Have you ever imagined what our life would be like if you were a noble adventurer, fighting dragons and ancient beasts in mystical realms in forgotten times? Well, some people have anyway. One small problem with this is that it is not really possible given that dragons and other assorted beats are rather hard to obtain. The closest we can get is to immerse ourselves in the world of power metal, where the themes often revolve around fantasy and, in many cases, the whole band i

One thing that surprises me all the time with rock guitar players is how many random bits of riffs they know. In fact, I would hazard a guess that the average player would only be able to get through the whole song that those riffs come from 1 in 10 times. This is where rock guitar players differ from a jazz guitarist, because the latter tend to memorize changes and melodies much more frequently.  Some players, like Paul Gilbert, are a veritable encyclopedia of guitar riffs,

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The New Wave of British Heavy Metal, or NWOBHM, is a musical movement that originated in the United Kingdom from the 1970s onwards....

It has been a good long while since doing one of these, and after the last one I wrote based entirely on Ska music, I thought I would...

Ska music is a very important style. Not only do I have personal connections with the genre having played in and written for Ska band for...

Brian McKnight: One Last Cry His grace notes are awesome and he was the first foreign artist I liked. This is my favorite song of his....

Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill This album was one of my favorites when I was young. I appreciated the unique way she sang and her...

Casino Drive: Fever Visions This was my first experience of listening to glam and psychedelic rock. Casino Drive was formed by musicians...

Hikaru Utada: First Love When Hikaru Utada came out with this album in 1999, it was sensational for the J-pop scene. It almost felt like...

Michael Jackson: Thriller This was my very first record. A friend of my mother's gave it to me when I was about eight. Listening to this...

Miles Davis: We Want Miles I first heard this album when I was about eight years old. I used to play a toy guitar and mime along to the...

Here are Christophe's favorite five albums. What are yours? Django Reinhardt - Retrospective During my time at high school, I used to...

1. Green Day: Dookie I first started playing guitar in the midst of the early 2000's pop-punk era and quickly became obsessed with the...

Here our Administrative Coordinator Isako tells us about her favorite guitar albums. Joe Pass: Virtuoso I played clarinet, piano and...

1. Jim Hall and Bob Brookmeyer: Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival 1979 Have questions about how to comp or solo in a duo setting? Look...

Stanley Clarke - If This Bass Could Only Talk I started playing guitar at 8 and eventually went on to study classical guitar. By the time...