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Songs have been around since the dawn of man, with old folk songs in many ancient civilizations. With a song comes a songwriter and with this comes the art and skill of songwriting. It is always hard to find a definition of songwriting with many varied opinions as to what it is. I would say that songwriting is the ability to construct lyrics that go together with music to construct a song. While a few other people believe that a songwriter can be someone who just writes lyrics, or someone who just composes music, I believe this is a wrong[...]

Hello everybody and welcome to another juicy Guitar Duel! This is a regular feature where I put two guitarists against each other and let the readers decide who is the better guitarist. Last time's Guitar Duel saw Mark Knopfler take on Brian May in a hard fought battle which Knoplfer first looked like he would win. However, a few days later and May took the lead, resulting in a 10-8 win for May. Thanks for all who voted on this one. Now onto another exciting Duel. This week see's two of the most notable guitarists in the rock world and more[...]

Hello again everyone, hope you're all dandy. Welcome to another weekly riff. This weeks riff comes from one of my personal guitar heroes and one that I covered a few weeks back in the Hero Worship post, Justin Hawkins. It comes from The Darknesses first album, Permission To Land. It was released twice, once in 2002 and then re-released as a third single from the album in 2003. It is an instantly recognisable riff and probably the Darknesses most recognised song, reaching number 2 in the British charts. The song, of course, is that amazing[...]

Hello everyone and welcome back to Hero Worship, after I missed one last week, oops. This weeks hero comes from an English punk band from the 70's, and one which probably started it all. A guitarist that I think is often overlooked in the guitar industry. The band that kicked off the Punk controversy? Obviously its The Sex Pistols. And the guitarist? The influential Steve Jones. He may not have been the best guitarist ever, but he sure was inspirational. He shown people that they didn't need to be a Hendrix to sound good. Pretty Vacant, God[...]

Well harrow everybody and welcome to another edition of that favourite Guitar Duel! This is a feature on the blog where I put two of the worlds best guitarists and make them fight to the death. Well, not literally, but they have to fight for the readers votes. It's kinda the same. Anyway last weeks duel of White Vs Bellamy did not result in a winner as you lot couldn't decide between them. This weeks duel comes from two of the finest British guitarists ever. Between them they have sold over 400 million albums worldwide and have been in two of[...]