The Guitar Channel

My Jazz Rock Fusion Guitar iMix

I've created an iMix in iTunes called Jazz Rock Fusion Guitar. It's a collection of some of my favorite fusion and instrumental guitar music that is available on the iTunes Music Store. Some of the songs may be familiar to you, but there's some cool obscure stuff in there as well. Clicking the link below will bring you right to the iMix in iTunes. Check it out!

Jazz Rock Fusion Guitar iMix

Rich

Listen to The Guitar Channel on your Nintendo Wii

I love my Nintendo Wii. One of the coolest features is the Opera browser for web surfing. When I first heard it would have this functionality, I wondered if it would be able to do streaming music. I figured SHOUTcast streams wouldn't work, since they operate using a .pls file (You launch the file using your music player of choice, the player connects to the ip address in the .pls file, and the music streams from that ip to your player). The Wii handles most embedded flash players well, but since it has no separate music player to play a .pls file, I figured SHOUTcast streams wouldn't be possible. Then I heard about WiiHear.com. Wii Hear is a site where they use a flash-based player to launch SHOUTcast streams. They have about 80 stations listed so far, and they are adding more all the time. One of the recently adding stations is... you guessed it, The Guitar Channel! Now you can blast The Guitar Channel in your living room by streaming it through your Wii. It's super cool. Just go to WiiHear.com through the Wii's Opera browser, go to the Rock section in the directory (that was the closest category I could get), click The Guitar Channel, then click the big play button. If the stream is running and there are open slots available, the music will start playing. Enjoy!

Rich

Radio stream issues today

FYI - The Guitar Channel stream seems to be going up and down today. I'm not sure if my internet connection is spotty or what.

The radio stream is back up

The stream is back up. Enjoy!

The Guitar Channel radio stream is down

The radio stream has been down since Friday night. My relay server IP address is unreachable. I have no idea what's going on yet, but I'll post an update when I get some info.

Rich

New domain name for The Guitar Channel

After 2 years, I've finally gotten around to registering a new domian name for The Guitar Channel. The new url is:

http://www.guitar-channel.com

The site has not moved (the old url will still work). The new domain name just forwards to the Typepad site. I still have a few links to update, but it should be good to go.

Also, I've made some changes to the title information that gets displayed when you play the Guitar Channel stream. I'm still working on it. It should just have the url, with the song artist and title afterwards. Depending on the player you are using, the SHOUTcast description may appear in the scroll as well. I'd rather not have that, but it's a work in progress. The stream may stop and start sometimes over the next couple of days while I tweak it.

 

Rich

Redesigned the guitar licks page

I've done a major redesign of my guitar licks page. Now it's split into 2 frames, and the mp3 samples open in seperate, small windows. I'm not settled on the banner at the top, but it will do for now.

Rich's Guitar Licks

Added a PayPal donation button

I've added a PayPal donation button to the bottom left corner of the site. Any donations would be greatly appreciated, and will be used to help support and expand the Guitar Channel SHOUTcast stream.

Thanks
Rich

Added a Reviews section

There is a new Reviews section on the right side of the page. Now you can find all the CD, DVD, and live show reviews I've written in one spot.

Added the Guitar Channel Frappr Map

I've created a Frappr Map for fans of the Guitar Channel blog and stream. You'll find it on the lower left side of this page. It's a little smaller than I'd like, but the side frames don't give me alot of room to work with. I think it would be cool to see where everyone who frequents the site is located. You don't need to live in the US either to add yourself to the map.

Add yourself to the Guitar Channel Frappr Map.
Visit the full Guitar Channel Frappr Map group page.

Enjoy!
Rich

New website feature: Guitar Lick's

I know a lot of the people who visit this site are guitar players, so I've decided to post some original guitar licks. They will be located on a seperate page, linked to from the "Guitar Lick's" section of this page. I was going to call it "Lick of the Week", but I probably won't be able to post that often. Most of the lick's I post will be my own, but I may post some that I've transcribed from other players. The lick's will be shown in both standard notation and tablature. Each lick will have sound clips of me playing the lick slow, then fast. I think I'll just keep adding the new lick's to the same page, so everything will be archived in one spot. I have no idea how many lick's I will post, but it won't go on forever (my free time is very scarce).

Click here to go right to the lick's page.