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1.21.08 UPDATE: Satch NAMM Jam, Guitar Player interview, Canada, Ibanez S 24 Prestige video shoot GUITAR PLAYER: I would also like to thank my friends at Guitar Player magazine for inviting me to share some experiences from making Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s. This issue is currently on the news stands... CANADA: I'll be in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada this weekend giving a series of workshops as part of Break Forth Canada. On Friday night I will also be hosting the Guitar Zone event which is open to both Break Forth attendees as well as the general public. Hope to see you there. Also on the bill with be Tyler & Cody, Steve Eads, and Steve Alexander. IBANEZ S 24 PRESTIGE: Two weeks ago I was in L.A. shooting the promo video for the new Ibanez S 24 Prestige guitar that was debuted at NAMM. It is an amazing guitar and the video will be up soon on the Ibanez web site. 12.25.07 UPDATE: Australian Guitar Magazine, NAMM, Canada Merry Christmas to all! The new issue of Australian Guitar Magazine is out and includes a super cool 4-page interview and video lesson. I've been in the studio doing more work for WaveGroup Sound, and will be off to the NAMM show once again in January - shortly before I return to Canada for Break Forth. Hope to see you soon - stay in touch, and have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 10.10.07 Update: Canada, Australian Guitar Magazine Intevriew & Video Lesson, Guitar Hero Scores 600,000, All of My Love LED ZEP TRIBUTE CD > I've contributed an instrumental version of "All of My Love" to the latest endeavor by my friends and Bohemian Productions. I don't have a release date, but there are some other great players on this disc, including Jimmy Page himself!!! 7.27.07 UPDATE: Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's After many months of secrecy I am pleased to announce that I contributed tracks for six songs for Guitar Hero Encore Rocks the 80's, which was released this past Tuesday. Here is the link to the YouTube promo piece for the full songlist (dig on the last track). You can also check out the You Tube links below for clips for some of the tracks I played on. The number of hits is pretty shocking! PRESS RELEASE - July 27, 2007 - For Immediate Release Doug Doppler - Certified Guitar Hero With the July 24, 2007 release of GUITAR HERO Encore Rocks the 80's, Favored Nations (Steve Vai's label) recording artist Doug Doppler is now a certified Guitar Hero. In early 2007 Doppler became part of the WaveGroup Sound family (the music production house most famous for their work on the GH series), and contributed six tracks to the latest addition in the million-selling GH franchise. "Play with Me" (made famous by Extreme) serves as the Furious Fretwork Encore (hardest to play) track on this release, and demonstrates Doppler's Guitar Hero skills. Not entirely surprising considering that Doug is a former student of Joe Satriani... About Doug Doppler In addition to his work with WaveGroup Sound, Doppler tours internationally both as a recording artist and as a clinician. Shortly before returning to serve as the support act for guitar legend Michael Schenker's U.S. summer tour, Doppler did an extensive clinic tour in Italy and the UK for Ibanez guitars, by whom he's endorsed. In August, Doppler will be heading "Down Under" for an Ibanez clinic tour in Australia and New Zealand. An avid music educator, Doug was chosen by Satriani to take over teaching duties at the Berkeley, CA studio where Joe taught the likes of Doug and Kirk Hammet of Metallica, whom Doppler referred. After being recruited by WaveGroup Sound, Doug retired from teaching privately, but passes on the torch via his Guitar 411 instructional DVD series. Whammy Bar Mojo, the second title in the highly acclaimed Guitar411 series was released Spring of 2007. 7.1.07 UPDATE: MSG Tour Cancelled: After 11 amazing shows I regret to inform you that the Michael Schenker tour has come to a premature end for reasons beyond our control. Michael, his band and his crew treated us like royalty, and we look forward to the possibility of touring together again. For all of you who came to the shows - MANY thanks. For those of you in the cities we had yet to play, I am sorely disappointed that the tour did not reach you. I am hoping to be back out on the road in the Spring of 2008. In the meantime I will be doing a series of Ibanez clinic tours, the first of which will be in New Zealand and Australia in August.
Thanks again for your amazing support. I've really enjoyed the
opportunity to bring my music to so many amazing audiences. It has
been great to put a face to so many of the names that have graced
my inbox! Notes from the Road: 6.20.07 MSG Tour: We're 3 dates into the Michael Schenker
Tour, and it has been going great! If I haven't already, I hope
to see YOU at one of the shows! Tomorrow night we're at the Ventura
Theater, with Greg Marra opening the show. Please visit the shows
page for all the dates. Ibanez /Mogar Italian Clinic Tour: A special
thanks to all our Italian friends whose support made my time there
so incredibly memorable. It was also great to get a chance to catch
up with Stef Burns, who in case you didn't know plays with Vasco
Rossi, Italy's biggest rock star... I'm off to Italy for 6 date Ibanez Clinc tour with
my friends at Mogar Music Italy and Headstock Distribution in the
UK , and then... I'll be back for a few days before heading out
across the U.S. supporting Michael Schenker. George Lynch is supposed
to be on the SoCal dates I've heard - wow! Shows
page has all the current dates... Ground Zero, my first disc has been re-released
and will be available shortly on my Guitar
411 web site where you can buy my Favored Nations release Nu
Instrumetal, my Diatonic Theory and Harmony DVD, as well as...
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