How To Stay Focused on Practicing Guitar

How can I motivate my guitar to practice? Playing the guitar is a great way to express yourself creatively and can be an incredibly fulfilling hobby. However, it is easy to lose focus and become frustrated if people don’t practice regularly.

Remembering Eddie Van Halen

Eddie, I never knew you personally, but I do miss you. And hope that wherever you are, there is at least one guitar there and that you can make all of your new friends happy in the ways you did for us here on Earth. Rest In Power, Legend.

An Interview with Jeff Cotton of Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band

For Mojave Desert native Jeff Cotton, working with psych-rock legend Captain Beefheart was a literal gut punch.

An Interview with Martin Barre, Formerly of Jethro Tull

In the late ’60s, Jethro Tull was a burgeoning talent shooting to the top of a bustling British rock scene.

An Interview with Bruce Bouillet of Racer X

While most remember the vivid technicolor burst of explosive light that was Racer X for its legendary lead guitarist, Paul Gilbert, some may also remember his equally effervescent partner in six-string crime, Bruce Bouillet.

An Interview with Snowy White

White, a player famous for slinging a class ‘57 Gibson Gold-Top, chooses to bask in humble adoration for the simplest things in his musical life. Things like gentle chord changes, easy action up and done the fretboard, and the whimsical follies of blues riffs.

An Interview with Marty Friedman

Freidman’s take-no-prisoners approach, coupled with his refusal to conform to the standards of the zeitgeist, allowed the Les Paul-wielding polymath to untether his aerodynamic style unto the masses, hot wiring the brains of a generation to come through his work in both the instrumental guitar and thrash metal arenas.

The Jimi Hendrix UHQR Gets You Experienced

If you have an audiophile comrade who happens to be one of 20,000 people who purchased this set, get into their man cave and hear this for yourself. Believe me, the Jimi Hendrix UHQR gets you experienced.

An Interview with Ace Von Johnson of L.A. Guns

Von Johnson’s ascent to prominence began in 2010 when he joined the storied Los Angeles hard rock act Faster Pussycat, playing alongside iconic and charismatic frontman Taime Downe for the next decade. Von Johnson subsequently joined L.A. Guns in 2018, where he continues to showcase his captivating stage presence and serve as the quintessential complement to revered six-stringer Tracii Guns.

An Interview with Richie Ranno of Starz

Stood alongside chiptoothed, yet effervescent frontman Michael Lee Smith, Ranno provided a maestro-level foil to Smith’s up-front machismo, and non-stop musical necromancy. The synergism was palatable, and in 1976 Starz recorded its self-titled debut record, a watershed album that would influence droves of hard rock and heavy metal bands for decades to come thereafter.

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