http://dalguitar.ca Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:53:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Canadian singer-songwriter Stephen Fearing will be performing a concert at Dalhousie University on Wednesday, January 27 at 7:00 pm. The concert will be held in Potter Hall, Kenneth Rowe Management Building. Tickets are $20/$15 students/seniors and Dal people. Last year, Stephen presented a great concert with a surprise guest. We'll see what happens this year. Don't miss ... http://dalguitar.ca/134/stephen-fearing-performing-at-dalhousie/ Flamenco guitarist Jose Vega will be performing a concert at Dalhousie University on Monday, February 8 at 7:00 pm. The concert will be held in Potter Hall, Kenneth Rowe Management Building.  Tickets are $20/$15 students/seniors and Dal people. Jose Vega Biography José Vega’s passion for flamenco began 20 years ago in his hometown of ... http://dalguitar.ca/123/flamenco-guitarist-jose-vega-at-dalhousie/ For those of you who loved the Don Ross concert that we held here last week, here is one of his CDs that you might want to check out. And keep your eye on this blog, as Don will be doing a class for the guitar students (it's also open to ... http://dalguitar.ca/124/don-ross-passion-session/ Dalhousie Guitar Ensemble playing Jazz East Blues by Halifax composer and Dal guitar prof. Scott Macmillan. This is a run-through that the ensemble did at a noon hour concert. _evpInit('amF6ei1lYXN0LWJsdWVzLS0tZW5zZW1ibGUtMS5tb3Y='); http://dalguitar.ca/120/jazz-east-blues-by-scott-macmillan/ Paul Reed Smith (PRS) guitars are now available at Amazon.com. Amazon has being carrying a line of guitars for awhile now, but for the most part the guitars they stocked were low-end models. With the addition of the PRS guitars they are obviously trying to attract a more serious guitarist.  ... http://dalguitar.ca/111/paul-reed-smith-prs-guitars-now-at-amazon/ There is now a channel for guitarists: Guitarist TV. If you are a guitarist, you'll love it. You can watch online, on TV or on your i-phone or other mobile device. Guitarist TV was founded by professional South African guitarist Mike de Jager and originally launched as an online video channel in ... http://dalguitar.ca/107/guitarist-tv/ United Breaks Guitars Song 2 video has been released by Dave Carroll and the Sons of Maxwell. Of course, this is a follow-up to the original United Breaks Guitars music video. You should probably watch the first video first in order to get the context. While not as hilarious as the ... http://dalguitar.ca/103/united-breaks-guitars-song-2/ Bill Wyman, the former bass player for the Rolling Stones has slammed simulation video games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band. He feels that it is leading to more and more people not getting involved with real instruments. As reported on the NME blog , the criticism comes today (September ... http://dalguitar.ca/98/bill-wyman-former-rolling-stones-bass-player-slams-guitar-hero/ As many of you may know, the great guitar inventor and guitarist Les Paul passed away on August 12th at the age of 94. Considered to be the "inventor of the electric guitar", Les Paul kept up an active performing career until his last days. “He was one of the most ... http://dalguitar.ca/93/the-early-years-of-the-les-paul-legacy-1915-1963/ Guitar Elective If you are interested in furthering your guitar skills, then you might want to consider taking a guitar elective. This class consists of one-on-one lessons with one of the guitar instructors. This class is offered at four levels (1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year and 4th year). These classes are ... http://dalguitar.ca/83/guitar-elective/