Archive for May, 2007

Malmsteen’s Ferrari, Ozzy on Jimmy Kimmel, Chuck Shuldiner Tribute, and More

Yngwie Malmsteen is auctioning off his 1983 Ferrari GTS 308 QV on eBay. Malmsteen purchased the car while recording the album Eclipse and has owned it for 18 years. Currently the highest bid is $19,100 with 2 days remaining.
Ozzy (and presumably Zakk) will be the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 22nd – [...]

Votigo Guitar Solo Competition – Win a Gibson Epiphone G-400 SG

Gibson is holding a guitar solo competition on the beta website Votigo this month that will be running until June 17th. To get a chance to win the Epiphone G-400 SG guitar you will have to record a video of yourself playing any kind of solo and upload it to the Votigo website. Then on [...]

My top 5 music passions – Response to IG’s Post

I was just going to post a comment on his blog, but I thought I’d just write a post on here in response to IG’s My top 5 music passions post. So here it is in reverse order:
5. Writing Music
I’m in the same boat as IG, I haven’t been blessed with the natural songwriters gene. [...]

Kris Norris – Guitarists You Have Never Heard of 5

Kris Norris is the lead guitarist for the band Metalcore band Darkest Hour. I really love his style, it’s so melodic metal. I realize that he is not an unbelievable guitarist by any means, but I think he is equally good at composition as he is at actually playing. I’m not really going to say [...]

First Impressions of the New Guitar.com

I have been using the new Guitar.com for a day or so now and I feel I have experienced it enough to give you my initial impressions.
It really really wants to be a Web 2.0 site, but sadly, it’s not. The site has a very Cliché CSS look, but the feel is lacking. The [...]

Guitar.com Goes Web 2.0, Public Beta Now Open

Guitar.com has been under construction for a few months now. I first noticed that it was down for redesign January 25th, 2007 and reported it here. A month or so later I signed up for the private beta and was never contacted. Now I just got an email today saying it has moved into the [...]

Kurt Cobain’s Stuff, Dimebag Induction, and ShredTracker

Just a few notes for today:
First it was reported that Courtney Love was planning on holding an auction to sell off all Kurt Cobain’s stuff, now it seems as though she is planning on selling it all to a single collector. There is a mixed reaction from fans, but really, in the end, who cares [...]