Monthly Archives: September, 2014

Reprinted with Permission - Madame Metal Blog

Via Press Release:  Singer-songwriter Emma Hill announces a November 11 release date for Denali, her new CD of all-original songs steeped in the great Americana/folk tradition, all powered by her melodic, crystal clear voice that conjures up the best of what the Alaskan frontier represents.

With the recent release of singer/songwriter/performer LP’s debut album Forever For Now earlier this summer by Warner Bros. Records and which was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer, Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Roman, Dave Matthews Band), LP now heads out on a West Coast tour starting next week.

Press Release:  eMedia Music Corp., publisher of the world's best-selling series of guitar tutorial software, announces the release of eMedia Masters of Rock Guitar, the ultimate way to learn how to play some of rock's greatest songs. Interactive Feedback on melodies as you play into your computer's microphone makes learning these songs easier than ever before! eMedia Masters of Rock Guitar teaches songs made famous by Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn and more. All guitar parts are shown in tab and standard notation with Animated Fretboard, variable-speed playback and looping selections of transcribed material. You can even remove the guitar or bass and jam with the band. 

Jackson announced the latest addition to its popular Pro Series, the Pro DK2M Dinky Limited Run guitar featured in Slime Green Swirl.The DK2M Pro...

PRESS RELEASE (from the Company):   Fender is proud to announce the release of the latest Vintage Modified Series amplifiers, the ’68 Custom Vibrolux® Reverb amp, following the success of the popular ’68 Custom Twin Reverb®, ’68 Custom Deluxe Reverb® and ’68 Custom Princeton Reverb® amps.

Press Release:  Gretsch is proud to introduce the latest addition to the popular Center-Block Series, the Gretsch Professional Collection G6112TCB-JR Center-Block LTD 2-Tone guitar, a splendid Nashville® Junior model with a thinline body, chambered spruce center-block and gorgeous two-tone finish with a limited production Jaguar Tan top and Copper Metallic back and sides.

"Though her death is no laughing matter, her life was nothing but.  I know she would want us all to keep smiling.  And I know we...

“You Can’t Make Old Friends” Nominated For ‘Musical Event of the Year’

Christopher Widmoser, a guitarist and entrepreneur from Germany, sent his new product called The Pick Bag for me to review. It is a rubber...