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Set List for Student Showcase on 4/18/2015

  1. Xander: Super Mario Bros. Theme
  2. Nick: Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes)
  3. Tyler F.: Pinball Wizard (The Who)
  4. Kylie: Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
  5. Tyler R.: Neon Light (Blake Shelton)
  6. Claire: Midnight (Joe Satriani)
  7. Juliana: Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
  8. Ethan: Little Black Submarines (The Black Keys)

Thanks to everyone who played, everyone who listened, and to Guitars, Etc. for hosting.

A List of Two-Rock Production Models from the K&M-Era

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Since I couldn’t find it elsewhere, here’s a roughly-chronological list of K&M era (pre-PBG) Two-Rock amplifiers. A lot of this info comes from this article by Joe Mloganoski. K&M Amp (April 4th, 1999 to August, 2000) 2 channels, 50 watts, reverb. Emerald (October 1999 to Early 2001) 2 channels, 50 watts, reverb Sapphire (1999 to 2000) 100W version of Emerald… Read more →

Supposedly, Jim Hall placed a sign inside his guitar case so he would see it every time he took out his guitar. The sign said, “Make musical sense.” This story made an important impression on me. If Jim Hall (whose playing always makes sense to me) had to remind himself to make sense, certainly the rest of us would benefit from this advice.

Mick Goodrick in Guitar Player magazine, January 1992