| Konami Planning A Guitar Game?
Some games are announced with great fanfare (Halo 3) while others are leaked by an overzealous online retailer (Karaoke Revolution: American Idol). Occasionally a game is revealed when some industrious people notice a company registering a domain or trademark. The latter may be the case for Guitar Revolution, a trademark filed by Konami on June 29th, according to Gamespot. Further supporting the theory that Konami has a Guitar Freaks-type game in the work is the description that accompanies the filing, part of which reads "video game controller in the form of an electronic toy guitar, sold as a unit." A Guitar Hero rip-off? Not exactly. Konami actually beat harmonix to the punch, in Japan at least, with their popular Guitar Freaks series. It never made it to the US, though you can find the game in arcades that import games (Mission Valley Mall in San Diego being one such place).
Guitar prodigy bringing gift to the public
While his 7-year-old classmates were learning to puff "This Old Man" into a recorder, Nicholas Giordano was playing "Allegro Vivace" on the classical guitar. He couldn't read notes and had never owned an instrument. Yet, a week after he picked up the guitar, the Oakland boy had memorized his first song. .
The Living End - State of Emergency
The Living End is simply a band that can do no wrong; even their disappointing last album was still good fun. But the guys are back and bloody excited to be making an album with Roll On producer Nick Launay. The production is top notch, having the passion of a live show, but all the instruments sound great, the drums booming accordingly, the guitar crunchy and the double bass shining through.
After allegedly being disappointed with their previous effort, the guys in the band really wanted to step up for this one -- and step up they have. The passion and energy is present through every song on the album and the vocals are best that Chris has ever done. Current single "Wake Up" is one of the finest songs they have ever written, with a catchy drum beat, thumping bass and almost haunting guitar and lyrics describing the state of the nation.
Sir Paul McCartney
London: The first guitar that Sir Paul McCartney held and played is expected to fetch more than 100,000 pounds when it is auctioned at Abbey Road Studios in London on 28 July. Sir Paul learned his first chords on the Rex acoustic instrument, which was owned by his best friend, Ian James. The instrument is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the former Beatle which says, The above guitar is the first I ever held. James, also 64, is selling it to help fund his retirement, reports the Sun.
-- Asian News International (ANI) .
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