Posts Tagged rick lanning
TIAGO DELLA VEGA
Posted by Rick in Music / Artists, News, Tips / Technique, Videos on April 9th, 2010
This will open your eyes!
Tiago Della Vega is a Brazilian guitarist. Born in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, he began learning to play the acoustic guitar at the age of five. After a year, he realized that the electric guitar was his greatest passion. He started to study electric guitar, practicing 14 hours a day.
Tiago della Vega played with the bands After Dark and Fermatha. At present, he travels around the world playing and doing workshops. He currently holds the Guinness World Records title as the fastest guitar player in the world, playing The Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at 320 beats per minute.
He plays a custom signature Andrellis 7-string guitar which has 24 frets and a Floyd Rose tremolo, the Andrellis TDV.
IT’S ALL HOW YOU LOOK AT IT
Posted by Rick in Gear, Music / Artists, News, Tips / Technique, Videos on October 22nd, 2009
I guess when you’re driving a round speaker, it doesn’t matter what shape the cabinet is really – but I’m just used to seeing big square / rectangular stacks and these triangles are a little different. – JPH
I agree with JP, after 30 plus years in the business looking at the same square boxes, it is a little hard to get used to, but, if it plays, it plays. Check out these 3rd Power Amplification Systems
EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!
Posted by Rick in Music / Artists, News on October 20th, 2009
I am very excited to announce that I have finished recording a new song with Rick Finch. Rick produced the song, lyrics by Loni Reeder (Rick’s publicist and manager) and music by Rick and Lawana Lanning. The song, GOD IS THERE, will be included on a new Christmas album that Rick will be producing for me. The album is due out around Thanksgiving, if all goes as planned. I am very excited and honored to be working with Rick Finch. You can check out God Is There here. We are planning to donate some proceeds to a charity and I will update that as soon as I know for sure which one.
A SONG TO EASE OUR GRIEF
Posted by Rick in Music / Artists, News on August 31st, 2009
This past week our family was rocked with unimaginable grief when we lost my brother’s son who was only 28. Loni Reeder, our friend and a wonderful writer/publicist, sent us a poem to help ease our pain. She, too, suffered a loss a week earlier of a young 22 year old friend. Her words inspired this song and I want to share it with you. Thank you for letting me stop for a while and reflect on a young, sweet life, who is now at peace and who is missed terribly.
Robbie, this is for you.
CHECKING OUT SOME BANJOS AT WILDWOOD MUSIC
Posted by Rick in Gear, Music / Artists, News, students on August 22nd, 2009
Yesterday, we took a short trip up to Coschocton, Ohio, to visit Wildwood Music. I wanted to check out some Deering banjos since I have played them before and was impressed. I was looking for something a little less expensive than my current banjo so I can use it for instruction at the shop.
We had a lot of fun browsing all the guitars, banjos and auto harps. Don and Marty were very gracious and had some great stories from their trip to Elkins, West Virginia. Missing Daybreak also has some good stories from their visit to Elkins. In fact, Something Blue was written there while the Cheat River was rising one night. Check out WildwoodMusic
RICK IS ON TWITTER
Hey, everyone, just wanted to let you know that I am now on Twitter and you can follow me at http://twitter.com/RickLanning
Hope to see your Tweets!
Rick
New Links
In doing some updates, we’ve added some new links to Rick’s site. Along with all the great links that were already there, you’ll find links to Demers Guitars, Parker Guitars, Moffa Guitars, and Rotosound strings. Hope you’ll find these resources useful.
Click here to see the Links page
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New Links
We added a ton of new links to Rick’s page. A complete resource for instruments, amps, cables, electronics, and other gear – the ‘Links’ page has most of the big name manufacturers in the business. If you’re looking for something specific, or just curious about what’s available in the industry, hop over and have a look around.
Click here to see the ‘Links’ page
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THE NASHVILLE NUMBER SYSTEM
Posted by Rick in Tips / Technique on August 5th, 2008
A few of my advanced students have dreams of working in Nashville as studio musicians. Nashville uses a method called the Nashville Number System. The Nashville Number System is a shorthand method of writing musical arrangements that was developed by Nashville studio musicians based on the degrees of the scale (do, re, me, fa, sol, la, ti ..). It is a powerful tool in the written communication of music.
I am starting to teach this method which is well known in the recording industry. The Beatles, during a recording session in England, hired a Nashville pianist and asked if he wanted them to play the song for him to become familiar with it. The pianist looked at their arrangement and started jotting down notes. The Fab Four noticed that the pianist was jotting down numbers instead of chord changes and notes. To their surprise, he told them he was ready to record. He played it through the first time perfectly. The pianist was using the Nashville Number System.
Recording time is very expensive and this method cuts down on costs significantly. I am anxious to see how my students take to this method.
Rick
SUMMER IS ALMOST OVER
Posted by Rick in Gear, Music / Artists on August 5th, 2008
Well, summer is almost over and I know we have all been very busy, but it is getting to be that time when we all will want to cozy up with our instrument of choice. I found these strange guitars while surfing around and I wanted to share them. I guess there is a guitar out there for everyone.
Click here to see them:
Rick
