PEAVEY AMPS POWER-PUNKERS VISQUEEN WITH RAW 5150* TONE
2004-03-31 Press Release
March 30, 2004, PEAVEY INT'L. HEADQUARTERS—You know the saying, "I'm so happy I could burst"? That seems to be the motive behind Visqueen's songwriting. All 10 blasts on the Seattle natives' rollicking, raw-as-razors debut, King Me, explode with glee (Click Headline For More!)


Peavey Artists 3 Doors Down and Nickelback Co-Headline Tour
2004-03-30 Press Release
March 29, 2004, PEAVEY INT'L. HEADQUARTERS*In what will surely be rock's main event this summer, Peavey artists 3 Doors Down and Nickelback will co-headline a U.S. during June and July. Both multi-Platinum bands will play full sets on the jaunt, the (Click Headline For More!)


Traben Bass Company Unleashes Phoenix Flame Bass
2004-03-30 Press Release
Traben Bass Company recently announced their new Phoenix Flame electric bass guitar model. Traben is based in Clearwater Florida and is poised to become one of more popular brands with their unique assortment of instruments. Details on this most rece (Click Headline For More!)


Digidesign Introduces Command|8 Control Surface for Pro Tools
2004-03-30 Press Release
The Command|8 is a control surface solution from Digidesign and Focusrite that puts integrated, tactile manipulation of Pro Tools TDM and LE sessions at users' fingertips. Command|8 has been designed to provide a depth of control consistent with its (Click Headline For More!)


Zildjian Artists Crash London: Annual Event Comes To Europe
2004-03-30 Press Release
The Zildjian Company, the world's leading cymbal maker, held its first Artist Session in London on Friday, February 27, 2004. Following the success of annual US Artist Sessions held in Los Angeles and New York City since 2002, Zildjian continued with (Click Headline For More!)


New Acoustic Drum and Cymbal Sample CD from Beta Monkey Music™: Groove Construction Kits
2004-03-27 Press Release
Beta Monkey Music has announced the latest addition to its already versatile drum loop library. Groove Construction Kits: Acoustic Drum and Cymbal Samples features five sampled recording drum kits, with nearly 900 (595 MB) individual drum and cymbal (Click Headline For More!)


Press-release: Voxengo GlissEQ VST 2.0 Released
2004-03-26 Press Release
GlissEQ is an analog-style equalizer in PC VST plug-in format. The most interesting thing GlissEQ offers is its dynamic equalization performance. This `dynamic nature' of GlissEQ gives you a much more friendly, assisting filtering experience. Boostin (Click Headline For More!)


Rock House Introduces Rock Bass Guitar Instructional DVDs
2004-03-26 Press Release
Rock House has announced a two level Rock Bass guitar program. The first DVD program titled Learn Rock Bass Beginner is designed for anyone with little or no experience. The easy-to-follow instruction quickly has students playing essential techniques (Click Headline For More!)


Zildjian Announces 15 and 20 Inch Models of Popular Cymbals
2004-03-26 Press Release
The Zildjian Company announced the addition of 15-inch K Zildjian, A Custom Mastersound and A Zildjian Rock HiHats, and 20-inch A Custom and A Custom Projection Crashes. All five new models provide more volume and cutting power, and of course more pl (Click Headline For More!)


Review: The New Yamaha Magicstomp!
2004-03-25 Chris Bereznay
Years ago, we used to dream about the days when MusicGearReview.com would have good working relationships with the major gear manufacturers. We had visions of receiving any newly released product to test and getting to see the hottest gear on the mar (Click Headline For More!)


Guitarmageddon - Playing At A Guitar Center Near You!
2004-03-23 Press Release
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA, March 17, 2004 — Guitar Center, America’s leading musical instrument and professional audio retailer, began its four-month search to find the best unsigned guitarist with the opening of the massive Guitarmageddon competition. No (Click Headline For More!)


Audio-Technica Mics Are Once Again Selected For Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2004-03-20 Press Release
A-T microphones continue to be the leading choice for high-profile awards show ceremonies, as exemplified by the presence of over 400 Audio-Technica mics at the 46th Annual GRAMMYs and closely followed by the use of over 80 A-T mics at the 2004 Rock (Click Headline For More!)


Roland Co-Sponsors 8th Annual Ernie Ball Battle of The Bands Competition
2004-03-20 Press Release
Los Angeles, March 19, 2004--Roland Corporation US is proud to announce that it will kick off the summer in true rock-in-roll style by once again co-sponsoring the 8th Annual Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands competition. The competition gives the best (Click Headline For More!)


Eric Clapton Presents The Crossroads Guitar Festival June 4-6 at Fair Park in Dallas
2004-03-20 Press Release
Sunday Cotton Bowl Concert To Feature Clapton, Eric Johnson, B.B. King, Vince Gill, Brian May, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, James Taylor, Steve Vai, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Walsh, Zz Top And Others Tba. Christie’s Second Guitar Auction To Benefit Crossr (Click Headline For More!)


Johnson Introduces First Jumbo Acoustic Model
2004-03-19 Press Release
Johnson's first jumbo acoustic guitar has arrived. Available in both standard and solid top models, new JG-J45 Jumbo acoustic guitars provide players with a fuller, louder sound than a regular dreadnaught, at a price anyone can afford (MSRP: Standard (Click Headline For More!)


Roland Shipping New GR-20 Guitar Synth
2004-03-19 Press Release
Roland is now shipping the new GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer and GK-3 Divided Pickup. The GR-20 makes playing synthesizer sounds from any steel-stringed electric guitar (including Les Paul-type instruments) simple--just attach the included GK-3 Divided Pi (Click Headline For More!)


PEAVEY ARTISTS SLIPKNOT & CHIMAIRA JOIN JÄGERMEISTER MUSIC TOUR
2004-03-18 Press Release
Peavey Int'l. Headquarters—Peavey proudly announces it will sponsor the spring 2004 Jägermeister Music Tour, which runs from March 30 in Orlando, Fla., through May 14 in Sacramento, Calif. Peavey artists Slipknot and Chimaira will perform with Fear F (Click Headline For More!)


Mojogear Introduces The New Nomad And Littlewing II Pedalboards
2004-03-18 Press Release
Mojogear Introduces The New Nomad And Littlewing II Pedalboards (patents pending). Both models come in jet black with chrome steel trim, padded nylon backpack gig bags and Mojogear’s exclusive Super-Grip hook-and-loop pedal attach system. A 9VDC h (Click Headline For More!)


Vision Music USA Takes Their Services to the Next Level
2004-03-18 Press Release
Vision Music USA, LLC an independent musician’s resource specializing in Artist Development is now offering many new services to help musicians, including Merchandise, Graphic Design, Website Design and CD Duplication to name a few. Austin, TX (PRWEB (Click Headline For More!)


Nord Modular G2 V1.10 Update and Voice Expansion board
2004-03-18 Press Release
The Nord Modular G2 - With the Nord Modular G2, Clavia has introduced a truly innovative modular synthesizer platform with focus on live performance features. The G2 platform comes in two "parts": the hardware synthesizer and the graphical PC Patch E (Click Headline For More!)


Trademark Issues? Gibson Wins Case Against Paul Reed Smith
2004-03-17 Press Release
Gibson Guitar Corp. in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee has won a landmark trademark infringement case against manufacturer Paul Reed Smith. The claim involved Gibson's Les Paul single cutaway guitar with a body d (Click Headline For More!)


AUDIO-TECHNICA CONTINUES ITS SUPPORT OF THE WORLD’S FINEST ATHLETES IN ATHENS 2004
2004-03-16 Press Release
Audio-Technica microphones will be used by Athens Olympic Broadcasting S.A. (AOB) in the broadcast of the 28th Olympic Games August 13-29, 2004, in Athens, Greece. The Athens 2004 Summer Games will feature thousands of athletes from more than 200 cou (Click Headline For More!)


Virus Dream Bank 2 for reFX Vanguard Released
2004-03-16 Press Release
ProSounds have announced the immediate availability of the second soundset in their series for reFX Vanguard - Virus Dream Bank 2. This soundset contains 128 high quality sounds in fxb format and was designed to continue where the popular Virus Dre (Click Headline For More!)


Three Kings of Custom Guitars Unveiled at Daytona Bike Week
2004-03-16 Press Release
The Gibson Custom Shop, working with three of the best-known custom motorcycle builders, took guitar design to a new level last Friday with the unveiling of the Three Kings of Custom guitars at an invitation-only reception at Daytona Bike Week.
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XARC Mastering Triples Output in One Month!
2004-03-16 Press Release
XARC Mastering, the world¹s first internet- specific designed mastering facility has tripled its client base and work output in just one month. Announcing it¹s 150th client over 22 countries globally, XARC Mastering is set to become one of the fastes (Click Headline For More!)


ROLAND SHIPS FANTOM-X SERIES KEYBOARDS
2004-03-13 Press Release
128-Voice Fantom-X Series Expandable to Nearly 1GB of Sounds. Los Angeles, March 12, 2004—Roland today introduced a new line of workstation keyboards, the Fantom-X Series. Available with a 61-note keyboard (Fantom-X6), 76-note keyboard (Fantom-X7) or (Click Headline For More!)


ToneWorks Unveils AX10A Modeling Effects Processor
2004-03-12 Press Release
ToneWorks is debuting a new multi-effects unit specifically designed to expand the sonic capabilities of the electric-acoustic guitarist: introducing the AX10A Modeling Signal Processor. Korg’s exclusive REMS* technology gives the AX10A the ability t (Click Headline For More!)


Les Paul performs at Opening of His Own Exhibit at Rock Hall of Fame
2004-03-12 Press Release
Five-time Grammy winner Les Paul showcased his legendary chops when he and his band performed for the opening of the new exhibit, "The New Sound: Les Paul and the Electric Guitar" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Friday, March 5 in Clevel (Click Headline For More!)


A Real Drummer for Your GarageBand
2004-03-11 Press Release
Drums On Demand Debuts Live, Acoustic Drum Loop Collection for Apple's GarageBand and SoundTrack. (PRWEB) February 11, 2004 -- To meet the growing need for quality music loops for GarageBand among songwriters and recordists, Drums On Demand has relea (Click Headline For More!)


Carvin Introduces New B1500 Bass Head
2004-03-11 Press Release
Carvin has intrduced the new B1500 "mono block" bass head, delivering 700w at 8 Ohms, 1250w at 4 Ohms and 1900w at 2 Ohms. If 1900 watts is more than you need, then Carvin offers the B500 with the same tone, but delivering 225w at 8 Ohms, 350w at 4 O (Click Headline For More!)


Korg's New Triton Extreme
2004-03-10 Press Release
Korg’s TRITON line has been taken to new heights with the release of TRITON Extreme — a music workstation/sampler that delivers all the features that have made the TRITON popular, plus many new sounds and enhancements. TRITON Extreme has a generous 1 (Click Headline For More!)


"BOOM, chuck, chuck!" New guitar video plays its way onto the market
2004-03-10 Press Release (PRWeb)
At just over 30 minutes long, the course aims to transform the ordinary person, regardless of age, into a capable guitar player within three days. CENTRAL POINT, OR (PRWEB) March 3, 2004 -- Wednesday, February 25th marked the release of Southern Oreg (Click Headline For More!)


LINE 6 ANNOUNCES VARIAX ACOUSTIC 700: Exact Tone For Performing and Recording
2004-03-10 Press Release
Line 6 announced today the launch of Variax Acoustic 700, an acoustic addition to the Variax family of guitars. Variax Acoustic 700 is the first electric acoustic modeling guitar that achieves tones exactly right for live performances and recording (Click Headline For More!)


Zakk Wylde Chosen To Mark One Of The Most Important Events In Guitar Player Magazine’s 37-Year History
2004-03-10 Press Release
Guitar Player Magazine Re-Engineers Image With A Bold New Look. Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) February 5, 2004–-Zakk Wylde graces the cover of Guitar Player Magazine’s March 2004 issue.

This cover is not only a landmark issue for Guitar Player Ma
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ProSounds Release 'FreeSets' for reFX Vanguard
2004-03-09 Press Release
Following the success of the Virus Dream Bank 1, ProSounds have continued their support for the latest VST instrument from reFX by releasing a set of 128 free presets for Vanguard. This 'FreeSet' contains 46 pure synthesis sounds for reFX Vanguard, a (Click Headline For More!)


Tracktion Now Available For Purchase From Mackie
2004-03-08 Press Release
Woodinville, Wash. — Mackie announced today that their innovative new music production software, Tracktion, is now available for purchase from the Mackie website at http:// (Click Headline For More!)


Review: LaserVibe - Home Laser Show System
2004-03-07 Chris Bereznay
It's not every day you receive a package in the mail with something as interesting as the LaserVibe. Typically, we are used to guitars, amps, effects units, recording devices, drum sets and the like. Receiving a laser show unit certainly was a treat (Click Headline For More!)


SAE INSTITUTE’S djschool@sae CELEBRATES 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF TURNTABLE ESSENCE PROGRAM
2004-03-05 Press Release
MIAMI, FL, March 4, 2004 — SAE Institute’s djschool@sae Turntable Essence program broke new ground in audio education with the commencement of SAE’s first class at its Miami campus in May of 2003. After a highly successful year and dozens graduates, (Click Headline For More!)


Congratulations Darren James, Winner of The LaserVibe Laser Light Show System
2004-03-03 Staff
Congratulations to Darren James Wroblewski of Kankakee IL, USA for winning the LaserVibe Laser Light show from LaserVibe and MusicGearReview.com. Darren was one in a list of approximately 2,000 entrants who submitted reviews during the months of Janu (Click Headline For More!)


Turntablism Course at Berklee College of Music
2004-03-03 Press Release
MELVILLE, NY, March 2, 2004 — Boston’s Berklee College of Music, the world’s pioneering institution for the study of contemporary music, is becoming the world’s first music college to incorporate the study of turntablism into its curriculum. This spr (Click Headline For More!)


Voxengo releases Soniformer 2.0
2004-03-02 Press Release
Voxengo is pleased to introduce the next major version of PC VST plug-in called Soniformer. This plug-in is an innovative mastering tool for DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) that allows the user to form and reform the sonic structure of any sound ma (Click Headline For More!)


Announcing The Roland MV-8000: Production Studio
2004-03-02 Press Release
From making beats to sampling and CD-burning, the MV-8000 Production Studio does it all—quickly and elegantly. Sample your own sounds or import Roland, Akai, ACID and .WAV libraries, then arrange it all using 16 velocity/aftertouch-sensitive pads and (Click Headline For More!)


Creativity and Expression - Part 1
2004-03-01 Tom Hess
Okay Tom, I am finally starting to feel a little more comfortable with the physical aspect of my playing, but I have a hard time being creative. I can't seem to write songs or improvise at the same level as I can play my guitar. Everything I do sou (Click Headline For More!)




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