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A while ago, my friend Stefan in Sweden asked me if I was interested in adding a guitar solo to a "hockey fight song" he had written. This song was meant to be used by a hockey team in Sweden, and the thought ...
You know, I get a lot of comments on my youtube videos. Some of them are really funny too, so I've decided to post the funniest or most interesting comment for each month here on my blog, fro ...
» Youtube comment of the month - January 2010
What, there are good blues artists in Canada? Well, yes there are! Although live music seems to have become more scarce in recent years, there are still great blues artists out there, and there are plenty of good one ...
Are you someone who feels you are not spending enough time practicing guitar, yet you look on eBay and guitar forums everyday to see if you can score some new guitar gear? I'm not trying to mak ...
» Practicing Guitar vs Buying Guitar Gear
I have not used wireless systems myself, because I have not had a need to. I usually just stand in one spot, more or less, when I gig. I remember in the past, some friends of mine used wireless systems. They were going for that stage presence idea ...
» Digital Wireless from Line 6
My local music store Music Centre Canada has had this gold top Swede guitar on the wall for a long, long time. I played it in the store a few times ...
New 50 and 100 watt Digital Marshall amps? Yep, it's true. Marshall now introduces the JMD:1 Series. The Marshall JMD:1 integrates an all-tube power amp, advanced digital preamp and studio-quality multi-effects t ...
Joe is a great guitar player and a fairly young one too, but he's certainly no newbie. He's been around for many years already. I've seen an old clip of him on youtube as a kid with Danny Gatton. Aweso ...
» Joe Bonamassa - great guitar player
Sometimes I get asked about how to practice scales and exercises. In fact, one of my guitar students asked me yesterday about finger exercises and whether ...
People are talking a lot about Jet City Amps lately, I've noticed. I can see why. These guitar amps are "designed by Soldano", but they are inexpensive. Furthermore, from what people have told me, they also sound ...
On behalf of myself and my imaginary friends, we would like to wish you a very happy, healthy and successful 2010!
Thanks for all your support in 2009. We hope you learned something useful at Dolphinstreet.com ...
Amalia and I went down to Mirror Lake in the afternoon on Christmas Day. It was a beautiful winter day, around minus 5 and lots of people out on the ice; some skating, some playing a game of hockey.
I was ...
The movie Avatar is impressive, grand, beautiful and powerful and visually stunning. James Cameron knows how to create movies that have a strong and long lasting impression.
The story is ...
I wrote this simple arrangement of Silent Night for my students. It's a way you can play the melody by using (mostly) just 2 strings at a time.
When you play a melody like this, by ha ...
Line 6 has come out with an interesting looper pedal. It has powerful looping capabilities, and it is also an amp modeler, effects unit, as well a composing and practicing tool. Have a look at this device if yo ...
I submitted a photo to the Google Autumn Photo Challenge a while ago, just for fun. To my surprise, I received an email stating I am now one of the 12 finalists! This is sure a s ...
» Can you help? Google Autumn Photo Challenge
Wow, time flies, eh?! I have now lived in Canada for a few months over 10 years, and a lot of things have happened in my life. Things that I am very grateful for. I have a wonderful family and I live in a great sma ...
What is the best overdrive pedal? Not an easy answer, since the number of good overdrive pedals available these days is mind boggling.
I have started a top overdrive list here, and I am trying to stick to ...
I just got this stompbox modeler called M9, made by Line 6. This modeler has a variety of vintage and modern tones all packed into one convenient package.
The M9 Stompbox Modeler provides brillian ...
A comparison (or maybe just a demo) of the Dunlop Crybaby, EVH Crybaby, Fulltone Clyde Wah, and EX-7 with 2 wah models (Crybaby and Vox McCoy). Using a Marshall JVM 410H. Guitars were my Suhr Classic and my Michael K ...
I did quite a bit of research about recently, about digital SLR cameras. I was thinking about switching to Nikon or Canon. Those are the most commonly used camera brands on the market today, or at least that's ...
I sometimes end up in discussions with guitar players about playing and learning how to play, and I have noticed that some players who have been pl ...
» Is learning guitar licks bad?
If you are interested in playing blues in the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan, I am sure you know of Steviesnacks.com. If you don't, well then you are missing out on some really cool stuff.
Steviesnacks.com is ru ...
» Steviesnacks.com is a great site
Ok, I admit it, I am lazy. So lazy, that I haven't ever changed strings on my SX acoustic yet... and the Michael Kelly I bought in January still has factory strings on! That guitar hung in the store for a good w ...
I recently got a very interesting low wattage amp. This a hand-built, Class A boutique amp built by TT Amplification, and it is available to a very reasonable price. The amp delivers about 5 to 7.5 watts output and is p ...
I am taking a trip to Las Vegas in December with my wife. We are going to run the marathon, and I'm going to check out some guitar stores as well!
The guitar stores I have found so far are, Vegas Guitars, Co ...
The new Mack GEM is out, and I have played it quite a bit over the weekend. This low wattage tube amp is very cool. First of all, it looks killer! My friend asked if it had been built my smurfs. Well, it ...
» Low wattage guitar amp - Mack GEM
The Marshall Class 5 amp is a simple five-watt, class A, tube combo It uses ECC83s in the preamp stage and one EL84 power tube for power. It's a very simple guitar amp, meant for smaller g ...
The weather was perfect for running on Sunday's Victoria Marathon. First place went to Hilary Cheruiyot with 2:19:26 and in second place, Steve Osaduik in 2:22:42, and in third place with 2:24:43, Lameth Mosoti.
» Victoria Marathon 2009Marshall has a new series of amps out called the MA Series. They are entry level all tube amps, so they will cost less and have fewer bells and whistles than other Marshall amps like the JVM or VM amps, while still not ...