Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
The Aussies are Coming!
With all the current buzz about the International Rules matches, I thought I'd spend some time discussing an Australian guitarist that you may not of heard of, one Frank Gambale.
Frank first came to prominence in the early eighties with the rise of technical and virtuoso guitar playing, and was essentially just another shredder. The thing that made him stand out among the sea of Yngwie/Eddie clones was his phenomenal sweep picking and soulful feel to his playing. As the decade progressed his jazz influences became more apparent and he appeared on fusion albums as Chick Corea's guitarist, whilst also releasing solo works. Frank is more famous now for his teaching and has numerous tutorial books and videos/DVDs available. If you're looking for an amazing guitarist who plays jazzy fusion style rock you can do no better than the amazing Frank Gambale!
Frank's official site is: http://www.frankgambale.com/
You can expect to find pretty much everything imaginable about the man and his music. While his style and genre aren't mainstream, given the chance his music will really open your ears and mind to some amazing new things.
Ignore the poor fashion sense, the low production quality (it was the 80's after all!), and be prepared to be stunned by two of Fusion's biggest stars Gambale & Jaco: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XKr_6MzZTw
Frank first came to prominence in the early eighties with the rise of technical and virtuoso guitar playing, and was essentially just another shredder. The thing that made him stand out among the sea of Yngwie/Eddie clones was his phenomenal sweep picking and soulful feel to his playing. As the decade progressed his jazz influences became more apparent and he appeared on fusion albums as Chick Corea's guitarist, whilst also releasing solo works. Frank is more famous now for his teaching and has numerous tutorial books and videos/DVDs available. If you're looking for an amazing guitarist who plays jazzy fusion style rock you can do no better than the amazing Frank Gambale!
Frank's official site is: http://www.frankgambale.com/
You can expect to find pretty much everything imaginable about the man and his music. While his style and genre aren't mainstream, given the chance his music will really open your ears and mind to some amazing new things.
Ignore the poor fashion sense, the low production quality (it was the 80's after all!), and be prepared to be stunned by two of Fusion's biggest stars Gambale & Jaco: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XKr_6MzZTw
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Welcome One and All
Hello! Welcome to Guitars 'n' Guitarists.
This blog is going to feature everything possible (within reason), relating to guitars, guitarists and guitar based music. There will be a guitar shop review which will try and be as objective as possible (unless they bribe me), dealing with stock, ease of accessibility, staff helpfulness and over-all atmosphere of the shop. There will also be very biased reviews of guitar based music, and guitars.
A little about me:
My name’s James, I’ve been playing guitar for roughly 11 years and have played with some amazing, and not so amazing musicians. Well actually I’m probably the least gifted of my guitar playing fraternity, but what I lack in talent I make up for in enthusiasm and love of the instrument! I’ve amassed quite a collection of both music and guitars, so my opinions aren’t based solely upon bitter jealousy of gifted musicians, (well not always).
I hope you all enjoy my little blog, and get involved in feed back etc…
Thanks for reading!
James
This blog is going to feature everything possible (within reason), relating to guitars, guitarists and guitar based music. There will be a guitar shop review which will try and be as objective as possible (unless they bribe me), dealing with stock, ease of accessibility, staff helpfulness and over-all atmosphere of the shop. There will also be very biased reviews of guitar based music, and guitars.
A little about me:
My name’s James, I’ve been playing guitar for roughly 11 years and have played with some amazing, and not so amazing musicians. Well actually I’m probably the least gifted of my guitar playing fraternity, but what I lack in talent I make up for in enthusiasm and love of the instrument! I’ve amassed quite a collection of both music and guitars, so my opinions aren’t based solely upon bitter jealousy of gifted musicians, (well not always).
I hope you all enjoy my little blog, and get involved in feed back etc…
Thanks for reading!
James
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