Dy-sphoric

My attempt in keeping me focused on learning the guitar. Page 6 guitar: www.gibson.com

Friday, November 20, 2009

(Source): http://garyhoey.com/


WIN A FENDER GUITAR ON CHRISTMAS DAY - November 17, 2009
Win a Fender Strat

Win a Fender Strat

Win a Fender Strat on Christmas Day. All you have to do is join our E-List. Click the link to get started. If you are on our e-list already, you will be automatically entered. The winner will be announced by New Years Day. Good luck and happy holidays to all.

Les Paul - Chasing Sound!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

You Can Name It!

(Source): http://www.jambase.com/Articles/20468/Molitz-Freekbass-and-Logic-Form-New-Band-You-Can-Name-It


Molitz, Freekbass & Logic Form New Band, You Can Name It!

New Project from Freekbass, DJ Logic and Steve Molitz

Steve Molitz
DJ Logic, keyboardist Steve Molitz (Particle, Phil Lesh & Friends), and Freekbass are putting together a project to tour late winter/early spring 2010. They initially got together onstage for a jam during DJ Logic's set at the Church of Universal Love and Music in Pennsylvania over the summer. It turned out to be one of those magical musical moments, so they have decided to do some full shows together.

These three talented musicians are asking people that are interested to go to Twitter and answer "Name the new DJ Logic, Steve Molitz, Freekbass groove project. Tweet using the hashtag #logicmolitzfreek or hit DJ Logic and Freekbass directly at twitter.com/projectlogic and/or twitter.com/freekbass. The person whose name is chosen will be on the Lifetime - Guest List to this "yet to be named band's" shows.

[Published on: 11/16/09]

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Just for a laugh...



(Source): http://www.metalinjection.net/guitar-hero/guitar-hero-ad-basically-game-losers

Friday, October 2, 2009

TrueFire Tweepstakes!

TrueFire Tweepstakes!

A lot can happen in 30 days. Nations are felled [sic], novels are penned, routine becomes habit and our Twitter followers can reap monster rewards by participating in TrueFire's Tweepstakes!

Every day, for 30 days starting Monday, September 14th, we'll be giving away daily prizes to our Twitter followers. Daily prizes feature top-ranked courses, free tuitions, TrueFire tees and more. At the end of the 30 days, we'll also award our most creative follower with a brand spanking new Pete Anderson Reverend Guitar. All you have to do is follow us and tweet. It's that simple.

How It Works
First off, make sure that you are following TrueFire (http://twitter.com/truefiretv) and then look for a tweet from us each morning during the 30 days (you can start anytime within the 30 days). The daily tweets may be a question, a riddle or a challenge and you'll have 24 hours to respond. HINT: The more creative your response, the better!

IMPORTANT! To ensure that your response tweet gets recognized, make sure you include the TrueFire hashtag (#truefire) or simply re-tweet our original question with your answer.

How to Win a Prize!
If your response is selected as one of our favorites, you'll win a daily prize. At the end of the 30 days, winning response are entered in a poll where the TrueFire community will vote on the best tweet of them all. Whoever has the most votes after a week of voting takes home the gorgeous Pete Anderson Signature Reverend guitar!

Why Follow TrueFire on Twitter? Because of its immediacy, we've been using Twitter for many exclusive activities that do not appear on our website or in our other communications; sneak artist video peeks in the studio and on the road, daily Fire Sales and promotions, quick tips and tricks, hot news and other behind-the-scenes updates.

To participate, follow TrueFire on Twitter here...

Thursday, October 1, 2009

12 things

I have been a reader of the Rock House Method Blog, for about a year now. And thanks to a recent add-in to the site: “You might also like:” feature, I found some great postings for the beginner…ME. I know that there are too many lists out there but this one is great and makes sense.

I am not going to list everyone since you can check them out for yourself here: LINK. But I will at least list the ones that I need or that should work for me. The only problem is that I need to practice what is being preached.

On with the list, well, my list:

• 12: DON’T GET FRUSTRATED…Guitar is not an easy instrument
• 11: CREATE A PRACTICE ROUTINE AND PLAY CONSISTENTLY…
• 2: PRACTICE SMART …Don’t practice what you already know, practice what you don’t know and what you need to improve on.

The list goes on to say that recording yourself and watching the recording is needed but I will make sure that I have improved a little more to do that. At least, I will wait one more year to start recording myself. I feel that I am seeing some improvements and don’t need the reminders of my guitar-shortcomings as of yet.

12: DON’T GET FRUSTRATED…I started playing about 20+ years ago and then after some lessons and a few years, I stopped. Now today and with over a year under this new belt, I can finally see that learning the guitar is a life long journey. Yes, there are some young people playing right now…


…but I am now 37 years old. However, there is no looking back at the past since there is nothing I can do about it now. Just focus on the current day and make sure that I practice as much as I can.

11: CREATE A PRACTICE ROUTINE AND PLAY CONSISTENTLY…no need to explain this one.

2: PRACTICE SMART … I am guilty of playing the same thing over and over…again. I need to break out of that habit and start learning or practicing what I do not know. Sadly, that is just about everything right now: Bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs etc and etc. However, with numbers 12 and 11, I can make Number 2 a better option. Practice smarter not harder. I recently started with a new teacher, an on-line teacher and we are going to come up with a plan, so I can practice smarter. More about that on-line teacher at a later time.

I will admit that the guitar is hard to learn. But I am learning that with time and patience I will be able to play. About one year done and many more to go, but the greatest thing is that I am seeing improvement...small amounts but improvements none the less.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Dean Vendetta Guitar Giveaway + MXR & EHX

(SOURCE): Direct email.

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I know its been awhile since our last giveaway, but hopefully this one will make it worth it. I've decided to make this one extremely easy by just asking everyone to make only one post. Just tell everyone your favorite riff (or song) and why -- that easy.

This giveaway is much bigger than any of the last ones, not only are we giving away a Dean guitar, but we're also giving away pedals, pickups, t-shirts and a bunch of guitar strings...

I hope you come share your favorite guitar riff with everyone.
Here's the link for more details: http://gear-monkey.com/forum/the-pit/dean-vendetta-guitar-giveaway-mxr-distortion-ehx-muff-t1107.0.html

Oh, and if you like what we're doing and would like it to continue on a regular basis, then please help us spread the word. Obviously the more traffic we can get the more sponsors are willing to donate money and gear for future giveaways.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Monkey Lord Hand Exercises...

Guitarist need to warm up and especially us beginners. I am constantly looking for the next best way to practice and I am finding that all exercises or tips are the same: Helpful. Rob Chapman or Chappers or The Monkey Lord, with his knowledge, wisdom and fun, has a few tips and tricks too.




The Monkey Lord,

Thanks for helping us beginners, I mean Monkey Lord Minions..

ML1 - Never seen nor heard

Why buy a guitar that you have never seen nor heard? Not sure.

But I have learned to love the http://www.themonkeylord.com/ and Rob (Chappers) Chapman. His videos are awesome and I have learned a few valuable guitar tips from The RobChappers YouTube site. That and he is just so damn funny. The YouTube video below was the first one that started me on the path of The Monkey Lord and that was thanks to Laurie Monk of Truth In Shredding... I state that I am follower of The Monkey Lord, but I will admit that I get my updates from Laurie and TIS first.

None the less, I am digging the ML1 and while there will only be 100 made, I am hoping that I can grab one for myself. Also, seeing that they will have high quality parts for around $420 USD, I am thinking that I will be able to actually afford one.

To reserve your ML1 guitar: go here.

PRESS RELEASE: The Monkey Lord turns industry heads - first ever online collaborative guitar design project

The limited edition Rob Chapman signature ML1

Press release here:
http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/news/30370/BM...

The limited edition Rob Chapman signature ML1
Email chappers@bandm.co.uk to reserve one!
www.themonkeylord.com

The title tune is "Bleed the light" from my album "Red Dream" by Rob Chapman. It's available on iTunes ;-)

On the list of wanted guitars: ML1

Cometh the hour cometh the win \m/

My beautiful ML1 is on UK soil and will be with me tomorrow. Feel my joy ;-)

Me

www.themonkeylord.com




You mean buy a guitar that you have never seen? Yeah - but it is guitar history in the making. More at a later date...