Live Musician Central

Tag: Video

  • Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie – Hot House (Live Video)

       There are some players who make an instrument speak in ways that are so beautiful and so unique that it just can’t be described with words. Charlie Parker is one of those special players that come along only once in a great while. He was simply an amazing Jazz saxophone player who excelled when playing with any live band.

       I haven’t seen a lot of video of Charlie Parker playing even though I’ve heard a lot of his recordings. I found this video on YouTube and was impressed with not only the quality of the video but with how well the band is playing. Charlie nails it as does the great trumpet player Dizzie Gillespie. I’m not sure who that is on bass and drums but they are also playing extremely well. This is from a 1952 television broadcast.       (more…)

  • Sunday Funnies – Mother Of All Funk Chords

       Thanks to my good friend Frank for cluing me into this amazing YouTube video. This clip is called “Mother Of All Funk Chords” and is a compilation and remix of a bunch of music related video clips on YouTube. The video editing is genius and it’s a really fun clip to watch.

       According to the video’s creator, kutiman, what you see is what you hear. So kutiman has quite good musical sense as well as great video editing skills.

       I hope you enjoy The Mother Of All Funk Chords (the E9 Chord).      (more…)

  • Chickenfoot – “Oh Yeah” Music Video

       I’ve been enjoying the Chickenfoot album more and more now that I’ve listened to it a few times. I did a Chickenfoot album review when the album came out and I’ve decided that it’s actually quite good. It’s just good to hear a group of great musicians that you know will make all of us that play in a live band proud when they get onstage. There’s nothing canned about good, hard Rock-N-Roll.

       Today I’m posting up the first music video from the Chickenfoot album. This song is titled “Oh Yeah” and has some good Led Zeppelin type vibes to it. That could be because the Chickenfoot album was produced by legendary producer Andy Johns who also produced Led Zeppelin albums.

       This is a pretty basic music video but it shows the band having a good time and the audio quality is excellent!     (more…)

  • Sunday Funnies – Tenacious D “Rock Your Socks Off”

       This weeks Sunday Funnies is a funny and rockin’ song by Jack Black and his band “Tenacious D”. This song is included on the new PSP game Rock Band Unplugged.

       There isn’t a music video (that I know of) to this song so I’m posting up a video some kid did on YouTube. He’s using clips from the movie Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny which is a hilarious movie itself. Anyway, the video below is pretty funny and you can hear the song in all it’s glory. I thought it was pretty funny!    (more…)

  • Fender Samarium Cobalt Noiseless Pickups Video Demo

    Fender Samarium Cobalt Noiseless Pickups
    Fender Samarium Cobalt Noiseless Pickups

       The other day I wrote a review about the Fender Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickups that I have in both of my Fender American Deluxe Stratocasters. I love the sound of these pickups and they’ve been a huge success onstage in my live band.

       They are a bit warmer sounding than the classic vintage single-coil pickups but the fact that they are noiseless puts them way ahead in terms of live functionality than standard single-coil pickups. When you’re dealing with varying power conditions at every venue that you play in, not having to worry about your noisy single-coil pickups gives great peace of mind.

       Today I’m posting up a couple of really good demo videos that feature the Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster loaded with the SCN pickups. These videos are both really great examples of how the Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickups sounds. You can also hear the Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickups in the clips on my Fender Cyber-Twin SE Preset Patch download page.      (more…)

  • Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone Compression Pedal Demo Video

    I recently added a Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone compression pedal to my guitar rig that I use in my live band. I recently wrote a review of the Pigtronix Philosopher’s Tone pedal on Live Musician Central. I have been very well pleased with this compression pedal.      (more…)

  • Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana (video)

    For today’s Musician Showcase I’m featuring one of my favorite songs by the great Michael Jackson. As you know, I play lead guitar in my live band so my favorite type of music features a lot of electric guitar. My favorite Michael Jackson songs naturally have the guitar mixed front and center.

    The song “Dirty Diana” features the excellent guitar playing of Steve Stevens. Steve was at the height of his fame with Billy Idol at the time and Michael, being the genius marketer that he is, hired Steve to play on this song. I’m sure the decision was based on the great success Michael had using Eddie Van Halen to play on “Beat It”.

    What I love about this song is the dark sexiness it evokes. The video shows Michael busting off some of his sexier stage moves and the whole thing just rocks. I hope you enjoy it!     (more…)

  • Sunday Funnies – Spinal Tap/The Folksmen “Unwigged and Unplugged”

    This is a great live video of Chritsopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer performing a collage of songs from their bands “Spinal Tap” and “The Folksmen”. It’s just funny to listen to how tight they are moving between singing folk songs and acoustic versions of Spinal Tap songs. These three guys are really talented musicians and performers. I got a good laugh at several parts of this video clip.

    The music ends at about 4:40 and the rest of the clip is an interview. I suggest just watching the song unless you’re a really big fan!       (more…)

  • Gibson Les Paul BFG Demo Video

    Gibson Les Paul BFG
    Gibson Les Paul BFG

       The other day on Live Musician Central I wrote a review of my Gibson Les Paul BFG guitar. I use the Les Paul BFG in my live band all the time because it has fantastic tones and it can stand up to all the abuse I dish out onstage. I’ve had my Les Paul BFG for over a year now and it continues to play very well. In fact, the wood has aged nicely as the guitar has broken in and I think it sounds better now than when it was new.

       I wanted to put up a Gibson demo video of the Les Paul BFG so you could check out the amazing tones this guitar can produce. Here it is and it’s a very good example of what the Gibson Les Paul BFG is capable of.         (more…)

  • Steve Vai Performs – I Know You’re Here (Live Video)

       What can I say about the great Steve Vai? The man continually blows my mind every time I hear him play. I’ve been a fan of Steve ever since his incredible 1984 solo release “Flex-Able”. I’ve tried to emulate many aspects of his playing in my own style to use with my live band.

       One of the greatest things about Steve Vai is his ability to play technically and still have great emotion in his playing. We all know he can shred and play a zillion notes per second but what makes him great is he makes every note count. He knows when to play a melody and when to play a scale-fill. Even his fast runs are very melodic and that’s a rare and beautiful ability.    (more…)

Powered by eShop v.6