Music and Band Ezine: Vol II, Ed 30, 7/31/10
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ON THE COVER
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The Whole Note – from the Publisher
The Soothesayers Interview
Presented By:
Music and Band Ezine’s Publisher, Paul Heingarten
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Keith Richards – Guitarist of The Rolling Stones
Written By: Chaz
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B.C. Rich Guitars – guitars in review
Presented By: Todd Masters
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The Soothesayers Interview
Presented By:
Music and Band Ezine’s Publisher, Paul Heingarten
The Soothesayers answers the Music and Band Ezine Interview this
week. They are from Eugene, Oregon and you can see their MySpace
page at www.myspace.com/soothesayers
Q: How did you come up with the name of your band?
A: We basically came up with the name The Soothesayers as an
expression of our philosophy. Soothesayers are fortune tellers,
we wanted to create our own future. The spelling ‘soothe’ was to
differentiate ourselves from a reggae band called the Soothsayers,
and a song by Bucket head called Sooth Sayer.
Q: What genre (if any) would you classify your music in?
A: We play a mix of garage rock, surf and punk.
Q: Do you play only originals, or do you do covers? In your
average gig, what’s the ratio of original songs to covers?
A: At first, we played mostly covers, now it’s about 50/50, but the
covers we play are a little more obscure.
Q: Who are your musical influences?
A: We’re influenced by the Cramps, Shocking Blue, the Sex Pistols,
the Mummies, the Shangri-Las.
Q: What are your songs about?
A: Our songs are about Love and Lust, living on the edge,
resistance to authority, and having a great time.
Q: What are your band’s goals?
A: We’d like to put out a few CD’s and tour Canada, Europe.
Q: Do you sell CD’s or MP3′s of your music? If so, where could
someone find them?
A: We don’t have anything for sale right now, but come by our
MySpace and listen anyway. We’ll have some MP3′s for sale before
summer ends.
Q: What are your most and least favorite venues to play, and why?
A: We love most places here in Eugene: Sam Bond’s Garage, John
Henry’s, Luckey’s. We’ve been lucky that we haven’t had to play
anywhere we didn’t like. If the crowd is into it, we can make the
best of a situation. We’d like to play more in Portland and
Salem.
Q: Which songs do you perform most frequently?
A: “Get out of my way’ is an original song by our bass player,
Tim. It has a couple changes that people find surprising, and our
drummer Jimmy goes wild. ‘Kicked out’ is a cover of Dead Moon,
and the crowd always loves that song.
Q: On a gig, do you play from a set list or do you just pick songs
on the spot?
A: We spend some time before the show working up a set list that
fits the mood, and sometimes that set list works for a few shows.
Q: Who in the band writes your songs?
A: Brian the guitarist writes the most songs, but Tim our bass
player has written quite a few. We all write our own parts. We
have a roller derby song that was written by the local derby
announcer, Ty Connor.
Q: How has your music evolved since you started playing together?
We’ve gotten a lot more originals, the songs are more
orchestrated, and we’ve all become better players.
Q: Last thoughts?
A: We want to thank all our Eugene venues, Emerald City Roller
Girls, Chris Ross for running sound for us and recording. Thanks!
About the Publisher:
Paul Heingarten runs the Music and Band Ezine
http://www.musicandband.com
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Keith Richards – Guitarist of The Rolling Stones
Written By: Chaz
Rolling Stones are one of the greatest rock bands of all time, so
of course everyone should be familiar with this band. You have
heard their music, you watched their biography on VH1, and you
probably even see people wearing a Rolling Stones logoed t-shirts
every day. It is safe to say that this band has made themselves
into something bigger than life.
Of course everyone is familiar with the superstar lead singer,
Mick Jagger, but I feel like sometimes the front man of bands
like these greats almost get too much credit while the rest of
the band stays hidden someplace off in the shadows. Sure they reap
the same benefits as the front man such as money and luxuries on
tour but as far as popularity, they may not be as easily
recognized as the rest of the band. This is not just a general
observation; this is all being said about a very specific, much
underrated guitarist that I believe deserves a little more
recognition than what he is currently receiving. I am referring
of course to, musical genius, Keith Richards, guitarist of The
Rolling Stones.
Keith Richards was born December 18th, 1943. The guitarist has
always been incredibly interested in music and is largely known
for his innovative rhythm guitar playing. Although rhythm
guitarists aren’t generally all about solos and technical things
of that nature, Richards managed to snag the number 10 spot in
Rolling Stones Magazine 100 best guitar players of all time. Who
said lead guitar players are what make the band?
As a child, Richard’s grandfather had been in a touring jazz band
which is what got him so interested in playing guitar. His mother,
however, was the first one to actually purchase him a guitar of
his own; making a huge stride toward the man he came to be. Though
he had some encouraging elements in the family, he also had some
which were discouraging, namely his father. While the rest of his
family supported him in his musical interests; his father found it
to be annoying and would always yell at his Richards to quiet
down.
Despite certain unsupported aspects of his early musical career I
would have to say that he made himself into quite the successful
performing artist. I hope by writing this article people begin to
take a deeper look into, not just The Rolling Stones, but every
band and see more than just the front man. I hope the readers see
all of the talent in the bands that ultimately makes their music
what it is; accomplished.
Update: On July 27th 2010, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger have
officially announce their retirements. They are planning to do a
“Farewell Tour” in 2011. It’s a sad day in the music world.
About the Author:
See this original post at
http://www.gear-vault.com/keith-richards-of-the-stones/
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B.C. Rich Guitars – guitars in review
Presented By: Todd Masters
A lot of guitarists are completely satisfied performing with a
conventional electric guitars like a Strat or Les Paul. Not me. I
am forever looking for guitars that look and sound as extreme as
my guitar playing and onstage performance. However merely a few
have delivered both the attitude form and unadulterated
shredability that my songs demand. These lucky ones found their
way into my armory, whereas the others have gathered thick layer
of dust at pawnshops, doomed to a lifetime of “Iron Man” and
“Stairway to Heaven” picked on them by amateur players.
Realizing my desires for electric guitars with aggressiveness,
Musician’s Friend sent me three B.C. Rich electric guitars that
are currently creating enormous waves in the guitar world: the
Platinum Pro Zombie, the Evil Edge Special Edition Mockingbird,
and the Bich Archtop. With all I’ve heard about these guitars, I
was more than enthusiastic to review them to see if they’d meet
my rigorous requirements of fineness.
B.C Rich – Looks that kill
The very first word that popped in my skull when I looked over the
distinctive shapes and styles of these guitars was “edge.” The
Zombie’s body is based off the B.C. Rich Beast, and it bears the
head-stock of B.C. Rich’s Widow. The guitar is slightly more
proportioned than the Beast, yet it still retains the edges that
establishes the aggressive look which I desire. The Bich Archtop
is formed to emit gobs of attitude, with its massive
double-cutaways permitting excellent entry to all 24 frets. Black
hardware on both the Bich Archtop and Zombie that contributes to
the thrash mojo these axes have.
The Evil Edge Mockingbird has an extra rounded look than the
toothed Zombie and Bich shapes. The guitar is offset nicely by
chrome hardware and the massive brass pick guard which runs from
the underside point on the body over the controls and bridge
system with an awesome hand axe form. The massive arm contour on
the crown of the body proves it is a very relaxed electric guitar
to play as well.
Tonal pleasures
Remarkable appearances on an axe are essential, however they do
not mean squat without the sound to match. After taking in the
killer shapes and styles of these axes, I was excited to connect
them to my favorite amp hear if the sounds would live up to their
style.
Without a doubt, the Bich Archtop’s basswood body is light-weight,
but still generates wonderful low end through dual humbucking
pickups. It has a great deal of sustain and it was simple to get
an abundant of clean tones in addition to straight-up metal
distortion. The maple neck is topped with a fast rosewood
fingerboard loaded with 24 jumbo frets. The playability was
dead-on out of the box. Playing open chords runs up the neck;
bends were a breeze, the guitar responded remarkably well. I have
played electric guitars that cost much more bones that could not
match the flexibility the Bich offers. Actually, I quickly
discovered that this is one thing that really united these
instruments regardless of their radically unique shapes. They’re
all a real delight to play.
BDSM full of badness
The Zombie and Evil Edge Special Edition Mockingbird match the
impressive playability and feel of the Bich with B.C. Rich’s Broad
Dynamic Sonically Matched (BDSM) humbucking pickups. These
high-output humbuckers are hand-picked and matched by B.C. Rich
engineers to distribute maximum output and durability. To put it
brutally, they’re hotter than hell.
The Zombie and Evil Edge Special Edition Mockingbird each have
agathis bodies, which provides them a warm sound much like
mahogany wood however devoid of the excessive price tag. The
Zombie comes with a trusty Floyd Rose locking tremolo system. I
really like my whammy bars, however there’s nothing worse than
doing a killer divebomb only to find the guitar gets knocked out
of tune. That is not an issue with the Zombie; it stayed true to
pitch no matter what was thrown at it.
The guitar’s response
In my view, there is no better place to put the electric guitar to
the test than a live gig. While a rehearsal or studio may be
forgiving of errors, damaged strings, or the like, whenever you
play live, however, you are in the mercy of your equipment and
your skills.
The Bich served me great on a couple of straight-up riff-driven
rockers. I was capable of pulling off rhythm and lead tones with
pure ease, and the sustain was off the chart. The Mockingbird made
some appearances on songs where I really like my guitar parts to
shine over the remainder of the band. With these scorching BDSM
humbucking pickups, I was ready to utilize the volume control to
attain various nuances. I adore the tone of the guitar I usually
play, however I typically have the volume driven to max to attain
the best tone, taking away the chance for such dynamics. I played
the Zombie and its Floyd Rose tremolo system for a few of my over
far-out numbers, together with an instrumental I’ve written that
is essentially a musical for shredding. The Zombie let me
entertain with my chaotic divebombs and did not go out of tune a
cent off pitch.
The price is absolutely right
After spending a good amount of time with these B.C. Rich electric
guitars, I needed to remind myself how reasonably priced they are.
Usually after I play an axe that plays as well as these, I’ll just
take for granted the guitar is priced anywhere within the $1,000
and up limit. Not so with these axes. Actually, all 3 of these
electric guitars are available for below $500 — stellar values
given their features.
If you are a guitar player who desires to stand out in the band,
enlighten your fans with behemoth tones, and never have difficulty
playing your chops, then any of these B.C. Rich axes will serve
you generously.
Article Source:
See this original article here
http://hardon4guitars.com/bc-rich-guitars-in-review/
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