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By Daniel Skolfield, Odessa American, Texas Jul. 27--The familiar tune of "The Old Rugged Cross" resonates from Tim York's Dobro steel guitar with its unique style of the old Christian hymn. Plucked chords from finger picks and a slider bar amplify through the electric lap guitar in preparation for Sunday's performance, echoing melodious vibrations unlike any other. And that's exactly what York loves about the stringed instrument -- it's different. "I heard a steel guitar once as a...
By Rod Lockwood, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Jul. 27--Nils Lofgren doesn't have to do this: sit in front of a video camera trained on his face and hands as he talks guitar neophytes through the rudiments of playing a simple G chord. He's the guitarist in the E Street Band, for heaven's sakes, a man Bruce Springsteen turns to when he wants a searing solo at a pivotal point in one of his epic concerts. Lofgren's a true master of rock guitar, and here he is on your computer monitor showing you...
By Britt Combs, The McDowell News, Marion, N.C. Jul. 17--A scary new metal group is ready to terrorize the Earth, starting with McDowell County. And my ears are still ringing. Check out a a video of Trailer Thrash! Click here! Trailer Thrash is four local boys from Dysartsville. Three of them are still in high school and one graduated this spring. Despite their relative youth, the boys form a tight, organized and determined thrash machine. The band will make its bar debut this...
Luck Media & Marketing, Inc. James Levesque, 818-760-8077 Heima, the 2007 documentary film that chronicles a tour by Icelandic group Sigur Ros, has been named the number-one documentary of all time by widely respected movie industry source IMDB. Alan Calzatti, director of Musicians Institute's Music Video-Film- Television program, served as Director of Photography on the location shoot (widely praised for its stunning visuals) and the group later completed post-production on the film in...
Heima, the 2007 documentary film that chronicles a tour by Icelandic group Sigur Ros, has been named the number-one documentary of all time by widely respected movie industry source IMDB. Alan Calzatti, director of Musicians Institute's Music Video-Film-Television program, served as Director of Photography on the location shoot (widely praised for its stunning visuals) and the group later completed post-production on the film in MI's studios. Since opening its doors in 1977, Musicians...
