Just a quick hello from Poland. I am away for two weeks holiday. Weather is not great here. The volcana ash is causing a lot of rain (and floods in the south of Poland). Usually it is warm and sunny at this time of year. For me it is still a break away from home.
Tonight I am just sitting up having a Piwo (beer, pronounced Pivo) in a friends house. Updates to my guitar blog area and sites will not really happen untill I am back the week after.
I am thinking of doing a Guitar book to give away. Will be more Heavy Metal than Rock though I think, and will tie up with a few posts on this blog. I will let you know when it is done.
Thanks for reading,
Steve.
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Heaven and Hell Tour Update
Heaven and Hell were meant to tour with Iron Maiden in Europe this summer kicking off in Dublin, Ireland. Ronnie James Dio, singer, had cancer last year and it looks he is not up to touring this summer. He unfortunately requires more treatment. Lets hope he gets better soon.
Rumour is Dream Theater might step in to support Iron Maiden as they are touring with them in the states. Their new album is great (Black Clouds & Silver Linings) so that won't be too bad. John Petrucci is a fantastic guitarist so it would be great to actually see him play guitar live. They are free for some of the dates in July / August but are in Japan for August the 7 and 8th.
Dream Theater have played whole Iron Maiden albums live before as part of their set and released them as a bootleg. They also did a good version of "To Tame a Land" on a recent Maiden tribute album.
Thanks,
Steve.
Rumour is Dream Theater might step in to support Iron Maiden as they are touring with them in the states. Their new album is great (Black Clouds & Silver Linings) so that won't be too bad. John Petrucci is a fantastic guitarist so it would be great to actually see him play guitar live. They are free for some of the dates in July / August but are in Japan for August the 7 and 8th.
Dream Theater Live in 2006.
Dream Theater have played whole Iron Maiden albums live before as part of their set and released them as a bootleg. They also did a good version of "To Tame a Land" on a recent Maiden tribute album.
Thanks,
Steve.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Steve's Play Rock Guitar at Wordpress
There is a new Blog that has started on Wordpress dot com, Steve's Play Rock Guitar Blog. There is quite a few articles on it.
The site has information on starting to play rock guitar, exploring what instrument you want to play, which type of music or songs, picking a guitar, amplifier. A very detailed post on which guitar effects you need starting out. And has other bits and pieces of interest to any guitarist.
If you want you can check it out here,
Steve's Play Rock Guitar Blog.
Thanks for reading,
Steve.
The site has information on starting to play rock guitar, exploring what instrument you want to play, which type of music or songs, picking a guitar, amplifier. A very detailed post on which guitar effects you need starting out. And has other bits and pieces of interest to any guitarist.
Steve's Play Rock Guitar Blog on Wordpress dot com
If you want you can check it out here,
Steve's Play Rock Guitar Blog.
Thanks for reading,
Steve.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Play Rock Guitar at Weebly
There is a new website on weebly dot com with tips on playing rock guitar.
The page Play Rock Guitar at Weebly has quite a bit of content on it. There is straight forward info on starting to play rock guitar and where exactly to begin.
There is a guitar blog on the page here, Play Rock Guitar Tips which loads of posts on equipment, effects and the smaller more unusual accessory stuff like guitar cases, picks, strings, stands and straps.
So check it out and see what you think.
The page Play Rock Guitar at Weebly has quite a bit of content on it. There is straight forward info on starting to play rock guitar and where exactly to begin.
Play Rock Guitar Tips at Weebly dot com
There is a guitar blog on the page here, Play Rock Guitar Tips which loads of posts on equipment, effects and the smaller more unusual accessory stuff like guitar cases, picks, strings, stands and straps.
So check it out and see what you think.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Iron Maiden Tour 2011
Just a quick note, Iron Maiden are on tour this year. They will be touring iwth their new album, The Final Frontier. They start their European tour in Dublin, Ireland. They play indoors at the O2, the only indoor gig announced so far for the summer.
Supporting is Heaven and Hell. Ronnie James Dio with the rest of Black Sabbath members. Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinnie Appice. They can't call themselves Sabbath as Ozzy is still a member and not there. I would think they would be doing a co-headliner slot set, at least an hour or more. I seen Dio a few years ago and he was incredible. Great voice, great gig, non-stop for 2 and half hours.
The gig will sell out quickly with these two big metal bands. I would think there will be quite a few people coming from the UK. I have two mates coming over and the Fan club are running a trip. I have heard of hotels sold out already in Dublin for those dates.
Tickets go on sale from ticketmaster tomorrow, Fri at 09:00.
Get tickets as it is a chance to see three of the finest guitar players in rock.
Supporting is Heaven and Hell. Ronnie James Dio with the rest of Black Sabbath members. Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinnie Appice. They can't call themselves Sabbath as Ozzy is still a member and not there. I would think they would be doing a co-headliner slot set, at least an hour or more. I seen Dio a few years ago and he was incredible. Great voice, great gig, non-stop for 2 and half hours.
Iron Maiden, Heaven and Hell tour 2010
The gig will sell out quickly with these two big metal bands. I would think there will be quite a few people coming from the UK. I have two mates coming over and the Fan club are running a trip. I have heard of hotels sold out already in Dublin for those dates.
Tickets go on sale from ticketmaster tomorrow, Fri at 09:00.
Get tickets as it is a chance to see three of the finest guitar players in rock.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Guitar Heroes at the BBC III
Continuing on with Guitar music programs, this week Guitar Heroes at the BBC III is on BBC Four all this week. There are six episodes and the first one was on last night. Billed as a Compilation of classic archive performances from the guitar gods of the late 60s and 70s. There is one episode every night from the 12th April on wards.
There should be some good stuff on it for Guitar Players to watch. Some of the artists and songs are below.
Status Quo Guitar Heroes at the BBC
Status Quo appear playing Pictures of Matchstick Men on Top Of The Pops in 1968
The Who perform Long Live Rock in the Old Grey Whistle Test studio
Dire Straits play Tunnel Of Love
Lynyrd Skynyrd bring a taste of the south with Sweet Home Alabama.
The show also features rare performances from George Benson, Leo Kottke, Link Wray and Tom Petty.
I saw Episode 1. Thin Lizzy with Phil Lynott, Brian Robertson, Scot Gorham playing The Boy are Back in Town last night. Piece of trivia, the song is about The Quality Street gang. They were group of criminals operating in Manchester in the 1960s and 1970s.
The programs are not on the BBC iPlayer, probably due to copyright reasons so you need to record them or catch them live.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Guitar Blog Updates
Here is my guitar blog update. I have been busy getting some internet guitar site stuff ready which I will tell you about in this post.
I am getting about four rock guitar video lessons ready for posting the next few weeks. They will be aimed at the beginner guitarist. I also will have two guitar books with lessons and tabs to acompany the videos. I will have them all posted on this blog.
Also I have been working on two guitar minisites. I will give you the web links as soon as they are up and running so you can pay them a visit.
So check back regularly to get the lesson videos and books here. As I will let you know here when they are finished.
Thanks,
Steve.
I am getting about four rock guitar video lessons ready for posting the next few weeks. They will be aimed at the beginner guitarist. I also will have two guitar books with lessons and tabs to acompany the videos. I will have them all posted on this blog.
Also I have been working on two guitar minisites. I will give you the web links as soon as they are up and running so you can pay them a visit.
So check back regularly to get the lesson videos and books here. As I will let you know here when they are finished.
Thanks,
Steve.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Heavy Metal Britannia
A few weeks ago BBC Four had a heavy metal weekend with the Program Heavy Metal Britannia. I watched and really enjoyed it. Here is what the program is about.
It was a very interesting program especially of you like metal or rock guitar. It went into the history of British Metal.
The first section was on the beginnings of metal. First sounds of metal from blues rock artists. Songs like The Kinks, You Really Got Me (which Van Halen and others have since covered). The guitarist of the Kinks, Dave Davies (his real name) said he put a screwdriver through the paper cone of his guitar map to get the distorted sound. It went on to Jimi Hendrix and Vanilla Fudge, Caravan and heavy blues rock artists like the Yardbirds.
Next was a section on the first metal bands. They chatted to Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and a welsh band called Budgie. They came from a dank dark industrial British landscape of coalmines and British Steel. They had a choice of working in a factory, mine or doing music. There is some good footage of this life gone by.
Not mentioned was that Black Sabbath's guitarist Toni Iommi had an accident in a steel mill press where he lost the tip of his finger. This was the day before he was leaving the job to become a professional musician. He was inspired to play again by listening to jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, who also had a left hand injury but continued playing guitar.
The older band members chatted about how they got their sound and pioneering the whole metal movement. It was interesting to hear Jon Lord of Deep Purple say it took three albums and several years before they settled on a sound and identity. They all lived in industrial areas and the industrial sounds influenced and leeched into their music. Note: None of them claim to be Heavy Metal, they all say they are Heavy Rock, Hard Rock or Heavy Blues. Notably Led Zeppelin was missing from the program.
They toured in vans going to Working Men's clubs. KK Downing of Judas Priest describes how one time they got paid one time, not to play they were so loud and heavy. No one knew what this type of music was then.
The Punk era came along and this saw the rise of Motorhead (who toured with The Damned). The Metal bands survived but as Biff Byford of Saxon said, they liked and picked up on the energy of Punk. The New wave of British Heavy Metal came at the end of seventies. These band members grew up in a different era, one of strikes, 3 day weeks and winters of discontent. The days of coal mining and steel works were disappearing.
The kids also had their own club. The Heavy Metal Soundhouse at the Bandwagon run by Neal Kay. Neal was on the program chatting, he mentioned Rob Loonhouse inventor of the Air Guitar. Rob came in one weekend with a replica of a guitar. Someone asked Rob why it had no frets. Rob replied that it didn't need them as it had no strings.
This section, The Beast looked at Saxon who came first. They were first ones who had chart hits. Biff says when they played Top of the Pops (the British BBC chart show) other artists had champagne, a green room and red carpets. They pulled up to the back door in a taxi.
The also had Iron Maiden, probably the most successful band of NWOBHM. Charting their career from the start up to their number 1 album, The Number of the Beast. They chatted to Bruce who described the first time he saw them with Paul Di Anno singing and how he thought he could do so much with that band.
On the other side they chatted to the Diamond Head guitarist Brian Tatler. They influenced Metallica. Lars Ulrich followed them on tour and slept on their couch. Diamond Head wondered why they weren't getting signed. When they did they missed the boat.
Of course in the program there were loads of musical clips of each band to accompany the program and chart the history of the rise of British Metal. If you get a chance to watch the program please do. Certainly Heavy Metal Britannia was an educational program in a good way.
Thanks for reading,
Steve.
It was a very interesting program especially of you like metal or rock guitar. It went into the history of British Metal.
The first section was on the beginnings of metal. First sounds of metal from blues rock artists. Songs like The Kinks, You Really Got Me (which Van Halen and others have since covered). The guitarist of the Kinks, Dave Davies (his real name) said he put a screwdriver through the paper cone of his guitar map to get the distorted sound. It went on to Jimi Hendrix and Vanilla Fudge, Caravan and heavy blues rock artists like the Yardbirds.
Not mentioned was that Black Sabbath's guitarist Toni Iommi had an accident in a steel mill press where he lost the tip of his finger. This was the day before he was leaving the job to become a professional musician. He was inspired to play again by listening to jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, who also had a left hand injury but continued playing guitar.
The older band members chatted about how they got their sound and pioneering the whole metal movement. It was interesting to hear Jon Lord of Deep Purple say it took three albums and several years before they settled on a sound and identity. They all lived in industrial areas and the industrial sounds influenced and leeched into their music. Note: None of them claim to be Heavy Metal, they all say they are Heavy Rock, Hard Rock or Heavy Blues. Notably Led Zeppelin was missing from the program.
They toured in vans going to Working Men's clubs. KK Downing of Judas Priest describes how one time they got paid one time, not to play they were so loud and heavy. No one knew what this type of music was then.
The Punk era came along and this saw the rise of Motorhead (who toured with The Damned). The Metal bands survived but as Biff Byford of Saxon said, they liked and picked up on the energy of Punk. The New wave of British Heavy Metal came at the end of seventies. These band members grew up in a different era, one of strikes, 3 day weeks and winters of discontent. The days of coal mining and steel works were disappearing.
The kids also had their own club. The Heavy Metal Soundhouse at the Bandwagon run by Neal Kay. Neal was on the program chatting, he mentioned Rob Loonhouse inventor of the Air Guitar. Rob came in one weekend with a replica of a guitar. Someone asked Rob why it had no frets. Rob replied that it didn't need them as it had no strings.
This section, The Beast looked at Saxon who came first. They were first ones who had chart hits. Biff says when they played Top of the Pops (the British BBC chart show) other artists had champagne, a green room and red carpets. They pulled up to the back door in a taxi.
The also had Iron Maiden, probably the most successful band of NWOBHM. Charting their career from the start up to their number 1 album, The Number of the Beast. They chatted to Bruce who described the first time he saw them with Paul Di Anno singing and how he thought he could do so much with that band.
Of course in the program there were loads of musical clips of each band to accompany the program and chart the history of the rise of British Metal. If you get a chance to watch the program please do. Certainly Heavy Metal Britannia was an educational program in a good way.
Thanks for reading,
Steve.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Rock Guitar lesson Website
I have a website called Playing Rock Guitar Lessons which I have been working on now for a few months.
Click on the link below, if you want to check it out or you can read on for mor info. www. Playing Rock Guitar .com
I have added a lot of good material to it. I have also began promoting the site and it getting quite a few visitor and feedback now.
It has lots of info and tips on getting started on playing Guitar. Picking the right guitar, pedals and amp. How to approach learning rock guitar.
Advice on getting the right sound for Rythm, lead and a clean rock guitar sound. Guitar Tabs and Videos and more. It also has advice on progressing your guitar playing. Something useful for everyone from beginners up.
Click the link below if you want to visit the site,
at http://www.playingrockguitar.com/.
www. Playing Rock Guitar .com
Hope you enjoy it. Please drop back and let me know what you think or leave a comment on the site. I will be happy to hear from you.
Thanks,
Steve.
Click on the link below, if you want to check it out or you can read on for mor info. www. Playing Rock Guitar .com
I have added a lot of good material to it. I have also began promoting the site and it getting quite a few visitor and feedback now.
It has lots of info and tips on getting started on playing Guitar. Picking the right guitar, pedals and amp. How to approach learning rock guitar.
Advice on getting the right sound for Rythm, lead and a clean rock guitar sound. Guitar Tabs and Videos and more. It also has advice on progressing your guitar playing. Something useful for everyone from beginners up.
Click the link below if you want to visit the site,
at http://www.playingrockguitar.com/.
www. Playing Rock Guitar .com
Hope you enjoy it. Please drop back and let me know what you think or leave a comment on the site. I will be happy to hear from you.
Thanks,
Steve.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Britannia again
Following the Heavy Metal and Blues weekend, this time it is turn of Prog Rock.
BBC Four has this on tonight.
Prog Rock Britannia: An Observation in Three Movements
It features Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson and Jethro Tull to the trials and tribulations of lesser-known bands such as Caravan and Egg. The three movements are the birth, the rise and the decline of prog rock.
There were some great guitar players so well worth checking it out.
There is also two more shows for the weekend. A live archive show, Prog Rock at the BBC and an hour long interview with Phil Collins about Genesis.
On Sunday night there is Synth Britannia, charting the rise of post punk new romantics like Gary Numan up to New Order and the Pet Shop Boys.
BBC Four has this on tonight.
Prog Rock Britannia: An Observation in Three Movements
It features Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson and Jethro Tull to the trials and tribulations of lesser-known bands such as Caravan and Egg. The three movements are the birth, the rise and the decline of prog rock.
There were some great guitar players so well worth checking it out.
There is also two more shows for the weekend. A live archive show, Prog Rock at the BBC and an hour long interview with Phil Collins about Genesis.
On Sunday night there is Synth Britannia, charting the rise of post punk new romantics like Gary Numan up to New Order and the Pet Shop Boys.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Blues Weekend declared in Britain
Following the Heavy Metal Guitar weekend last week, this weekend it is the Blues guitar on BBC Four on the UK.
The Blues guitar weekend kicks off with a program,
- Blues Britannia: Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?
It has three sections. The fifties with the arrival of the blues with the likes of Muddy Waters. The sixties and the birth of British blues with The Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds. The end of the sixties where Eric Clapton and Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac emerged.
Then there is Blues at the BBC which is archive live fooatge.
Featuring The Kinks, the unmistakable electric sound of BB King and Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton and John Lee Hooker, as well as less-familiar material from the likes of Delaney and Bonnie, Freddie King and Long John Baldry.
Again worth setting you video, TIVO or DVD recorder. The programs are repeated all weekend and on BBC iPlayer for a month afterwards.
The Blues guitar weekend kicks off with a program,
- Blues Britannia: Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?
It has three sections. The fifties with the arrival of the blues with the likes of Muddy Waters. The sixties and the birth of British blues with The Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds. The end of the sixties where Eric Clapton and Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac emerged.
Peter Green - Fleetwood Mac
Then there is Blues at the BBC which is archive live fooatge.
Featuring The Kinks, the unmistakable electric sound of BB King and Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton and John Lee Hooker, as well as less-familiar material from the likes of Delaney and Bonnie, Freddie King and Long John Baldry.
Again worth setting you video, TIVO or DVD recorder. The programs are repeated all weekend and on BBC iPlayer for a month afterwards.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Heavy Metal Weekend declared in Britain
The British have declared this weekend a Heavy Metal weekend. It is not often the stiff British Broadcasting Corporation supports Heavy Metal, but when they do, they get into it 100% and they do it in style. Years ago they had a Heavy Metal Christmas (called Heavy Metal Heaven) with Slayer and Metallica now it is the turn of the UK bands that influenced them.
BBC Four (a British digital TV station) are having loads of British Heavy Metal programs this week. It kicked off last night (Thurs) with Iron Maiden's latest movie Flight 666. This was the documentary that they shot last year as they flew around the world in a Jet flown by lead singer Bruce Dickinson. It continues tonight with 60 minutes of concert footage from the Somewhere Back in Time Tour with three of the best metal guitarists and the best bassist live.
The flagship program has got be Heavy Metal Britannia. This traces the origins of British Heavy Metal from the Industrial cities and Working Men's clubs with Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. Through the 70's with Judas Priest up to the 80's and New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) with the likes of Iron Maiden. You will find that the British side of metal is a lot darker and less glossy than the American stories. They British rockers are very proud of their Metal bands and support them strongly (but quietly) by going to all the concerts they can.
There is also another program, Heavy Metal Britannia at the BBC. This is BBC live archive footage of bands like, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. The BBC have had all the big bands play for them at some stage and there will be some rare and great footage shown.
It finishes off with two episodes of Rock Family Trees. Friday night is Black Sabbath and Sunday night is Deep Purple. These two bands influenced everyone from Miden to Metallica and Korn. Especially Tony Iommi's guitar playing which inspired legions to learn to play rock guitar. The two bands have had members float between them like David Coverdale, DIO, Ian Gillian, Whitesnake, Rainbow, Ozzy and so on. Sure to be informative and good rock music to watch.
The bulk of the programs are on Friday night the 5th March and are repeated over the weekend. All are shown again on Sunday the 7th.
Click the link below to find out more from the BBC Four website.
BBC Four Heavy Metal Britannia
If you miss that see if you can see them on the BBC iPlayer, it keeps all programs shown for a month or so. You can find it also on the BBC website above.
Hope you get checking it and enjoy it.
Cheers,
Steve.
BBC Four (a British digital TV station) are having loads of British Heavy Metal programs this week. It kicked off last night (Thurs) with Iron Maiden's latest movie Flight 666. This was the documentary that they shot last year as they flew around the world in a Jet flown by lead singer Bruce Dickinson. It continues tonight with 60 minutes of concert footage from the Somewhere Back in Time Tour with three of the best metal guitarists and the best bassist live.
The flagship program has got be Heavy Metal Britannia. This traces the origins of British Heavy Metal from the Industrial cities and Working Men's clubs with Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. Through the 70's with Judas Priest up to the 80's and New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) with the likes of Iron Maiden. You will find that the British side of metal is a lot darker and less glossy than the American stories. They British rockers are very proud of their Metal bands and support them strongly (but quietly) by going to all the concerts they can.
There is also another program, Heavy Metal Britannia at the BBC. This is BBC live archive footage of bands like, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. The BBC have had all the big bands play for them at some stage and there will be some rare and great footage shown.
Black Sabbath in the 1970's
It finishes off with two episodes of Rock Family Trees. Friday night is Black Sabbath and Sunday night is Deep Purple. These two bands influenced everyone from Miden to Metallica and Korn. Especially Tony Iommi's guitar playing which inspired legions to learn to play rock guitar. The two bands have had members float between them like David Coverdale, DIO, Ian Gillian, Whitesnake, Rainbow, Ozzy and so on. Sure to be informative and good rock music to watch.
The bulk of the programs are on Friday night the 5th March and are repeated over the weekend. All are shown again on Sunday the 7th.
Click the link below to find out more from the BBC Four website.
BBC Four Heavy Metal Britannia
If you miss that see if you can see them on the BBC iPlayer, it keeps all programs shown for a month or so. You can find it also on the BBC website above.
Hope you get checking it and enjoy it.
Cheers,
Steve.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Official Playing Rock Guitar Press Release
I have published a press release for my Playing Rock Guitar website. It to officially announce its launch, give its history and aims. It even has a few quotes from me. :-)
It was published on PRLog.org and I think it turned out really well with the guitar pictures and videos embedded as well.
Here is the link below if you to check it out.
Click to see Struggling with Playing Rock Guitar, the Solution is here..
Hope you enjoyed it.
As always,
Thanks for reading,
Steve.
It was published on PRLog.org and I think it turned out really well with the guitar pictures and videos embedded as well.
Here is the link below if you to check it out.
Click to see Struggling with Playing Rock Guitar, the Solution is here..
Hope you enjoyed it.
As always,
Thanks for reading,
Steve.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Iron Maiden Expensive Guitar
I had a story on an Iron Maiden charity auction. The Guitar was a Les Paul Black beauty with Gold hardware signed by all of Iron Maiden.
It was for Childline (http://www.childline.org.uk/)
and Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy (http://www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk/)
Watch the video of the story below.
Update on the video. The guitar cost $1,300 new. Initially the the Guitar was at £56K and the a week later it went to £120K. The very next the bid was down to £16,000. The other bids were fake.
The guitar finally sold at under £17,000. It was then announced that this bid was also fake and the guitar was not sold at all. The guitar was reauctioned from Monday 15th to Wednesday 17th February. They stated that bidding on it was a contract to buy.
It finally went for £2,525.00 to trooper799 . Or US$3,900 or 2,900 euro. Hell of comedown from the expected price.
A Flight 666 platinum disc and a band-signed Flight 666 poster also raised over £2700 for Childline and Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy. These auctions went without a hitch.
Rod Smallwood also contributed to the charities by doing a sponsored cycle of Egpyt and raised money on
www.justgiving.com/rod-smallwood
He raised a massive £77,300 and you can still give money there now.
Everything went well except for the guitar.
It was for Childline (http://www.childline.org.uk/)
and Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy (http://www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk/)
Watch the video of the story below.
Update on the video. The guitar cost $1,300 new. Initially the the Guitar was at £56K and the a week later it went to £120K. The very next the bid was down to £16,000. The other bids were fake.
The guitar finally sold at under £17,000. It was then announced that this bid was also fake and the guitar was not sold at all. The guitar was reauctioned from Monday 15th to Wednesday 17th February. They stated that bidding on it was a contract to buy.
It finally went for £2,525.00 to trooper799 . Or US$3,900 or 2,900 euro. Hell of comedown from the expected price.
A Flight 666 platinum disc and a band-signed Flight 666 poster also raised over £2700 for Childline and Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy. These auctions went without a hitch.
Rod Smallwood also contributed to the charities by doing a sponsored cycle of Egpyt and raised money on
www.justgiving.com/rod-smallwood
He raised a massive £77,300 and you can still give money there now.
Everything went well except for the guitar.
Monday, February 15, 2010
RSS Feed for Playing Rock Guitar at Blogspot
You can subscribe to this blog or the comments by clicking the RSS icons on the top left corner.
I have setup an RSS Feed subscription so that I could register with Technorati.com.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/PlayingRockGuitar
You may noticed the strange post before this, part of the registration process.
Remember you can also bookmark and visit back for any update. Feel free to EMail me if you need to.
I have been writing some guitar tabs so look out for some updates in the future.
Till then,
Steve.
I have setup an RSS Feed subscription so that I could register with Technorati.com.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/PlayingRockGuitar
You may noticed the strange post before this, part of the registration process.
Remember you can also bookmark and visit back for any update. Feel free to EMail me if you need to.
I have been writing some guitar tabs so look out for some updates in the future.
Till then,
Steve.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Back today
Back today from my trip. I was in Poland in Europe for a few days. Fairly quiet, was visiting family. Didn't get a chance to play any guitar music for a few days so missed that.
Also haven't wrote any new material while I was there but I did read a few books and jotted down some ideas. So watch out, I'll posting some stuff tomorrow and in the next few days.
Seeya,
Steve.
Also haven't wrote any new material while I was there but I did read a few books and jotted down some ideas. So watch out, I'll posting some stuff tomorrow and in the next few days.
Seeya,
Steve.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
More about this Guitar blog
I would like to tell you a little more about and why I have created this blog and what I hope to achieve.
About me, I love rock music and it is a such huge section of my life and my identity. I also play guitar. I began playing rock guitar music because I wanted to study and understand the music I listened to. I also understand that it can be very difficult to learn to play rock guitar. It was a struggle when I started playing myself.
I do have a guitar website and have written and posted other guitar content for other sites around the net. I hope this is the site that will bond and glue it all together. I intend using this site to keep you up to date on my guitar activies and other guitar news. So I hope you will follow me on that journey.
I am abroad till next week so my next update will be on Sunday or so.
Thanks, till next time,
Steve.
About me, I love rock music and it is a such huge section of my life and my identity. I also play guitar. I began playing rock guitar music because I wanted to study and understand the music I listened to. I also understand that it can be very difficult to learn to play rock guitar. It was a struggle when I started playing myself.
I do have a guitar website and have written and posted other guitar content for other sites around the net. I hope this is the site that will bond and glue it all together. I intend using this site to keep you up to date on my guitar activies and other guitar news. So I hope you will follow me on that journey.
I am abroad till next week so my next update will be on Sunday or so.
Thanks, till next time,
Steve.
Playing Rock Guitar Blogspot Introduction
Hello,
wellcome to my blog on playing rock guitar. This is where I hope to gather my and other peoples resources on rock guitar from the net. If you want to learn to play rock guitar there should be some posts and information of use to you.
So please bookmark the site and remember to check back here in the future for updates.
Or you can email me at
Steve@playingrockguitar.com
Thanks,
Steve.
2010
wellcome to my blog on playing rock guitar. This is where I hope to gather my and other peoples resources on rock guitar from the net. If you want to learn to play rock guitar there should be some posts and information of use to you.
So please bookmark the site and remember to check back here in the future for updates.
Or you can email me at
Steve@playingrockguitar.com
Thanks,
Steve.
2010
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