Jingle Bell Rock

Guitars 1, 2, 3, and 4 all played by me.  And the bass part.  And I synced up the drum machine, for what it's worth :)

Jingle Bell Rock Chords/Tabs

In the spirit of the upcoming holidays, here's a sheet I made up of the chords to "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms.  It doesn't include the intro or solo, but tabs for the intro at least are easy enough to find elsewhere.  There are some repeats not written in as well, but it should be easy enough to figure out :)

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long

A classic rock anthem.

Bohemian Rhapsody Solo Cover

Fade to Black by Metallica

Short excerpt from Fade to Black by Metallica.  I thought I played pretty well considering I had bandages on both index fingers :P

Pillars of Creation by Keith Merrow

Abridged cover of "Pillars of Creation" by Keith Merrow.  Not quite up to my usual standards of clean playing, but it's a hard song  :)

Another video - "Battery" by Metallica

Me playing all four parts to an excerpt from Metallica's "Battery".  It took forever to sync up, so you all better appreciate it! ;)

Videos made with Windows Movie Maker, Microsoft Expression Encoder, and Audacity.

First recording attempts

          Practice makes perfect, huh?   Well, I'm getting my practice making "music videos" now, and they turned out half decent, so here it is folks:

Crate GT212 pawn shop find

Side by side with a Fender Mustang I

          Pawn shops are pretty hit-and-miss with guitar stuff.  It seems like usually the people selling the guitars have no idea what they are really worth, and then proceed to sell heavily used guitars at full price to people who don't know better.

          Today was a lucky find though - a Crate GT212 solid-state amp.  On its own it isn't really special; it's a pretty good 2 x 12" amp combo with three channels and an open back.

Rogue Rocketeer Review

          When I saw the Rocketeer by Rogue on sale as the "Stupid Deal of the Day" at Musician's Friend, I knew I just had to have it.  Seriously, a full size electric guitar for $60.  It couldn't be that bad, right?