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The Brisbane Guitar Amp & Vintage Show

andrew — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:13:33 +0000

Originally uploaded by fluid21_7

Two weekends ago we were at the Brisbane Guitar Amp & Vintage Show. We spent 2 days meeting really lovely people, talking to lots of guitarists about music tuition and doing a great deal of playing at people.

A big thanks to Craig and Reece from (and all of the people who helped them) for putting on a great show, weâ€™re looking forward to next years show already.

Pete Cornish Cable

andrew — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:50:15 +0000

When I think of great tone I tend to think of artists like Brian May, Dave Gilmour, Jimmy Page and Mark Knopfler. What sort of guitar cable do they (and many more) use? Pete Cornish Cable, that’s what.

Cable is often forgotten or ignored in the tone equation, and that’s a big mistake. Good quality cable can make a world of difference in what comes out of your amp (or P.A).

I recently purchased some Pete Cornish cable after doing some research on what would be the best cable to buy, and have be extremely impressed by how good it is. I was expecting great things, but this cable far exceeded my expectations.

So next time you have the chance, grab a few different guitar cables and compare them, you’ll be surprised at how much difference there is in your sound, and if you take my advice, go and find some high quality cable (which usually comes with a lifetime warranty) and enjoy you guitar (or bass playing) that much more.

BIMA Ad Parody

andrew — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:30:17 +0000

I’m currently in the proccess of ripping my CD collection and discovered this hidden track on one of our old band CDs. I’d completely forgotten about it and thought it was amusing enough to incude here. It was from back when we were still calling ourselves BIMA.

Memories

andrew — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:58:19 +0000

While I was reading a post about Keanu Reeves on Slashdot, I was reminded of a song our old band Taxi recorded (but never released). This is one of Seamus’ classics and I’m sure he won’t mind me including it here. The song comes with a language warning…..

Line6 Pod / Digidesign workshop followup

andrew — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:26:44 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came to my clinic on the night of the 3rd of June. We had really good attendance and from the feedback I’ve gotten since, everyone found it really informative and helpful.

I spoke about using the Line6 Pod family of amp emulators with Digidesign’s Mbox2 range of products. I’ve been using one version or another of both of these products for quite a long time and have been recommending them to all of my students.

This was the first clinic that we (IMA – the Independent Music Academy) have done in association with Billy Hyde. Hopefully, many more will follow. So a big thank you to everyone at Billy Hyde for making the night possible, as well as to all of you who attended the night!

IMA Summer Concert 2006

andrew — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:42:12 +0000

IMA_CONCERT_13

Originally uploaded by fluid21_7.

These are a bit late, but they’re up finally. If you have any more photos from the gig that you’d like to share, please send them via email to me. (email address on the contact page). Thanks for a great night everyone, it was an outstanding success. Well done everyone who performed.

Tone and Your Guitar

andrew — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:48:24 +0000

I’ve completed another article in the ‘Tone’ series which is being published by Rave Magazine. This article covers your guitar and the way it affects your tone. I’ve had to keep all of the information fairly brief for the magazine, so to make it a bit more complete, I’ll be adding the information I’ve left out into the web version of the article. The articles can all be found here.

IMA Winter Concert 2006 Photos

andrew — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:53:26 +0000

ima_concert3

Originally uploaded by fluid21_7.

All of the photos that we have of the IMA 18+ concert have been uploaded to my flickr site. If you have any more, please email them to us at admin@independentmusic.com.au and I’ll get them up on the web for all to see.

Look here for a slide show.