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Press Release Dean Markley USA today announces a scholarship opportunity for The Women’s Music Summit, scheduled for August 27-31 at the Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY. This immersive week-long program is dedicated to helping female musicians learn their craft. Female players of all instruments and skill-levels are invited to come learn, practice, perform… continue reading

Press Release Flying Colors, the hot new virtuoso prog rock supergroup featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater), guitarist Steve Morse (Deep Purple), and Neal Morse (Spock’s Beard), follow the release of their eponymous debut album with a rare European tour taking in London’s prestigious Shepherd’s Bush Empire on September 21st. Tickets for all the European… continue reading

Check out this great new track from Tremonti, I’ve included a link to the track in iTunes below this preview if you wish to buy it. Buy You Waste Your Time – Single – Tremonti on iTunes. Press Release In a chart dominated by voices from NBC’s smash television show The Voice, a new voice… continue reading

Press Release Bruce Mathiske is internationally recognised as a maestro of the guitar. With a career spanning nearly 3 decades, he has delighted audiences around the world with not just a phenomenal level of technical brilliance, but more importantly, with an ability to instinctively absorb and understand, then consummately master and deliver just about any… continue reading

North Carolina custom guitar builder Jay Lichty has partnered up with John Cash of Nature’s Storehouse, located in Tryon, NC to raise awareness and to raise funds for the cancer survivorship and research programs by the Lance Armstrong Foundation. “We have found guitar raffles to be an effective way for Lichty Guitars to give back… continue reading

An Auction house near Manchester in the UK called Omega Auctions who specialise in music sales have a huge collection of guitar gear from Porl Thompson, one of the founder members of The Cure, going under the hammer on 19th May. The sale includes guitars such as his 1966 Gibson ES 345 (Cherry Red) pictured… continue reading

Check out this press release from the excellent free online guitar mag, iGuitar: Another bumper issue of the free digital magazine iGuitar is now live and it’s crammed full of video interviews, interactive guitar lessons and the latest gear reviews. Not to mention an incredible competition to win a Musicman Guitar + TC Electronic Pedal… continue reading

Fender have just announced the lineup for the 2012 Pawn Shop Series guitars which draw inspiration from the eccentric and innovative Fender creations of the mid-’60s to mid-’70s era, check them out below the Jaguarillo sounds amazing! Fender Pawn Shop Jaguarillo Fender Pawn Shop Offset Special Fender 2012 Pawn Shop Mustang Special

Fear not my South American friends for the G3 Tour is coming your way and although you will not be able to enjoy the might of Steve Vai as per the G3 Down Under and European Tours you will be able to enjoy an almighty lineup with John Petrucci and Steve Morse joining Joe Satriani!… continue reading

Arlen Roth is a guitar legend, when I started playing guitar his name popped up everywhere whether it was on the cover of a Hot Licks tutorial VHS or in a Guitar Player column which he wrote for a decade. Most guitarists will have seen the 1986 movie ‘Crossroads’, well Arlen Roth wrote and performed… continue reading