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Machacek, Sipe, Garrison live dates plus DVD shoot

Alex Machacek, Jeff Sipe, and Matthew Garrison will perform three live shows in North Carolina at the end of June. The final show will be filmed for a live DVD release. Dates and locations are below. These three musicians are responsible for one of the best albums of 2007, Improvision.

June 27 - Soapbox, Wilmington, NC
June 28 - Double Door, Charlotte, NC
June 29 - Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh, NC (DVD Shoot)

via Abstract Logix News

Prashant Aswani schedules Australian appearances, including performances with Brett Garsed

PRESS RELEASE
ESP Guitars’ Clinician Prashant Aswani confirms his appearance at CMI Frontrunner 2008
 
ESP Guitars’ Clinician Prashant Aswani is appearing at Frontrunner 2008 in Melbourne Australia.  Prashant will be performing 8 clinics showing new ESP product.  In addition to his clinics, Prashant will be performing with Australia’s number one guitarist Brett Garsed.  

Prashant has recently finished producing George Lynch’s Instructional DVD’s for Hal Leonard entitled, “Wicked Riffs” and “Scary Licks” .  In addition Prashant’s new album “Grey Matter” will be released in September 2008.

 
Confirmed dates for Frontrunner:
 
Jun 15 2008 11:30AM
 FrontRunner/ ESP Guitars Melbourne, New South Wales
Jun 15 2008 2:30PM
 FrontRunner/ ESP Guitars Melbourne, New South Wales
Jun 15 2008 8:00PM
 Melbourne Yacht Club Melbourne, New South Wales
Jun 16 2008 9:30AM
 FrontRunner/ ESP Guitars Melbourne, New South Wales
Jun 16 2008 11:00AM
 FrontRunner/ ESP Guitars Melbourne, New South Wales
Jun 16 2008 8:00PM
 Melbourne Yacht Club Melbourne, New South Wales
Jun 17 2008 10:00AM
 FrontRunner/ ESP Guitars Melbourne, New South Wales
Jun 17 2008 11:00AM
 FrontRunner/ ESP Guitars Melbourne, New South Wales
Jun 17 2008 2:00PM
 FrontRunner/ ESP Guitars Melbourne, New South Wales
Jun 18 2008 9:30AM
 FrontRunner/ ESP Guitars Melbourne, New South Wales
 
More at:
 
http://www.myspace.com/prashantaswani

http://www.youtube.com/prashantaswani

http://www.prashantaswani.com

http://www.espguitars.com
 
http://www.cmi.com.au/about_cmi.html

Mike Stern video interview - Part 2

I know - lots of video interviews lately. This is Part 2 of the Mike Stern interview. Part 1 is here.

OHM video interview

This is a Monsoon Radio video interview with the Chris Poland's heavy-fusion trio OHM (Robertino Pagliari - bass, newest member Frank Briggs - drums, and Chris Poland - guitar). The audio and video quality is a bit sketchy here, but I figured it was worth a post.

Greg Howe - Hammer Ons From Nowhere video

Greg Howe demonstrates his hammer-ons-from-nowhere technique in this video from his GH Workshops online instructional project.

John McLaughlin Floating Point review at All About Jazz

John Kelman has written a great review of the new John McLaughlin album Floating Point for All About Jazz.

All About Jazz review: John McLaughlin - Floating Point

Paul Gilbert interview for National Guitar Workshop

National Guitar Workshop has an interview up with Paul Gilbert. Gilbert will be teaching as a guest artist at the Workshop's New Milford CT location from July13-July 18. (Kudos to Truth In Shredding)

Paul Gilbert: National Guitar Workshop interview


NOTE: You can read the full press release of the Workshop's 2008 guest artists here.

Mike Stern video interview

This interview with Mike Stern just popped up on YouTube. Stern talks about his style and plays some great lines.

Chris Poland video interview

Here's InnerViewWorld.com's great two-part interview with guitarist Chris Poland from the heavy fusion band OHM.

Part 2

New OHM album tracklisting and artwork

Here are the details on the upcoming OHM album Circus of Sound.

Tracklisting:

01. Fun House
02. System Of A Clown
03. Photograph
04. Circus Of Sound
05. Point Omega
06. Abracadabra
07. The Shortest Straw
08. The Black Hand
09. You Don't Know
10. Steps From Home
11. Mr. Brown
12. DD214
13. Leap Of Faith
14. Pan's Plan

Lineup:
Chris Poland - guitars
Robby Pagliari - bass
Joel Taylor - drums on tracks 1-3
Frank Briggs - drums on tracks 4-7
Kofi Baker - drums on tracks 8-14

Also, OHM have scheduled the following dates to promote the new album. All dates will feature the band's new drummer, Frank Briggs.

May 30 - The Baked Potato - Studio City, CA
May 31 - Tone Merchants - Orange, CA
Jun. 07 - Masonic Valley Arts Center - Mill Valley, CA

No release date has been announced for Circus of Sound yet, but I'll be sure to post that info when it becomes available. Chris Poland has also filmed an interview for InnerViewWorld.com. I'll be posting the interview as soon as possible.

Guitar Jam Live Review: Paul Gilbert and Richie Kotzen at HOB

Guitar Jam Daily has posted a review of the May 7th Paul Gilbert & Richie Kotzen shows at the House of Blues in Hollywood.

Live Review: Paul Gilbert and Richie Kotzen

John McLaughlin Guitar Player interview now available online

Anil Prasad from Innerviews.org interviewed John McLaughlin for the May 2008 issue of Guitar Player magazine. This interview is now available online at the Guitar Player website.

Guitar Player: John McLaughlin interview

Steve Lukather live webcast on May 21st

On May 21st at 9:00pm Central European Time, maketv.concert-online.com will be webcasting a live meet & greet/unplugged backstage performance with Steve Lukather. This will be an interactive event where Luke will be chatting with fans online, and taking their requests. Click the link below for a video with more info.

Steve Lukather: Live webcast - May 21st

Brett Garsed to give clinic in Canberra Australia on Aug 27th

PRESS RELEASE

Brett Garsed & Band
ESP Guitar and Hughes & Kettner Amplifiers Clinic
presented by Davis Wheeler Music

One of Australia’s finest musical exports, guitarist Brett Garsed, is appearing with his band live in Canberra.

Brett made his name in Australia with his work with John Farnham, but an extended stint in the competitive LA music scene made Brett respected world-wide for his flawless technique and landmark rock fusion albums such as Quid Pro Quo (with Chicago-born guitarist TJ Helmerich), Uncle Moe's Space Ranch (with TJ Helmerich, Gary Willis, Dennis Chambers and Scott Kinsey), Planet X (with Derek Sherinian) and his solo album Big Sky.

Brett is an endorser of ESP guitars and Hughes & Kettner amplifiers and will be putting the gear through its paces in a set with a first class band that includes Farnham alumni Craig Newman on bass, Stuart Fraser on guitar and Angus Burchall on drums. A Q&A segment will also see Brett sharing his immense industry and musical knowledge.

The chance to see and hear musicians of the calibre of Brett Garsed and his band are few and far between; and this is an awesome chance to hear Brett’s amazing guitar tone and to witness his world-class technique up-close.

For more information, contact Brendan Clark at
Davis Wheeler Music on
(02) 6260 5626 or email brendan@daviswheeler.com

http://www.daviswheeler.com

Paul Gilbert interview with MusicRadar

Well spotted by Mark McGuigan: MusicRadar has posted a multipart podcast interview with Paul Gilbert. Gilbert discusses his new album, his hearing loss, and much more.

Richard Hallebeek to appear at Emmen Blues & Jazz Festival

At long last, an update from Netherlands-based fusion guitarist Richard Hallebeek. Hallebeek will be playing at the Blues & Jazz Festival in Emmen on May 30th at The Brasserie with the One Spirit Quartet (Lale Larsson - keys, Bas Cornelissen - drums, and Frans Vollink - bass). Also, Hallebeek will give a clinic in Rotterdam at Get Rhythm on September 20th. You can sign up by emailing rich@richardhallebeek.com. Kudos to Truth in Shredding for spotting this news.

Paul Gilbert interview with Guitar Jam Daily

In other Paul Gilbert news, Guitar Jam Daily has posted part 1 of an interview with Paul for their Jamcast series. Topics of discussion include Paul's early influences. Check it out!

Artist Interview: Paul Gilbert on The Jamcast - Session I

UPDATE: 5/14/08 - Looks like this interview has been taken down. The page is no longer viewable, even after logging in. I'll keep an eye on it...

New Paul Gilbert instructional DVD on the way

CDJapan has a listing for a Paul Gilbert Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar instructional DVD, with what appears to be a bonus DVD entitled Shred Annex. It's a region 2 DVD (Japan, Europe, Middle East, and South Africa only) with a release date of 6/25/08. Gilbert's previous instructional DVD for Get Out of My Yard eventually had a US release, so I imagine this one will also.

Paul Gilbert/Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar Guitar Instructional DVD And Shred Annex DVD

Greg Howe posts new track on MySpace

Greg Howe has posted a song from his upcoming album Sound Proof on his MySpace page. It's a cool instrumental cover of the funk classic "Tell Me Something Good." The highly anticipated Sound Proof will be released on June 24th. 

MySpace: Greg Howe

Paul Gilbert clinic tour of Italy

Following his UK tour with Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert will embark on a 12 date clinic tour of Italy. Here are the dates and locations, along with contact info for the venues:

May 26th - Firenze - Modern Music Institute - info: info@mircodimitrio.it
May 27th - Ellera di Corciano (PG) - STIX DRUM CENTER AND MUSIC SCHOOL-PERUGIA. - info:  mmiperugia@gmail.com
May 28th - Mareno di Piave (TV) - Inverness Pub - info:  balliananicola@hotmail.com info@williamdotto.com
May 29th - Albignasego (PD) - Sweet Basil - info: info@sweetbasil.it
May 31st - Bedizzole (BS) - 3X  - info:misolidio.snc@libero.it
June 1st - Parma - Modern Music Institute - info: mmi.parma@gmail.com
June 2nd - Sansepolcro (AR) - Tedamis - info: info@tedamis.it
June 3rd - La Spezia - Centro Culturale Dialma Ruggiero - info:  gianluca.cagnoli@libero.it
June 4th - Montegranaro (AP) - Modern Music Institute - info:  mmimontegranaro@libero.it
June 5th - Roccaforzata (TA) - Go West Saloon - info: ciccionigro@libero.it
June 6th - S. Maria a Vico (CE) - Associazione Fa Re Musica - info:  info@ciromanna.com
June 8th - Milano - Guitar Day - info: guitarday@hotmail.it