Wednesday, July 22, 2015

The Walking Dead Zombie-Burst guitar

The Walking Dead Zombie-BurstWhat to buy for your favorite guitar player who has everything?

Here's something: The Walking Dead Zombie-Burst by Artist Series Guitar.

The Walking Dead Official Store is taking orders for this solid-mahogany axe, which will be issued next month in what is being called a Comic-Con exclusive limited edition.

The guitar features a maple top, a rosewood fingerboard, a set mahogany neck, chrome tuners and ASG Arsenal dual-coil humbucking pickups, according to ASG.

Each piece will be individually numbered and will be shipped with a certificate of authenticity.

Price tag: $499.99.

Obviously, this piece isn't available for review. But if anyone is familiar with ASG guitars, please drop a review in the comments section below this post.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Countdown to Battle #4: Revence

Revence
Vocalist Nathan Howard and lead guitarist Bryan Parmenter have been treating area venues to Revence's hard-driving alternative rock for close to five years.

The band has made several live appearances on local TV and radio over the years. One of Revence's songs was featured in a promotional video for World Wide Technology's Geek Day conference in 2012.

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Countdown to Battle #4: Jimmy and the Chets

Jimmy and the ChetsJimmy and the Chets is a blues-rock trio formed a couple years ago by guitarist Jimmy Rohlfing and twin brothers Stephen and Michael Chedester.

The Chets have become familiar to music fans in the St. Charles area.

Rohlfing has been performing for about 25 years as a solo act and as a member of several bands.

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Video library added to our website

I have collected all the videos we shot in the first three Battle of the Bands events and put them on one page on our website.

All our videos are on our YouTube channel, collected into playlists for each of the events. I have embedded each of the playlists on our Videos page, giving you easy access to everything in our library.

The videos in each playlist are sorted according to popularity. The YouTube player will autoplay all the videos on succession. Or you can click the down arrow in the top left corner of the player to browse the list and jump to the video you want to see.

Enjoy. Spend some time and go through them all. You'll find some great music in there, top to bottom. Go ahead if you like, play your favorite video over and over and get it moved up the list.

Friday, July 17, 2015

Countdown to Battle #4: King James and the Killer Bee

King James and the Killer BeeKing James and the Killer Bee appeared three years ago as a folk duo consisting of guitarist Stephen Sciaroni and drummer Kevin Payne.

For whatever reason, the pair weren't satisfied with the concept. They spent more than a year shuffling the deck. They added musicians. They subtracted musicians. The band experimented with instrumentation. It went fully electric.