Just a reminder that the Jimmy Herring Lifeboat CD giveaway ends this Saturday, November 15, 2008. All you have to do the enter is send me an e-mail via the contact form using the subject “Herring.” I’ll randomly select a winner from the entries. Currently, only one person has entered the contest, so you have [...]

I’m a sucker for a good factory tour. I worked in a manufacturing plant throughout college and have always been fascinated by how products are made. As a guitarist, I’m especially interested in how guitars are made, so I was pleased to see that Premier Guitar magazine posted this past summer some videos of their [...]

Justin Ouellette, the founder of Muxtape, recently posted an update detailing his past dealings with record labels trying to keep Muxtape running, as well as the future of the site after receiving notice from the RIAA:
Over the next week I learned a little more, mainly that the RIAA moves quite autonomously from their label parents [...]

BluesJamTracks.com has recently completed a site refresh. Not only is the site visually refreshed, there’s a lot of new content added, as well. New jam tracks have been added, and Jan Cyrka’s “Hoodlum Corner” column has been added to the site.
Additionally (and most interesting to me), a special version of Guthrie Govan’s Erotic Cakes album [...]

I mentioned a few weeks ago that Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham were in the studio jamming together and writing new material. It seems like politics may prevent a full reunion with Robert Plant from occurring, but MusicRadar is reporting that Plant may be interested in a potential reunion, there’s just a [...]

Bojam is:
…an online music collaboration service connecting musicians to mix, record, and collaborate to produce original or popular music

Bojam recently presented at TechCrunch50, discussing their online music service. Not only is Bojam a music collaboration engine, it’s also a music mixer, and a wiki-style editing platform, where musicians can edit song info, lyrics, and instrument [...]

The Black Strat, the book about David Gilmour’s legendary black Stratocaster by Gilmour’s long-time guitar tech Phil Taylor, is being released by Hal Leonard on Monday, September 22. The book has been expanded and revised for this second edition.
The release of the book is to coincide with the release of Gilmour’s new 2CD/2DVD set, Live [...]

The Experience Hendrix Tour is gearing back up for some more shows, with this year’s tour happening from October 15 and November 7. Like years past, this year’s tour will include many great artists. This year’s lineup includes Eric Johnson, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brad Whitford, Doyle Bramhall II, Eric [...]

The StagePlayer is a combination folding stool/guitar stand created by Nick Vail Designs. I use a folding stool similar to this when I play guitar, and I can see the benefit to having an attached guitar stand.
Here are some of the features of the StagePlayer:

no assembly required
weighs only 10lbs
fully padded and comfortable
fits most guitars, basses, [...]

DragoArt.com features drawing tutorials for drawing many different objects. Recently, a drawing tutorial was posted on how to draw Kirk Hammett’s signature ESP guitar. Another post by the same artist described how to draw an acoustic guitar. These are interesting tutorials. If you’re interested in drawing, you should check them out.

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