What strings do you use?

Okay, so the only question I am ever asked at gigs (and I have done a lot over the years) is 'what strings do you use', so I thought I would pose the question to the youTube world, firstly, is it just me who gets asked this question? and what strings do you use? :)I made this little video, please feel free to video respond, lets answer this question once and for all and move on :)EnjoyPeaceNeil

New guitar music : why isn't it evolving?

So this is just a thought....and it does relate particularly to guitar music....where are we going?? There was an epic evolution of styles of guitar music from the 50's through to the 90's, but since then? Not that much (note I am not saying none at all) just not as much. So I had this though, is this because we are now trying to emulate our heros, rather than innovate?There is so much to practice, so many songs to learn (quickly)...but what are we outputting? Are we all becoming the X factor generation of guitarists? Where we can perfectly replicate a Hendrix tune or knock of a John Pretucci run, but what about our voice?Is it time to stop (for a while) practicing playing 16th notes at tempos exceeding 200 bpm, stop learning every song on the guitar because there is easy access to tuition and develop our own voice and our own innovation?Just a though?PeaceNeil

Prometheus: An Unanswered Question

According to Weyland (Guy Pearce with incredibly awful make up) they spent 1 trillion dollars on the trip to planet Lv-223 and as we know things didn't quite go to plan...and it ended in what the media today would have called the 'biggest disaster of all time'. One would imagine that the crew of the Nostromdo would have known about this as it would have been the biggest thing in history?? Would it have not occured to them to talk about it when going down to the LV-446?Just a thought?PeaceNeil

stillness - a music video for 22:53 - Tinnitus (from Light B4 Sound 11:53)

A short and hopefully thought provoking music video for the track 22:53 - Tinnitus (from Light B4 Sound 11:53) for more information visitreverbnation.com/lightb4sound"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." -- Lao Tzufilmed on a Canon 5D MkII and Canon 550D in and around Troon and the Isle of Arran in Scotland, June 2012Filmed using a EF 24-105mm L , Sigma 50mm f2.8 macro and Canon EF 50mm f1.8 mk II lenses.Edited in Final Cut Pro with no colour correctionEnjoyPeace Neil 

Gigging Musicians on LinkedIn

Hello everyone,Just to let those know whom might be interested that I have created a group on LinkedIn for Gigging Musicians to discuss all things about gigging! Why not pop over and say hello!You can find the group here.You can also take a look at a blog post I wrote on top gigging tips here.EnjoyPeaceNeil

Gigging life saver - Neil's top tip 2

Don't over look a cheaper guitar as a backup. As we know you should always take a backup guitar to a gig, in case of any number of posible problem scenarios (most usually string breakage and tunage issues), so rather than taking your prized strat or Les Paul etc out, look at cheaper but reasonable guitars to gig with. You never know when some drunken reveller will get up and do untold damage!Top Tip 2 - Take a cheap guitar as a back upPeaceNeil

Google Alerts for social media marketing

Here is a little note about Google Alerts in relation to social media and marketing as it is a fantastic tool. Google Alerts enables you to filter search results in line with topics of interest to you and then email them to your inbox. This means you can constant be analysing what is happening in the blogsphere, news and other sites. It is very a time saving tool. Many years ago I worked for a company offering this kind of news aggregating functionality for considerable investment, and as is common place now, Google are offering it now for free. I would recommended signing up, and tracking topics related to your business!EnjoyPeaceNeil