| On a rock 'n' roll
Theyre at Summerfest, church carnivals, raucous nightclubs, lively Jewish weddings, crowded coffeehouses, gubernatorial parties, swank yacht clubs, corporate shindigs, barnlike college auditoriums and any other place imaginable where professional musicians are required. There is an enormous gulf between the wanna-be dreams of the garage band hobbyist and the dedicated grind needed by full-time performers to pay dental bills and mortgages, juggle family obligations, keep tax records, deal with club owners and be sure there are extra guitar strings packed. .
Wear Your Music
The charity bracelet trend has finally hit the indie rock world, and no, we don't mean those black plastic wristbands you bought to support Hot Topic. Relix magazine and Azu Studio have come together to create Wear Your Music bracelets, fashioned from the very guitar stings played by musicians such as Ben Harper, Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Ziggy Marley. Retailing for anywhere between $99 for strings used by Gibbard up to $150 for legendary Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh's strings, the bracelets are handmade, designed by Azu Studio and bound by a durable silver seal. All profits from the bracelets are donated to worthy arts and community charities like Headcount, the Rex Foundation, Seva and Rock 'N' Wrap It Up! New artists are constantly being added to the already impressive list of participants, which already includes Ziggy Marley, Michael Franti, String Cheese Incident, the Goo Goo Dolls, Guster and Ben Harper.
Guitarist Denis Taaffe Releases His 49th Album, Modern Rock Guitar ...
LOS ANGELES (www.dtguitar.com) - Guitarist Denis Taaffe,who uses regular guitar and guitar loops done on the fly to create elaborate instrumental compositions has recently released his 49th album, Modern Rock Guitar Vol.49 'Moving On' which his 34th album of 2006. Denis goal is to complete and release 50 full length albums of original material in 2006, without rushing it.... Denis may just reach his goal as his approach to guitar,music and recording may make this possible. Denis creates loops as he plays and emulates other instruments on guitar such as bass,wind,horn and other instruments without the use of midi guitar. All his compositons are improvised on the spot and performed live. He uses the same approach for tracks on his albums. He records live without overdubs on to 4 tracks which arethen mixed to 2 tracks left/right stereo.
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