It's that time of year again. Time for Gary Hoeys' Ho Ho Hoey Rockin' Holiday Tour 09. From some of the reviews I've read about in the past this one show you should probably get out to see if you get the chance.
I plan on hittin' the show in Des Moines.
Ho Ho Hoey Rockin' Rockin' Holiday Tour 09
11/20/09 Blondie's Detroit, MI11/21/09 City Limits Schaumburg, IL11/22/09 Vnuk's Lounge Cudahy, WI11/27/09 Prairie Mea... Read Full Story
Rock House Instructor and Artist Freekbass is featured in the November Issue of Relix- The Magazine for Music. He listed as the #1 artist on the verge that you should know about. One hell of an honor I would say.
The article that was written by John Patrick Gatta for the magazine says:
Freekbass isn’t just another funk artist who regurgitates traditions. Despite growing up in the same Cincinnati/Dayton funk hotbed that gave birth to James Brown’s pioneering King Records catalog and Bootsy C... Read Full Story
$200 REBATE ON QUALIFYING VAI AND SATRIANI ELECTRIC GUITARS
Now for a limited time, you can take advantage of special pricing on a top of the line guitar and get money back directly from Ibanez. Buy any qualifying Steve Vai or Joe Satriani Signature Guitar and get $200 cash back.
RULES & REGS | INSTRUCTIONS | VAI MODELS | ... Read Full Story
News Release
PEAVEY INT'L. HEADQUARTERS — Peavey Electronics, one of the world's largest audio equipment manufacturers, proudly announces that its new IPR™ DSP Series of power amplifiers will be the first amplifiers to use the acclaimed Waves® MX5010 semiconductor.
The Waves MX5010 features such proprietary Waves technologies as MaxxBass® Bass Extension, MaxxTreble™ High Frequency Enhancement, 7-Band Paragraphic MaxxEQ™, MaxxStereo™, MaxxVolume™ Level Control and much more. Waves is the ind... Read Full Story
The Guitar Wizard Behind One of Power Metals Most Melodic Bands To Reveal His Secrets
(West Haven, CT., November 4, 2009) – Rock House, the leader in music instruction, announced today that Gus G., founding member and driving force behind the band Firewind, has joined Rock House’s roster of master instructors. Gus is the guitar wunderkind who recently can be seen performing live with the prince of darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne.
“Gus plays with a great sense of melody and when he combines... Read Full Story
News Release
Popular V-Drums V-Compact Series Now Has Full Mesh Head Option
Los Angeles, CA, November 5, 2009 — Roland announces general availability of the V-Drums® V-Compact® Series TD-4SX (http://www.RolandUS.com/products/TD-4SX), the companion kit to the popular TD-4S and the most affordable all mesh head V-Drums kit to date.
The versatile TD-4SX features Roland’s patented multi-layer mesh heads for the snare and toms, providing the incredibly dynamic feel for which Roland V-Drums are... Read Full Story
In this basic guitar chord lesson, you will learn to build a guitar chord two different ways: Using Major and minor third intervals and by building a basic chord scale. There are many benefits to learning basic guitar chord and interval theory, such as improving your guitar riffs, songwriting, and soloing.
Basic Intervals - Half Steps and Whole Steps
The first requirement for building a guitar chord is knowledge of intervals. Two basic intervals, the half step and whole step must be known. T... Read Full Story
The members of Living Colour are reaching out to all VJ's, Videographers, Animators, Projectionists and Techies. They have announced a hell of an opportunity for anyone who has the ability to put some visual interpetation into the songs off of theor new CD "The Chair In The Doorway."
According to the band they want you to listen to their new album show them what your visual perceptions are of the songs. You can pick any song from the album and create a visual, photographic, animated, comput... Read Full Story
Judging by the pictures I've seen posted on Facebook and My Space it looks like everyone had a fantastic Halloween. I must say it was another good moth to hang out at The Rock House Blog too. We posted some new lessons and exercises so with the help of Google I have compiled a list of the 5 most read lesson articles on the Rock House Blog for August of 2009.
Michael Padget of BFMV Guitar Video Lesson - Melodic Shred
Multi Position Pentatonic Lead Patterns - Guitar Lesson
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Jeff Loomis, will be doing clinics all over the great lands of Europe.
DATES:
UNITED KINGDOM
OCT 6 Ruby Lounge 7:30pm
OCT 7 Cathouse 7:00pm
SWEDEN
OCT 9 Deluxe Music 5pm
OCT 10 Andreasson Music 3pm
RUSSIA
OCT 12 FM Club Moscow 8pm
OCT 13 Jagger Club St. Pete 8pm
ITALY
OCT 14 Black Dog Firenze 5pm
OCT 15 Dragon Music Forli 3:30pm
OCT 15 Music Academy Bologna 6pm
OCT 16 Sabotage Bar Vicenza 6pm
FRANCE
OCT 17 Euroguitar Lille 6pm
SPAIN
OCT 19 Orange Cafe Madrid 8:30pm
OCT 20 Music Megasto... Read Full Story