Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 21, 2009, 6:16 pm
Here is a video clip of John and Jimmy working through a section w/ guitar player Rusty Cooley. Rusty is in town this week working on his new Rock House instructional DVD Arpeggio Madness.
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 21, 2009, 2:34 pm
The Rock House Blog Weekend Read is published every Friday or Saturday and is filled with links to the best articles from around the web. Articles include guitar lessons, guitar bass guitar news, guit...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 19, 2009, 11:22 am
Check out Gus G's new Japanese Custom Shop ESP's that he has been playing live in 09' You can check out the specs at http://www.espguitars.co.jp/artist/gus_g/index.html
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 19, 2009, 10:55 am
In this lesson Rock House Instructor Rusty Cooley demonstrates and teaches how he splits a scale and moves it in a linear fashion along the fretboard. The video is from Rusty's instructional DVD f...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 18, 2009, 12:20 pm
From his prolific solo work, to his prominent memberships in the supergroup Praxis and rock legends Guns N’ Roses, Buckethead has displayed one of the most fiery creative personas of our times, and ...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 18, 2009, 11:46 am
Taking yourself or your band on the road is a critical part of the music business, David discusses some basics of the business after taking The Rock Shop on the road these past few week. David hashes ...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 17, 2009, 10:57 am
Guitar Intermediate Skills Overview Are You an Intermediate Player Yet? (For Electric or Acoustic Guitar) By John McCarthy Let’s see if you have what it takes to be called an “Intermed...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 17, 2009, 10:35 am
Rob Balducci's newest "LIck of The Week" is the track Shine From his new CD Violet Horizon. This is a cool track and has a positive vibe to it. The Rock House Instructor and favored Nations ...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 17, 2009, 10:21 am
Chimaira is now featured in the latest trailer for Machinim The video company used their song Impending Doom for their new Resident Evil Trailer. Check it below. There are also some new pic...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 17, 2009, 10:12 am
Freekbass and his new band mates DJ Logic, keyboardist Steve Molitz (Particle, Phil Lesh & Friends) are asking people to "Name the new DJ Logic, Steve Molitz, Freekbass groove project. All ya have to ...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 13, 2009, 2:14 pm
The Rock House Blog Weekend Read. Bring you the best articles from around the web. Articles include guitar lessons, guitar bass guitar news, guitar playing tips and tricks and just some plain old...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 13, 2009, 12:50 pm
News Release from www.epiphone.com Epiphone Guitar announced today the release of the Limited Edition Roy Orbison 12-String Signature Acoustic model.  Produced in cooperation with the legend...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 12, 2009, 12:00 pm
In this lesson with John McCarthy, creator of The Rock House Method system of learning he shows you how all 7 modes live within the C Major Scale. This lesson comes from his 2 DVD set Modes Demystifie...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 11, 2009, 11:04 am
Rob Balducci has been a long time Ibanez endorser. He recently demoed and put the Ibanez TS808 and TS808HW to the test. Listening to the demo I can certainly see where this pedal could play an importa...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 11, 2009, 10:41 am
Pick a job, any job and one of the things you find yourself doing either consciously or unconsciously is networking. In the music industry it more important than many realize. In episode of David Elle...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 10, 2009, 1:53 pm
Enter to Win Mick's Rig Santa Barbara, CA –Seymour Duncan announces the release of the latest addition to our popular Blackouts Humbucker series; the Blackouts AHB-3 Thomson EMTY. Mick Thom...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 10, 2009, 11:08 am
....And Understanding The Difference By Chris McCarvill How do you decide which way to learn to play? Simple question, but it can have far reaching effects. I’m sure you’ve seen videos o...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 9, 2009, 1:22 pm
In cooperation with Band Hero®, Taylor Guitars is awarding one lucky winner a special prize pack featuring two of the holidays’ hottest products: a Band Hero® Wii® band kit featuring Taylor Swift...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 9, 2009, 1:03 pm
Rusty Cooley just posted his newsletter for November on his website www.rustycooley.com. The biggest news is that the Rock House Instructor is still auditioning guitar and bass players for his new ban...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 6, 2009, 10:50 am
It's that time of year again. Time for Gary Hoeys' Ho Ho Hoey Rockin' Holiday Tour 09. From some of the reviews I've read about in the past this one show you should probably get out to...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 6, 2009, 2:51 am
Rock House Instructor and Artist Freekbass is featured in the November Issue of Relix- The Magazine for Music. He listed as the #1 artist on the verge that you should know about. One hell of an honor ...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 6, 2009, 2:35 am
$200 REBATE ON QUALIFYING VAI AND SATRIANI ELECTRIC GUITARS Now for a limited time, you can take advantage of special pricing on a top of the line guitar and get money back directly from Ibanez. Buy...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 6, 2009, 2:27 am
News Release PEAVEY INT'L. HEADQUARTERS — Peavey Electronics, one of the world's largest audio equipment manufacturers, proudly announces that its new IPR™ DSP Series of power amplifi...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 5, 2009, 3:40 pm
The Guitar Wizard Behind One of Power Metals Most Melodic Bands To Reveal His Secrets (West Haven, CT., November 4, 2009) – Rock House, the leader in music instruction, announced today that Gus...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 5, 2009, 12:20 pm
News Release Popular V-Drums V-Compact Series Now Has Full Mesh Head Option Los Angeles, CA, November 5, 2009 — Roland announces general availability of the V-Drums® V-Compact® Series T...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 4, 2009, 1:07 pm
In this basic guitar chord lesson, you will learn to build a guitar chord two different ways: Using Major and minor third intervals and by building a basic chord scale. There are many benefits to lear...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 4, 2009, 3:10 am
The members of Living Colour are reaching out to all VJ's, Videographers, Animators, Projectionists and Techies. They have announced a hell of an opportunity for anyone who has the ability to put ...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 3, 2009, 1:05 pm
Judging by the pictures I've seen posted on Facebook and My Space it looks like everyone had a fantastic Halloween. I must say it was another good moth to hang out at The Rock House Blog too. We p...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 3, 2009, 12:44 pm
Jeff Loomis, will be doing clinics all over the great lands of Europe. DATES: UNITED KINGDOM OCT 6 Ruby Lounge 7:30pm OCT 7 Cathouse 7:00pm SWEDEN OCT 9 Deluxe Music 5pm OCT 10 And...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 3, 2009, 12:40 pm
Yamaha introduces two new lines of nylon string acoustic-electric guitars designed in collaboration with the hot young guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela. The NCX series is a more traditionally shaped...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 2, 2009, 4:48 pm
THE BIG BOSS® GIVEAWAY—GUESS THE RIFF, GET THE GEAR Grand Prize Wins Four Autographed Pedals and $1,000 in BOSS Gear Los Angeles, CA, November 2, 2009 — BOSS is giving the tone freaks e...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 2, 2009, 1:33 pm
Rock House Method member Steve Belong's little ditty that he came up with based on the song Flight of the Bumble Bee.
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 2, 2009, 1:27 pm
A video of Rock House Member Tasty Chicken showing off some serious skills while he was "just" noodling around on his guitar.
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 2, 2009, 12:45 pm
My good friend Tom Wurth has been breaking into the country charts for about 15 years now. His latest CD release "If The Road Runs Out" was recently reviewed in Country Weekly Magazine and received 3 ...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 2, 2009, 11:48 am
Rock House Artists Chamaira are excited to give you a peek into what they have planed for their new DVD that is due out in 2010. They released video for their song The Disappearing Sun, shot live in H...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Nov 2, 2009, 11:41 am
Guitar virtuoso Gus G of Firewind who has also done a few stints with Ozzy Osborn make an appearance in Guitar Edge Magazine in their "Style File" section. When running down the names of the worl...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Oct 31, 2009, 11:57 am
The Rock House Blog Weekend Read. Bring you the best articles from around the web. Articles include guitar lessons, guitar bass guitar news, guitar playing tips and tricks and just some plain old...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Oct 30, 2009, 3:16 am
A couple of weeks ago we talked about a few different types of microphones that can be used to mic a band (How to Mic a Band - Types of Microphones). Last week we talked about pick-up and polar patter...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Oct 29, 2009, 1:45 pm
In this Video lesson with John, the creator of The Rock House Method system of learning, introduces those players who are yet familiar with bending. The following three riffs utilize different bending...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Oct 28, 2009, 3:45 pm
From The COBs' blog on their my space site http://blogs.myspace.com/childrenofbodom World Tour is Done! We started in May 2008, when the album came out. With Megadeth in USA. Summer arri...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Oct 28, 2009, 12:21 pm
I’m asked quite often what to look for in a guitar teacher. Most instructors are pretty good at what they do but, I always recommend having a good old sit down visit with them before you sign up for...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Oct 28, 2009, 11:36 am
The December issue of Guitar Edge Magazine is out. The free online edition of the magazine has published 10 new guitar tabs for you to print off and play your ass off to. Here's the list with...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Oct 28, 2009, 11:04 am
 Rock House Instructor Chris McCarvill, who just went out on  The House of Lords 2009 European Tour left us with cool beginner bass guitar lesson on funk. We strongly suggest you use a ...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Oct 27, 2009, 4:32 pm
News from Rock House Instructor Doug Wimbish - www.myspace.com/dougwimbish Legendary Downtown NYC rockers Living Colour launch a massive tour next week that will take them all over South America ...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Oct 27, 2009, 3:16 am
The Rock House Method GEAR 411 Review - Tony Pasko Hey everyone I’m back!!!!!!!!! I know it’s been a while since my last set of reviews and articles. I have been so busy doing clinics, writi...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Oct 26, 2009, 2:31 pm
In Rob Balducci's LOTW, Rob talks about and playing a bit of his song "My Desire" from the CD Violet Horizon. Rob is using his Ibanez RG Prestige LAC guitar plugged into his Cornford MK5011 ...
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Oct 26, 2009, 2:20 pm
For more gear reviews and videos check out www.guitarworld.com In this video Guitar World's gear editor Paul Riario demonstrates the features of the PRS Sunburst 245 and 22 electrics. 
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Curt M. posted an article on The Rock House Blog - Oct 26, 2009, 2:16 pm
UNEARTH’s latest music video for the track Grave of Opportunity is set to premier exclusively on the massive gamming community site Destructoid.com Monday, October 26th. The video for Grave of Oppor...
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