Kiss Online Video

It's no secret I'm a Kiss fan.  You can imagine how pleased I was to find their You Tube channel.  There is some cool video here.  This is one of the coolest.  Ever wonder what Paul Stanley sees when he's flying over the audience.   Well check it out.

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Guitar Center busts thief

Man this is the second story like this in a few weeks. It seems that some unsuspecting thief when he brought the stolen gear into the Covina Guitar Center. The gear was stolen from a school nearly a year ago and the local police had no leads.

This is a great story that demonstrates that if you steal gear, you can get caught. One more scumbag in lockup and more instruments back in the hands of some kids.

Read the story here

Scott

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Queensryche Jammin

Here is some rare footage of Queensrych jammin on The Rolling Stones “waiting on a friend” back in the 90’s.  The band tweeted about this posting on their site and as a die hard QR fan I had to go check it out.  You should too.

Music superfans

We all know that person who is an extreme fan of some group of artist. The person with all the posters. The person who saves all the ticket stubs from the concerts.  The person who has the bio of the artist embedded in their brain.  Most of us like a certain type of music or artist but these superfans go way beyond the call of duty.

I think of the scene in Rock Star where Mark Whalberg’s character gets in an argument with a rival tribute band stating that his jacket isn’t correct citing that the stitching and lapels are wrong.  Every time I see that scene I kind of cringe.  I mean, is it really that important to know all the details?

So where am I going with this?  I guess my question is, do these superfans prove that music can truly touch a person that deeply or are these fans just a little off center and looking for something to gravitate too.  Musicians certainly don’t want to offend their fans but at the same time you have to think “get a life” right?

There are those Deadheads who travel the country, there are parrot heads who are constantly looking for Margaritaville, and there are those tribute band guys who try to capture every nuance of an artist and replicate it albeit on a smaller stage. I guess it’s just something that really connects to them.

I’m not trying to knock anyone here, I just wonder where the line is between Fan, super fan, or stalker.

Premier Guitar’s Secrets of the Masters

  Premier guitar has been running a new feature for the past few months called “Secrets of the Masters”  Now upon hearing the title you might think this was a lesson or some sort of article based on a legendary guitar player.

The “Masters” are the master tapes of great recordings.  These tapes are loaded up on a machine and run through track by track by the authors.  This is one of the coolest reads I’ve seen in a while.  Not only does it give some insight to recording technique and production but gives you a look at what was left out of the final mix.  How cool would it be to get your hands on some old tracks and actually have a chance to mix your own version of a classic song.

The authors are experienced studio professionals who know what they’re talking about.  The perspective they give to these classic tracks is great.  You find yourself learning something without even trying.

  Check out the past articles and keep up to date with Premier Guitar for the next issue and the next Secret of the Masters

Yestergear: Zoom 9002

Back in the 80's, multi effects processors were just coming of age. They were rack units and therefore were not very portable. Sure they had lots of goodies in them but they were always left in the rack.  Then, in the late 80's Zoom released the 9002.  This was a compact multi effect preocessor that could be worn on the guitar strap.

Hind site being what it is the whole guitar strap application doesn't seem to make sense.  But the compact nature and amount of features packed into this little box really revolutionized things.

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A moment of magic

We all look for the magic tone in our gear.  We tweak and re-tweak our gear.  We search for the right combination that will sing sweetly to us.  And just when we think we've found the perfect pairing of guitar,effects, amp, and speaker we start all over again.

I've found a great combination of things that works for me depending on the situation.  I have a few go to guitars. I have a couple of good amps. I can coax just about any tone I need out of my gear.  With that said, a few weeks ago at a rehearsal I was dumb struck by my tone.  Now I'm not a tone snob and I don't like to pat myself on the back but for a moment I really just was dumbfounded.

So what was the magic combination?

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