Archive for the 'Personal' Category

My Turn: Eight Random Facts about Matt Van Stone

After seeing IG tag Cary from Electric Guitar Review I now see that Cary has tagged me in this Eight Random Facts madness. So here we go, here are eight random facts nobody cared to know about Matt Van Stone, but will now know.
1. I recently moved to a new house and my phone is [...]

The Difference is Dean

Dean was one of the first, if not the first guitar company to use gorgeous models holding guitars as advertisements. Many companies have copied this advertising method. Thanks Dean! I can see the difference!

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. [...]

Black Label Society Concert – MacEwan Hall Calgary

Just a quick post about the BLS show on April 12th. It ruled. I went and saw them in Vancouver in May of ‘05 and this show blew that one out of the water. It was amazing. The sound was awesome, the playing was awesome. The band seemed to really enjoy themselves the whole time [...]

I Got to Meet Zakk Wylde

That’s right. On April 12th at Guitar Works on 16th Ave in Calgary I met Zakk Wylde. Marshall held an autograph signing to which you had to enter a draw or buy a Marshall MG amp to attend. I, naturally not wanting to leave it up to luck and bought the amp.
First off, I should [...]

Eric Clapton – March 26th 2007 at the ‘Dome

Eric Clapton was awesome. This is a concert that I really never thought I would get a chance to see, and it was amazing. My favorite Eric Clapton is Blues Clapton, and this concert was 100% blues.
Sadly, when I purchased the tickets they had a different seating plan showing on Ticketmaster than the actual one [...]