Super Cool Pedal Alert - Pigtronix Aria Disnortion

I was at the NY Amp show and had a blast. I have known David Koltai the founder of Pigtronix for years and love stopping in his room to hang. This year as I plugged in to the Pigtronix setup I was floored by the Aria Disnortion pedal. Man this thing sounds great. It can get that Eric Johnson violin like sound which is great to find in a pedal. It also reacts well to my playing and is a whole lot of fun to play. A definite keeper. Here is video of me messing around with the pedal through a Fender Pro Junior. This is some of the tones the pedal can get but I was having too much fun ripping on it!

Me performing Billy Cobham's "Stratus" at The NGW

Here is a clip of me performing the Billy Cobham tune "Stratus" at the National Guitar Workshop in the summer of 2009 in McLean VA.. It's a little loose but I liked the performance overall. That's Tobias Ralph on drums tearing it up. At the Workshop we never have a lot of time to rehearse before the faculty concerts so this is one of those tunes that works great in that situation. Simple but cool!

Fun Videos From Hong Kong Gigs

I flew halfway around the world to play a dive bar. But what a great dive bar!

3rd set, 2am, lots of drunk Brits... fun!

Michael Landau is Fantastic

Well, many of us know this but for those of you who are not familiar with him, this is a pretty good place to start.

Constructing Blues Turnarounds in Every Key

Want to create a turnaround in any key? Well here is how you do it. I call it The Turnaround Factory. Check out this video and download this jpg for the tab. Click here for the pdf. I hope you like it!