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Topic: Guitar News
Modern Guitars Magazine: Coronation Countdown: Guitar Center's King of the Blues Competition
On Saturday, June 16, 2007, four guitarists take the stage at the Music Box in Los Angeles where each hopes to prove that out of the more than 4,200 original hopefuls and four remaining finalists, he deserves to be crowned 2007's King of the Blues. With grand prizes valued at over $50,000 and an opportunity to perform at this summer's Eric Clapton Crossroads Concert at stake, the 2007 King of the Blues title is about more than simply bragging rights.
New York Daily News: Stone Age points to rock guitar future
Just when you thought no one could kick new life into rock's hoariest instrument - the electric guitar - along comes Queens of the Stone Age. On the so-called stoner rock band's revelatory new CD, "Era Vulgaris," they treat the six strings with a degree of distortion they should patent. The effect turns their riffs into a kind of death rattle, lending them a texture no one else has hit upon.
Boston Globe: Don't fret: Teaching guitar lights your way
I have finally found a guitar I can play. (It's never been my lack of musical talent, you see. It's always been the instruments.)
The Fretlight (fretlight.com), a solid teaching guitar with lights on its neck, comes with PC software that guides you through some introductory lessons and songs. The guitar has lights on its neck that show you exactly where to place your fingers to play particular chords, scales, and riffs.
New single from "Planet Earth," Prince's return to Columbia. Prince has returned to Columbia Records for Planet Earth, out July 24, and will reunite with Wendy and Lisa for the record.
Posted by j_frank_carr
at 9:24 PM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, 13 June 2007 8:24 PM EDT
