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New Joe Satriani interview at All Out Guitar

All Out Guitar has a new interview up with Joe Satriani. It's a good read that covers his early musical development, G3, and much more.

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Release dates for new Planet X album announced

The following release dates have been announced for the new Planet X album 'Quantum':

Germany, Austria, Switzerland: May 18th, 2007
Rest of Europe: May 21st, 2007
North America: May 22nd, 2007
Japan - TBA


Planet X is keyboardist Derek Sherinian's awesome prog-fusion band. This much-anticipated new album features a lineup of Brett Garsed & Allan Holdsworth on guitar, Rufus Philpot & Jimmy Johnson on bass, Virgil Donati on drums, and Sherinian on keys.

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Bad news for internet radio

As you may have heard, the Copyright Royalty Board approved a new royalty rate structure on Friday that will likely put most Internet radio stations out of business. They basically rubber-stamped the proposal put forth by SoundExchange (the digital music fee collection body created by the RIAA).The outrageous rates are so high, that even mid to large size stations would have an impossible time paying them. I'm not sure how long I will keep The Guitar Channel stream running in light of these new developments. There's no way I will even attempt to pay these new fees. And I certainly don't want to put myself in an actionable position by just coasting along and hoping no one notices. I think the days of The Guitar Channel stream are numbered folks. This website itself isn't going anywhere, but I may have to shut down the stream. I'll keep you updated. Meanwhile, here are some links with more info on the CRB ruling, and what you can do to make your voice heard.

Radio And Internet Newsletter
Broadcast Law Blog
Ars Technica
Save Our Internet Radio

Rich

Allan Holdsworth to appear on new Jean-Luc Ponty album

According to violinist Jean-Luc Ponty's official website, Allan Holdsworth will play guitar on a few tracks of Ponty's forthcoming album, THE ACATAMA EXPERIENCE, to be released later this year. Holdsworth previously appeared on Ponty's Individual Choice and Enigmatic Ocean albums.

Interview with Brett Garsed at 22nd Century Guitarist

There is a Brett Garsed interview up on the new guitar blog 22nd Century Guitarist. It's a little hard to read right now, but there's a note at the bottom saying it will be reformatted and reposted.

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New Guthrie Govan video

Here's a video of Guthrie Govan performing "Fives" at the Music Live show late last year. Two video's from this show popped up on YouTube today.