Just a reminder that the Jimmy Herring Lifeboat CD giveaway ends this Saturday, November 15, 2008. All you have to do the enter is send me an e-mail via the contact form using the subject "Herring." I'll randomly select a winner from the entries. Currently, only one person has entered the contest, so you have a very good chance of winning a free CD! Note: I will not use … [Read more...]
Martin Guitars Factory Tour
I'm a sucker for a good factory tour. I worked in a manufacturing plant throughout college and have always been fascinated by how products are made. As a guitarist, I'm especially interested in how guitars are made, so I was pleased to see that Premier Guitar magazine posted this past summer some videos of their factory tour of Nazareth, Pennsylvania's Martin Guitars. Part I of … [Read more...]
Evitt and Co.
Editor's note: Please indulge me in a quick off-topic post. Last year, my wife Tiffany decided to make a career change. She decided to move out of IT and create her own company, where she creates handcrafted jewelry and purses. She has worked extremely hard over the past year developing a wide range of jewelry and purses. I'm very proud of her and all that she has … [Read more...]
Muxtape
Justin Ouellette, the founder of Muxtape, recently posted an update detailing his past dealings with record labels trying to keep Muxtape running, as well as the future of the site after receiving notice from the RIAA: Over the next week I learned a little more, mainly that the RIAA moves quite autonomously from their label parents and that the understanding I had with them … [Read more...]
BluesJamTracks
BluesJamTracks.com has recently completed a site refresh. Not only is the site visually refreshed, there's a lot of new content added, as well. New jam tracks have been added, and Jan Cyrka's "Hoodlum Corner" column has been added to the site. Additionally (and most interesting to me), a special version of Guthrie Govan's Erotic Cakes album is available for download. I've … [Read more...]