Archive for August 5th, 2010

Guitar Practice log – Walking in Paris

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

So tonight was lesson night which is always a great opportunity for me to check on my progress with Mark. I was quite pleased to note that it’s now becoming easier to play the basic chords, which make the chord progression exercises a lot easier too. The next stage will be to try and diversify the types of rhythm I play while strumming, or perhaps work out an arpeggiating sequence that works well for me. But there’s no rush for that just yet.

We also started looking at a new tune, despite not having quite managed to play Call of Ktulu throughout, which is Gary Moore’s Parisienne Walkways. It’s a nice tune to strengthen all the little bits of phrasing to really get that bluesy style which I particularly like. I mean, yeah shred would be great to master but meanwhile, this is something I can manage to do without getting my fingers tangled in a knot or my wrist turning into concrete.

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New Marty Friedman : Bad D.N.A.

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

A few weeks ago, I announced that Marty Friedman was due to release a new album in late August. I had not followed up on that until today, and it turns out the album now has a name: Bad D.N.A., and here’s the cover:

photo courtesy of CD Japan

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Have you heard of A.M.P.F. Technology?

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

No? Well let chickenfoot tell you about it:

On a more serious note, check out the riff played half-way through. May it be from the new album?

Paul Gilbert 2010 European tour [edited]

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

It seems like there are dates out in the wild for Paul Gilbert to come on tour in Europe, presumably to promote Fuzz Universe. His official website has nothing past the July clinics in the US but a quick googling reveals some booking website offering tickets already.

So having compiled data from songkick.com, ents24.com and last.fm, this is what seems to be the dates so far:

  • 05 Nov 2010 – Koko, London UK
  • 06 Nov 2010 – Moho Live, Manchester UK
  • 07 Nov 2010 – Spring & Airbrake, Belfast UK
  • 08 Nov 2010 – Whelan’s, Dublin, IE
  • 09 Nov 2010 – Mo’club, Southampton, UK
  • 11 Nov 2010 – Atak, Enschede, NL
  • 12 Nov 2010 – De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, NL
  • 13 Nov 2010 – Kulturfabrik, Esch-sur-alzette, LX
  • 15 Nov 2010 – Batschkapp, Frankfurt, DE
  • 16 Nov 2010 – Nco Club, Schwäbisch Hall, DE
  • 17 Nov 2010 – Luxor, Cologne, DE
  • 18 Nov 2010 – Matrix, Boschum, DE
  • 19 Nov 2010 – Kansas City, Odense, DK
  • 20 Nov 2010 – Gota Kallare, Stockholm, SE
  • 22 Nov 2010 – Tavastia, Helsinki, FI
  • 23 Nov 2010 – Tapper, Tallin, EE
  • 24 Nov 2010 – Club New York, Vilnius, LI
  • 26 Nov 2010 – TBA
  • 27 Nov 2010 – Winter Masters of Rock, Novesta Hall, Zlin, CZ
  • 28 Nov 2010 – Szene Wien, Vienna, AT
  • 29 Nov 2010 – DIESEL (volt E-klub), Budapest, HU
  • 30 Nov 2010 – Cvetlicarna, Ljubljana, SV
  • 02 Dec 2010 – Boogaloo, Zagreb, CR
  • 03 Dec 2010 – Old Friends, Sibiu, RO
  • 04 Dec 2010 – Silver Church, Bucharest, RO
  • 05 Dec 2010 – Sofia Live Club, Sofia, BU
  • 06 Dec 2010 – Punctum, Istanbul, TU
  • 07 Dec 2010 – Mylos Club, Thessaloniki, GR
  • 08 Dec 2010 – An Club, Athens, GR
  • 10 Dec 2010 – Alpheus, Rome, IT
  • 11 Dec 2010 – Magazzini Generali, Milan, IT
  • 12 Dec 2010 – La Laiterie, Strasbourg, FR
  • 13 Dec 2010 – Z7, Pratteln, CH
  • 14 Dec 2010 – Marche Gare, Lyon, FR
  • 15 Dec 2010 – Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona, ES
  • 16 Dec 2010 – La Sala live, Madrid, ES
  • 17 Dec 2010 – Sala Q, Seville, ES
  • 18 Dec 2010 – Modus, Logroño, ES
  • 19 Dec 2010 – Le Trabendo, Paris, FR

Now, please note that none of these dates come from official sources. As you can see there are no dates in France for example where Paul is quite popular and thus would not miss a date. Also no date either in London or up here in Scotland, where we’re eagerly waiting for him. So please sprinkle a good pinch of salt over those.

I’ll update this post as more information becomes available :)

*waves to Jenn and Mark for the heads up* ;)

Edit (11-08-10): Just added the London date, which you can book from the Seetickets website, a Finnish date which popped up on last.fm and some Italian dates from Viagogo.

Edit 2 (13-08-10): Added one date in Vienna courtesy of Eventim, and the Parisian date found on last.fm, and on infoconcert.com (incidentally, I’ll be in France on that day, ummm….)

Edit 3 (15-08-10): Paul has updated his website and the whole tour is now available, no new dates in the UK though :( (new dates in red) And again, thanks to Jenn, I’m not the best, you are :)

Also note that VIP tickets are again available for this tour, so grab them while you can. Since Paul isn’t coming to Scotland this time, I won’t be getting one, but it sure would have been nice. Still, let’s hope there’ll be a next time up here.

 
 
 
 

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