| 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.
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. .
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) .
Will Hodgkinson: Macca's first guitar - yours for 100,000
100,000 is a lot to pay for any guitar. But it seems that when the Beatles come into the picture, you can name your price for any old piece of junk. In terms of craftsmanship, "the Rex" acoustic steel-string model is not exactly up there with a Martin or a Stradivarius. This eastern European production-line guitar from the mid-50s has steel strings like cheese-cutting wire, a tree trunk for a neck and an original price tag of around 12 guineas. It is what guitarists not so affectionately term, "a pig". .
Viveik learnt to strum guitar for 'Omkara'
By Arpana, Mumbai: Actor Viveik Oberoi is back again with his perfectionist zeal in his ready-to-release "Omkara", an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Othello", for which he learnt to play the guitar.Directed by Vishal's Bharadwaj, "Omkara" is set against the rustic backdrop of western Uttar Pradesh and Viveik essays Casio's character who is called Kesu Phirangi.In the film, there is a sequence where Viveik's character strums the guitar and the actor wanted to get under the skin of character thoroughly and started taking guitar lessons. His musician friend used to travel all the way to Wai, near Mahabaleshwar, to teach him to play the stringed instrument."Viveik is a very dedicated actor. He started learning to play the guitar only to get into character for the sequence in the film. He has done a fabulous job in 'Omkara'," said Bharadwaj who is quite impressed with Viveik's sincerity towards his work.This reminds one of how Viveik perfected his character in Ram Gopal Varma's "Company".
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