmed my mind to overlook the obvious [...]

Billy Sheehan IMHO (In my honest opinion) DVD

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Review by Raul Amador – Imagine that you could spend a day (or at least 117 minutes) at Billy Sheehan’s house and get some serious insight into his bass playing! This is what this DVD is going for. Once you get past the camera work, which can be distracting, this is a fun time. Billy [...]

Alan Pasqua and Allan Holdsworth, Live at Yoshi’s Jazz Club

  ** Note: At the end of this page is a transcription accompaniment. Please scroll to the bottom, click to open, and then continue reading. The DVD I chose to review for this month is one that I have been wanting to get my hands on for quite awhile.  One afternoon, while Youtube surfing and [...]

Rite of Strings Featuring Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola, and Jean-Luc Ponty

  ** Note: At the end of this page is a transcription accompaniment. Please scroll to the bottom, click to open, and then continue reading. When I asked Jake for suggestions about which DVD he wanted me to review for this issue, he suggested that I check out “Rite of Strings” featuring Stanley Clarke, Al [...]

Matt Garrison Live

  ** Note: At the end of this page is a transcription accompaniment. Please scroll to the bottom, click to open, and then continue reading.“Matt Garrison Live” is Matt’s first DVD release under his own record label, Garrison Jazz Productions.  Matt Garrison is one of the most influential electric bassists to arrive on the music [...]

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