The Loudini Rock and Roll Circus

 Frank Beard R.I.P. + ZZ Top, The “real” reason David Lee Roth split with Van Halen according to Rock Chronicles Radio YouTube Channel, Yacht Rock & Hair Metal getting a raw deal; what does Donald Fagen think? Tom petty stool from Boston7  geddy & alex rolling stone interview, columbia house

Loudini: Did Bill Clinton Kill Rock and Pop Music?(paul chato), Loudini plays a Silver Sky (the number one selling guitar of 2020) and Fender’s “real” issue (Jordan Allen Clark) AND can consistency work against a company? , How to fake your guitar videos(dredimura), D’Addario…clearing up the controversy(sandy’s guitars),  TIDAL’s new AI policy , I fixed my legato in less than 6 inches! Kevin: howa...

 Best Singing Bass Players according to Facebook and our picks, Student update and breakthrough! Theory Proved: teaching lessons (even when you’re not that great) and what most “professional” guitarists and guitar teachers miss.  Little River Band, Lonesome Loser has great guitar, are you really going to hurt Fender  the sting ray bass, alcohol, twilight zone

Loudini: Fender in a blender, Mick Jones’s Classic Guitar Work on “Feels Like The First Time” by Foreigner, Is Ella Langley bigger than Whitney Houston? David Lee Roth  Cancels his tour, Bon Jovi walks off stage at Madison Square Garden Pat Monahan steps up for livin on a prayer, Pittsburgh Kevin: guest appearances in music videos, aging rock stars, broadcast TV

Loudini: Neural Amp Modeler, Pain, Posture & technique, Fender going after Fender dealers… WTF??? The dookie amp, A Short history of the Aria Pro II: Classical Guitarist Arai changed to Aria Lates Sixties… the were a copy brand 1970’s went more original and more professional PE1500 (Les Paul type) better access to upper frets, detailed carve, original bridge design, recessed knobs,  PER… 24 ¾...

Loudini: Gig “no no’s” that no one tells you about, Norm’s Rare Guitars Documentary, Cell phones at gigs, Why Audiophiles hate BOSE (are they right?),    More Fender Drama, is Fender a “fashion brand”? Gimmick guitars? (chenders and chibsons, “ I Could Be Wrong ”) and counter suing Thomman: Musikhaus Thomann has filed a lawsuit against Fender Musical Instruments Corporation at the Düsseldorf Regio...

Loudini: Gary Richrath Guitars & Amps and best REO moments,  Is music a science or magic? Do we need it? Where does it come from? Treating music like an “engineering problem”.  Is music created or “uncovered”? Are musician’s like “priests”? Most musicians’ cannot explain it… they just do it. John Mayer calls it “Quigi Boarding it”. More magic in a group situation verses working by yourself. Al...

Retrospective on Charvel/Jackson (schecter, JB Player, Seymour Duncan too!)) from 5 Watt World, Eddie, Steve Stevens (top gun sound track), Steve Vai (crossroads, Allan Holdsworth (IOU), Randy Rhoads and the first “Jackson”, Jeff Beck (private dance/ flash), Guthrie Govan, Jake E Lee (hard tail & slanted pick ups), SanDimas, DNKY, Compound Radius, Floyd Rose, “Style 1” and “Style 2” Pro Guitar...

 Van Halen III,  More RUSH talk… you’re killing me smalls! McCarty vs Tele, Bon Jovi is back? 100 best selling albums of all timeRod Stewart, Whole Lotta Love, EVH the Peavey Years

things that are holding you back that almost no one talks about (tension, how well do you  know what you are playing, sound), is RUSH more popular now than ever? Our gig last week and what I learned, Phones at shows (Justin Hawkins, Phoebe Bridges, Jack White, Ghost)? Fender back pedals invoking Leo’s legacy, tonemaster nomenclature (Phil McKnight), All In One Guitars ,

Alex Lifeson: Relearning his old material Guitars: Les Paul, double neck, Telecaster.  String gauge amps… marshalls  Getting their advance from Mercury records on going shopping 100 watt Marshall stacks cry baby and Maestro phase High watt stacks Then for Marshall combos inspired by Allen Holdsworth Discovered chorus on farewell to Kings and used it ever since Using fractal axeffex now tonex… ampl...

Ritchie vs Eddie , Who should sing on the up-coming Van Halen tribute project? 250 Celebration is falling apart ☹️, Black Crowes Tampa, FL doo doo, John Mayer on Fender vs PRS and innovation vs tradition, Being told to “turn down”

more fender fallout… signature artists dilemma, what guitarist would you pick to teach you? Back up guitarists that saved their band: Bob Welch, Mick Taylor, Joe Walsh, Viv Campbell, Jimmy Page, Gilby/Bumblefoot, Jeff Baxter, Buckethead, David Gilmour, Gary Moore Modeller Fibs

Fender public enemy number one,    Geddy Lee on Rick Beato- first amp, live albums  periods  drive to improve (grow) Teardrop bass zooms The visual perspective (Xanadu) Did he say that he thought that moving pictures was their pinnacle album? Anika  Not too “proggy” Set list? New Songs? will they lower the keys…do you care? ex. Triumph

amp vs modeler: what no one is telling you, the real reason rolling stone is dissing clapton and the rock chronicles radio takedown,  did Eddie loose his edge after 5 about 5 years? DDS… what everyone gets wrong about the Sam vs Dave debate. What is a Telecaster (not the PRS NF 53), Cancelled tours…why? Youtube guitar channels eating themselves, Super Strats

What was Eddie doing before the floyd rose? Angine de Poitrine (hoax?), Your string muting is making you sound like shit, (almost) Never pay to play, Why you should remove all your music from all music platforms… do this instead! Grace Bowers quits YOuTube (kayla kent take),  using AI to remove “friction” are you sick of talking about AI in music yet? Speaking of AI…the youtube purge, Dave Mason,...

AI and the history of guitar pedals, Overrated Guitar Brands, Hendrix vs SRV, hanging your guitars vs guitar stands,

my apologies to James Ingram,  what guitar manufacturers don't understand about guitarists, who played bass on animals and the Wall by Pink Floyd? What David Gilmour Ron Wood Jimi Hendrix, joe perry,  steve jones and Keith Richards and Edge from u2 all have in common… what do Geddy and Paul McCartney have in common?

famous songs that shouldn't be famous, targeting chord tones, who buys ultra-expensive guitars (it’s not who you think!), modelers vs amps (cutting through the BS), Surh, Silver Sky, Friedman guitars hype, larry carlton’s amp journey from princeton to tweed deluxe to mesa and ultimately dumble, just once

Josh Scott’s clever april fools video, relics, noiseless pickups (DylanTalksTone), P90 pick ups, who we would like to take a lesson with, most annoying guitarists according to facebook , RUSH at Junos and no amps, Lola and Moby and The Kinks  lindsay buckingham assault, Angine Poutine

Fender Lawsuit Fallout, The Van Halen solution that Alex won’t hear, Beginning Playing By Ear (what Loudini did), Intro to improvising, Kenny Arnoff on his time with Mellencamp (george Greene, hurt so good vs eye of the tiger, turning down elton john, pressure to follow up with more hits, John Mellencamp was an asshole, the book of beats for scarecrow, learning new instruments for jubilee, JCM no...

THE MOST underrated guitarist of all time, Les Paul’s “trick”,  Tony Burrows Ghost Singer, good vs bad playing and practicing advice,  does relying on tablature hold you back in the long run? The push to get certain bands/artists quit performing live Pittsburgh Kevin: stroker ace, podcasts with dumb hosts,  Film Corner: Grand Torino, The Fugitive. Black rain, Fury SEG2:   New & Notable: 🎸 THI...

i was today years old… the strange thing about pick ups(waylon McPherson)… def leppard not night ranger. The 5$ dumbbell (waylon McPherson),  Apparently building your own boutique guitar aint no thang(phil knight warmouth starcaster build) rude guitar store staff, Dee & Sebastian, Worst Band Names of all time, Why AI ISN’T going to kill music (probably not film either)(Colt Capperrune) “Worst”...

Honey Bee Riff. Distant Early Warning w/ Terry Brown, Bernie Marsden, (begining)Audiation, Practice Habits and Routines, pinky power, Goldtop is sold, out of spectrum   Pittsburgh Kevin:    Film Corner: Eyes wide Shut Theory, Robert Duvall R.I.P. Monolith  SEG2:   New & Notable:   This Week In Rock History:   🎙️ Week in Rock — Feb 15 – 21 (Historical & Fun Music Events) 📅 February 15 Hist...

 What are the modes? What you need to know and what you don't,  what does it mean to “play the changes”  2 pieces of gear that caught my attention: badcat purepath, blackstar artist FR, Dweeliz's Magnatone review  Pittsburgh Kevin: Bob  Mayo (peter frampton),   Film Corner: 12 Angry Men (1957), Monster (2003), Son In Law (1993),    SEG2:   New & Notable:   This Week In Rock History: 📅 FEBRUAR...