The Top 7 Guitar Stories of 2009
7. The Top 50 Guitar Albums of All-Time - With a lot of help from their readers, Guitar World released in February what they consider to be the 50 greatest guit...
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Daily Kindling: Record Labels Sued for Pirating!?
Fuel for the Fire: "If the milk industry can make their product seem sexy and increase consumer demand, there must be hope for music."
- Gary Arnold, Mercha...
Fireside Chat: John Wlaysewski
Our latest Fireside Chat is with a Zeppelin-loving, Fender-playing guitarist who is unafraid to go to 11 and shred on solos. His name? John Wlaysewski. He is th...
7 Overlooked Jazz Guitar Albums
by Jason Shadrick Everywhere you look there are lists of “essential” albums that no self-respecting musician should be without. These contain different comb...
Fireside Chat: Vicki Genfan
Every now and then an artist comes along whose music reaches out and touches the soul of all who hear them. Virtuoso guitarist, singer and composer Vicki Genfan...
Daily Kindling: Led Zeppelin II Tribute
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest albums of all time, Led Zeppelin II, and since we missed it yesterday, we figured the only thing t...
Thursday’s Daily Kindling
Fuel for the Fire: "My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an a...
Fireside Chat: John Patitucci
Grammy-winning jazz bassist John Patitucci pulled up a seat to chat with our very own Charlie Doom. 1. If you weren't a musician, what would you be and why? ...
Direct-to-Fan Distribution
There was no single blow that killed the record industry's business model, but it never recovered once artists gained the capability to sell and distribute thei...
Yes, Master
“Mastering Engineer” — an industry job shrouded by a magical black veil of intrigue and mystery. Who are these guys? What do they do behind those closed doors t...
The Turtles and the Hare: Sometimes the Hare Wins
Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan are best known as the front men for '60s folk-rock group The Turtles (“Happy Together,” “Elenore,” “You Showed Me”). After the ban...
Top 50 Hardest Working Guitarists – Part 5
And the final 10 are in! Rounding out our tribute to TrueFire educators, here's our list of the Top 50 Hardest Working Guitarists in no particular order. Drumro...