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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[...]

Alright everyone, hope you had a brilliant weekend. I'm currently skint so no outings to the pub for me :-( Bad Times. Anyway, as I write this I can already feel that the choice of guitar hero isn't going to go down to well. His band. The Darkness had only one truly successful album, their debut, and they got a lot of stick for prancing around in leotards. But I assure you, if you listen to the music, especially from the album Permission To Land you will find some outstanding guitar playing for a debut album. This weeks Guitar Hero is[...]

Christmas is near now, can't wait! Have you all been writing songs? Hope so. We  now move onto part four of the Beginners Guide to Songwriting. This one is mainly going to be about the lyrical side of things, so take note. Lets Crack on with it: Vocal Melody Good solos can reinforce and underline the vocal melody (Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit) or take the place of words altogether when the intensity is peaking, as heard in Eric Clapton's awesome Layla. And sometimes a solo can come in like a stranger and end up in the heart[...]