Truth In Shredding

Niels Vejlyt: next generation guitar

2009-07-05T22:50:00.003Z

Next Generation Guitar School is directed towards all guitar players who want to learn how to play rippin´ guitar solos or even improve on their current solo playing. Players who are ready to work with themselves and committed to make the sacrifices it takes to become great.

At NG we also focus on frustrated guitar players who may have the chops, but do not know how to use them.

Have you been playing for a long time only to realize when playing with the band that you fail to use all the cool chops you practiced and end up playing those old rock/blues pentatonic licks? Then this course is for you.

All skill levels can participate. You just need to have an idea towards the style and direction you want to go. Maybe you have been playing for many years and just need some new killer chops. Maybe you are a pro who needs some inspiration or guidance on technique.

We strive to make a difference in the way we teach. We want to make sure that you learn to use these techniques and licks. Thats why, with every technique and lick you learn, you will receive both video and online support on how to quickly incorporate the material into your own playing.

For two decades Niels Vejlyt has been developing a special technique on improvising, always wanting to find and master the secrets to over the top soloing every time no matter what key or style of music.

Niels Vejlyt chose to create Next Generation Guitar to reach a world audience while still being able to give all necessary support which is so important during the learning process.

We do not want to teach a bunch of licks that you do not know how to use. Thats why all the material pertaining the lessons is so importent. They show you how to use the licks in a real situation rehearsing with your band or playing live. The forum is also extremely important and usefull, since it is your support if you have any questions or problems learning the licks

NG presents many different techniques to learn.

which are:

Alternate picking
Echonomy picking
Sweep picking
Tapping
Sweep picking - multi tech and legato licks

http://www.nextgenerationguitar.com/

Next Generation Guitar School intro 1

Next Generation Guitar School intro 2

Here is a free lick from my online guitar school

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Tim Miller: prototype guitar

2009-07-05T22:40:00.003Z

Tim Miller Prototype Guitar:

Rick Canton and guitarist Tim Miller have been collaborating on a new Tim Miller hollowbody electric guitar. The prototype you see here was built as an extended range instrument to allow Tim to explore the expanded range of an extended scale guitar.

Tim’s final guitar will be more “standard” from a scale perspective but its electronics and amplification will be significantly more elaborate. The instrument will include internal mic’ing and piezo elements both inside the body and top of the instrument topped off with a Roland GK3 pick-up – all designed bring out Tim`s studio sound in his live performances.

full details

Muris Varajic,Emir Hot: jamming it up the night before guitar idol final

2009-07-05T22:11:00.004Z

2009-06-12 Muris & Emir Live in Sunninghill: GMC Instructors Muris Varajic & Emir Hot just shared with us some cool videos of their latest performance Live in Sunninghill, The Carpenters Arms.Ceck these takes of "Flight of the Bumblebee", "Comfortably Numb" & "The Turkish March"!

Emir Hot & Muris Varajic - Comfortably Numb - Live in Sunninghill - The Carpenters Arms

Emir Hot & Muris Varajic - Flight of the bumblebee - Live in Sunninghill - The Carpenters Arms

Emir Hot & Muris Varajic - Turkish March - Live in Sunninghill - The Carpenters Arms

News: guitar fight club videos part I

2009-07-05T22:02:00.002Z

Guitar Fight Club 2009 | Johannes Kohrs vs Michael Kettel

Guitar Fight Club 2009 | Thomas Parchem vs Adrian Weiss

News: guitar 9 top sellers

2009-07-05T21:20:00.001Z

Top Sellers: Overall for the week ending Saturday, July 4, 2009

Album

This Week's
Rank

Featuring

Shredding Across The World
Volume 3
Shred/Heavy Metal

Adrian English

Theodore Ziras
Territory4
Neo-Classical Metal/Shred

Theodore Ziras

Travis Larson Band
Rate Of Change
Rock/Fusion

Travis Larson

7for4
Diffusion
Fusion/Progressive

Wolfgang Zenk

George Bellas
Step Into The Future
Progressive/Fusion

George Bellas

Adrian English
A.D.D.
Shred/Heavy Metal

Adrian English

7for4
Time
Fusion/Progressive

Wolfgang Zenk

Leprechaun
Leprechaun
Hard Rock/Progressive

Jose Luis Santander

Joe Stump
Virtuostic Vendetta
Shred/Heavy Metal

Joe Stump

Stef Burns
Swamp Tea
Rock/Fusion

Stef Burns

Jose Galicia, Angel Ruiz: jam over petruccifever competition solo!

2009-07-05T19:21:00.002Z

Angel Ruiz says:

Thanks to PetrucciFever, for this awesome backingtrack. This is me and my friend Jose, playing over this great melodic track. Hope you enjoy it :)!!!

Jose Galicia+ Ángel Ruiz JAM SESSION

Ignazio Di Salvo: notus overloadicus!

2009-07-05T19:00:00.000Z

Ignazio Di Salvo plays shred solo

Pat Metheny: time machine lands in 1988

2009-07-05T13:26:00.001Z

Pat Metheny,Ernie Watts,Charlie Haden,Paul Wertico

LIVE UNDER THE SKY SPECIAL QUARTET 1988

Alex Hunter: joins tazz to rock texas

2009-07-05T13:19:00.003Z

Alex Hunter joined a new band TAZZ: http://www.myspace.com/tazzrockstexas

Victor de Andres: testing out the parker with rocking rippage.

2009-07-05T13:14:00.001Z

Parker test en español

Joop Wolters: divide and conquer live!

2009-07-05T13:01:00.003Z

This really is an awesome track from a fantastic CD... get the CD from cdbaby

Joop Wolters says:

TUNE FROM THE ALBUM "OUT OF ORDER" released june 2007 via LIONMUSIC..JOOP WOLTERS: COMPOSITION,GUITARS,BASS,KEYS,DRUMPROGRA MMING,PRODUCTION

I wrote this tune about WAR and the need for people to continue keeping that alive, always wanting more,,, not understanding and accepting what the already have and the beauty that's around them ..always in competition to feel supperior ...on the battlefield and in life..
the rithem in the song represents the marching of soldiers and tanks towards the battlefield...the melody was assingned to illustrate the drama given by war...it's in the nature of the beast..

please check out my albums their full with musical stories and musical depth in any style and colour with true originality..
all my solo-albums have that kind of set-up releasing them already since 1998...making music should come from the heart and head and dedication to be diffrent ,,,not the copymachine

DIVIDE AND CONQUER by JOOP WOLTERS

Daniele Gregolin: with michael manring and euro groove department

2009-07-05T12:52:00.002Z

Daniele Gregolin Marco Maggiore & Luca Scansani aka The Euro Groove Department live with Michael Manring DVD TRAILER

Daniele Gregolin - Euro Groove Department - Sniff The Beef Live

Daniele Gregolin - Optical Illusion - from the DVD "Euro Groove Department & Michael Manring Live!"

MICHAEL MANRING & EURO GROOVE DEPARTMENT Live! - DVD Trailer

News: protones secrets of gain without noise

2009-07-05T12:48:00.001Z

Taming High Gain Distortion Noise... noise is a demon that plagues all high gain distortion
pedals. It's a fact of life that there's just no escape from... or is there?: protone secrets book

Milan Polak: a competitor to tea with milk!

2009-07-05T12:46:00.000Z

Milan Polak says:

This clip shows a very young and inspired Milan Polak together with his buddies Lale Larson & Phi Yaan-Zeek fooling around. It was recorded spontaneously around '92 on a tape recorder, so excuse the poor quality. Milan was the co-head of the rock dept. at the American Institute of Music in those days. Too bad no one could afford a video cam at that time...

"Dr. Stringfellow" spoof - extreme shred (feat. Milan Polak)

Ethan Brosh: new web site

2009-07-05T08:57:00.004Z

NEW WEB SITE: http://www.ethanbrosh.com/

Ethan Brosh says:

Hello guitar brothers and sisters! Welcome to my world. I'm excited to finally launch my official website that's been long long overdo! Please check back here often as we're updating the site and we'll always post new gig information and other cool happenings...Thank you so much for visiting my website and checking out my music! Please give us some feedback about the site and some ideas of what you'd like to see from me in the future. Since my album was released I am getting a large amount of emails and messages through Myspace, FB and Youtube. I love reading all of them so please keep'em coming! I will do my best to respond but depending on my schedule these days, sometimes it might be tricky so please forgive me. When I can, I will definitely answer!

Date City Venue

08-08-09 Boston The Church This will be a hot summer metal night
08-20-09 Boston Berklee TBD Berklee show during the guitar sessions program
7-17-09 Nashville TN Summer NAMM Come check out Ethan playing at Alden guitars
7-18-09 Nashville TN Summer NAMM Come check out Ethan playing at Alden guitars
7-19-09 Nashville TN Summer NAMM Come check out Ethan playing at Alden guitars

George Lynch: building his own guitars now!

2009-07-04T22:02:00.000Z

George Lynch building his own guitars at the ESP headquarters in North Hollywood, California

George Lynch Building his own Guitars

Orianthi: michael jackson, orianthi to play at last farewell

2009-07-04T21:14:00.005Z

Spotted on the google news ether:

Australian guitarist to perform at farewell... THE blonde guitarist who featured in the final video of Michael Jackson rehearsing before his death has been revealed as an Adelaide girl.

Orianthi Panagaris, of Hawthorn, has told of her devastation over the King of Pop's death late last month, the Sunday Mail reports.

The South Australian-born musician, who is known professionally as Orianthi, will perform at Jackson's public memorial on Wednesday.

She said she had grown close to the superstar since joining his This Is It comeback tour and features prominently in the video of Jackson's final Los Angeles rehearsal, recorded two days before his death, that has been shown extensively around the world.

"He had this wonderful aura about him, a beautiful spirit," Orianthi said yesterday.

"It's been a surreal time working with him and it's devastating what's happened."

Orianthi, 24, was a key part of the concert marathon, which was to have begun in London on July 13.
She had been rehearsing with Jackson six days a week for the past three months.

Jackson can be seen dancing with her during the song They Don't Care About Us as she plays an intricate guitar solo.

"We practised so much and knew the songs so well," she said.

"Because we rehearsed so much . . . we knew the parts like the back of our hands," she said.

For Orianthi, the chance to play with one of the world's greatest-ever entertainers was a major coup. "It was so surreal, I'm a big fan," she said.

full news article

John Petrucci, Rob Chappers: are they one and the same person?

2009-07-04T21:02:00.003Z

By a strange twist of fate, I posted two blog posts yesterday, both featuring youtube videos, one featuring the towering talents of John Petrucci, the other Rob Chappers delivering another sermon on the mount for Monkeylord minions... is it me or do these guys look uncannily alike?!?!?!

Click on the image to see in glorious doppelgänger glory

Lori Linstruth: guilt machine pre order special CD DVD package

2009-07-04T20:46:00.005Z

Lori Linstruth and Guilt Machine have a cool MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/guiltmachine

You can pre order the new CD and special DVD

Track List
CD (all editions):
1] Twisted Coil (11:43)
2] Leland Street (8:03)
3] Green and Cream (10:32)
4] Season of Denial (10:22)
5] Over (6:11)
6] Perfection? (10:46)

DVD (Limited and Special Editions only):

Audio Bonus Tracks:
1] The Stranger Song (L. Cohen) - vocals Jasper (4:53)
2] Michelangelo (J. Campbell) - vocals Arjen (3:23)
3] Fan Messages (8:14)
4] Perfection? - guide vocals Arjen (9:37)
5] Twisted Coil - radio edit (4:17)
6] Pull me out of the Dark - radio edit (Green and Cream) (3:36)
7] Over - radio edit (3:56)

Video:
1] Trailer On this Perfect Day (4:33)
2] Making of the Trailer (3:44)
3] Interview with Guilt Machine (Arjen, Jasper, Lori) (40:03)

Spotted a cool mp3 featuring Lori Linstruth

Ordered my copy BTW.

Ozgur Cali: turkish delight

2009-07-04T15:51:00.004Z

Spotted Ozgur Cali on Robb Chappers Meyones competition round up. Influences include: Joe Satriani ,Steve Vai, Erkan Oğur, Yanni, Greg Hove, Guthrie Govan...
MySpace: www.myspace.com/zgral

Mayones Guitar Competition Entry by Ozgur Cali

Shred Rock'n Roll - By Ozgur Cali

Özgür Çalı-doğaçlama2

Özgür Çalı-Funk&Blues Melodies

Emil Werstler: till daath do us part...

2009-07-04T14:08:00.003Z

Anthony Lipari caught me on IM during a marathon facebook session where I felt like every guitarist in the world was online! During Anthony Lipari's session we discussed guitarists and videos and he highlighted a number of guys that should have been on the blog by now.... well here is another for you. You can catch Emil Werstler on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/abcya. The lead guitarist from death band Daath [sic] has some pretty fearsome chops.

Emil Werstler of Daath Guitar Lesson on FPE-TV

Paul Reed Smith asks Emil Werstler of Daath to demonstrate his addition to the "Betcha Can't Play This" series in Guitar World Magazine. Emil is playing his personal Private Stock PRS guitar (modified Modern Eagle) through a PRS Original Sewell Amplifier.

Emil Werstler demonstrates his "Betcha Can't Play This" lick from Guitar World Magazine

Emil Werstler Improvising

DAATH - Wiliting on the Vine - Guitar Solo @ PRS ...

Emil Werstler of DAATH at Experience PRS 2008

FPE-TV LIVE Daath featuring Emil Werstler

Alex Hutchings, Guthrie Govan: low down jam

2009-07-04T13:57:00.002Z

Short clip of a jam from the Rotosound stand at the London International Music Show 2009.

Nigel Clutterbuck - Alex Hutchings - Guthrie Govan

Guthrie Govan, Ben Poole: blues jam

2009-07-04T13:54:00.000Z

Guthrie Govan & Ben Poole jam over Blues jam tracks backing on the Rotosound stand, LIMS 2009:
Guthrie uses Roto 9's Ben uses RH10's

Guthrie Govan & Ben Poole Blues Jam

Greg Howe: come and get it improvisation

2009-07-04T12:31:00.000Z

Greg Howe improvises the solo section and outro over the backing track of the song "Come and Get It" from the Introspection Album.

Greg Howe Performs "Come And Get It"

Chris Lasegue: new web site and cd appearence

2009-07-04T11:02:00.002Z

New CD Available now! http://www.guitar9.com/shreddingacrossvol3.html
Shredding Across The World, Volume 3 is now available! You can order it at guitar9.com, impulsemusic.com, and other sites. Got to my website at chrislasegue.com and check out the news page for more info. This CD features me and 16 other guitarists from around the world doing what we love to do most: shredding!

New Release: Chris’ new song “M-18” will be featured on “Shredding Across The World, Vol.3”.
It is set for release on June 29th, 2009. Check out myspace.com/shredguyrecords for more information.
Also, you can purchase the cd at cdbaby.com, guitar9.com, impulsemusic.com and diskunion.net (Asia)!

Check out the review from melodicrock.com: The third volume in the Shredding Across The World series by Shredguy Records will be released on June 29th!. On this volume seventeen guitar players are featured!! Including Chris Lasegue (Jag Panzer), Adrian English, Kendall Bechtel (Fifth Angel), Tracy G (ex Dio), Chris Sheridan (Sweet Savage), Rob Johnson (Magnitude 9 and Saddleback Shark), Sean Baker, Matthew Mills, Gary Schutt (ex-Jeff Scott Soto), Dannyjoe Carter (Guitar World July 2008 worlds fastest living guitar player), Steve Bello, Richard Tull (ex-Phantom X), the phenom from Ireland Andrew Danso, Lino, Claudio Cruz, Jonas Tamas, and a special bonus demo instrumental track from shredder Chris Storey (ex-All Shall Perish). Additonal musicians include Ray Luzier (Korn), Merlyn Kelly (Gwen Stafani solo), Op Sakiya (Heir Apparent), Charlie Giardina (Eric Martin band) and master session drummer John Wooten.