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In the near thirty years since his death, Bob Marley’s popularity hasn’t waned. His greatest hits album, Legend, has sold over twenty million copies, making him reggae music’s most recognizable and possibly best-loved ambassador.

Forty years ago today, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had the attention of nearly everyone on the planet when they became the first men to walk on the moon. Some of us here weren’t even born at the time and it’s hard to imagine the excitement of this historic moment. Looking back, we [...]

Later next week I’m taking a couple flights on United Airlines. But if I had seen this video before buying my ticket, I probably would have chosen a different airline. Let’s face it, flying is expensive for most people. Safety and comfort are the most important things to consider, but once you get the price [...]

In terms of style, Coldplay are comparable to bands like U2, Oasis and Radiohead. As a four piece band many of their arrangements rely on melodic guitar and piano melodies. We have two lessons on Coldplay songs, God Put A Smile Upon Your Face and Don’t Panic.

Born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1941, Bob Dylan has released over sixty albums and compilations. No other songwriter from modern times has had as much cultural and musical significance. This article takes a look at Bob Dylan’s life and music through the years.

Neil Young’s music generally falls into one of two distinct styles: folky-acoustic rock (as in Harvest Moon, Old Man, and Heart of Gold), or feedback laden hard rock (Cinnamon Girl, Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) and Rockin’ in the Free World). You will find several of these songs arranged here.

Once again our hometown hero is getting good press. David Hodge is featured on the guitar site Jemsite as part of their Guitar Hero series. Have a read of this great interview. There’s always something that rings true when David talks about how he does things in his own words.
Here’s a brief excerpt:
As a guitar [...]

David Gilmour’s distinctive guitar style is often regarded as the most familiar aspect of the Pink Floyd sound. It’s instantly recognizable for its economy and tone and his gift of melodic phrasing is still influencing guitarists all over the world.

There’s no end to the tools available for someone learning to play guitar. Our advice has always been to use as many of those different tools as you can; whether they be guitar teachers, friends playing in bands, books, DVDs or other websites. At times the Internet changes faster than most people can keep up with. This [...]

It’s contest time again at Guitar Noise.
We’re giving away 3 copies of Len Collins’ Guitar Breakthrough. What is that, you ask? Guitar Breakthrough is a 2 DVD set of guitar lessons unlike anything else you have ever seen. We’ve already reviewed Guitar Breakthrough on Guitar Noise, with David Hodge calling it “a breath of fresh air.” We [...]

Few things are scarier than Friday the 13th. Unless that Friday falls in February and then you’re stuck with Valentine’s Day on a Saturday night. Now that’s a tough one to get out of. The old “working late tonight honey” excuse won’t cut it.
Being romantic doesn’t have to be all bad. This year, to make [...]

It’s the end of another year and time to take down the Christmas lights again. I want to welcome all the new readers who found us during the past year. We hope you’ll be with us for a long time to come and stay involved with guitar and music. The time you spend on the [...]

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I want to introduce you to a red hot guitarist that I met a few months ago. His name is Will Landrum. He has a couple of guitar instrumental CDs out in the vein of Vai and Satriani. “Living Digits” is his latest release and I have to tell you it totally rocks! He has distribution [...]

Since you’re already here it’s safe to assume you know a thing or two about learning guitar online. Recently the folks at Acoustic Guitar Magazine did a roundup of guitar lesson websites. Lucky for us, Guitar Noise gets a brief mention. More accurately, it’s an honorable mention for the honorable David Hodge.
Think “guitar lesson blog.” [...]

We’ve already written about that consummate gentleman and guitar great David Gilmour on this blog. (See David Gilmour Signature Guitar Strings). Now there is something else for Gilmour fans and guitar players to get excited about. On September 22, Fender is releasing a David Gilmour Signature ‘Black Strat’. From David Gilmour’s website:
In the two years [...]

Unfortunately, due to David’s busy schedule and travel plans, we’re not able to bring you a new podcast this week.
In less than two months we’ve added six podcasts. I think that makes this a good time to review what we’ve covered so far. Please keep your comments coming as they help us along the way.
Our [...]

I wanted to share the following travel article from the New York Times website, A Journey Shaped by a Guitar: “Many a music lover makes a pilgrimage to the holy land by visiting the Martin factory in a town named Nazareth.”
EVEN though Nazareth, Pa., isn’t quite the holy city its namesake is, pilgrims with a [...]

If there’s a year in human history that people will look back on and say that was the year that robots really started to take over, they could be talking about this year.

Something like ten years in the making, Gibson has released – in limited supply – the Robot Guitar. Basically, it’s a guitar that [...]

Here are the ten most popular lessons on Guitar Noise from 2007:

Folsom Prison Blues / Your Cheating Heart by David Hodge, published February 15
Time After Time by David Hodge, published March 19
O Come All Ye Faithful by David Hodge, published December 6
Making Practice A Success – Part 1 by Tom Hess, published March 31
If [...]

Indie bands were really the first musicians to fully support music downloads. Big name artists – already making a very decent living off music – were understandably skeptical about making their songs too available. Slowly but surely most of the bigger name bands got on board. In November 2007, Led Zeppelin finally made their entire [...]