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U2 Does Another Rooftop Gig
Following in the footsteps of the Beatles, U2 gave another surprise rooftop gig (this was not their first) Friday, February 27. However, the secret got out and around 5000 fans showed up to see them play a 20 minutes set of new songs from the top of the BBC Broadcasting House in London.
Read all about it at the U2 website.
Led Zeppelin Launches YouTube Channel
In a rare change of policy, the once video shy Led Zeppelin has launched their own YouTube video channel features scores of authorized and bootleg videos from their years of concerts.
You can find more videos here.
Get Free Guitar Recording & Online Collaboration Software: RiffWorks T4
Sonoma Wire Works announces the launch of RiffWorks T4, a free edition of RiffWorks (v2.1.1) guitar recording and online collaboration software. With RiffWorks T4, musicians can record ideas at the moment of inspiration, quickly create complete songs with drums and effects, easily collaborate online with musicians around the world for free, and cast tunes to RiffWorld.
RiffWorks T4 includes: Automatic track creation and loop recording with 4 layers plus drum loops • 7 effects (Wah, Multi-band Compression & Distortion, Modulation, Delay, Reverb, Compression, and British Style EQ) • InstantDrummer with adjustable intensity and variation • Online music collaboration - record songs with people around the world for free • RiffWorld.com song posting and collaboration community • "Quick Start" tutorial in 14 languages • IK Multimedia's AmpliTube(R) Duo LE guitar amp and effects plug-in • Gallo Engineering's Studio Devil BVC amp model plug-in
Get A Free British Valve Custom VST Amp Plugin
If you are guitar player who does any recording on your computer, you will want to check out the British Amp Custom amp simulator plugin being offered for free by Studio Devil. The emulation is based on a Marshall stack. If you want more amps models, a fuller feature Virtual Guitar Amp is available for purchase at $79.00.
Imagine: The Beatles Play Led Zeppelin
Check out this very entertaining video. An Australian Beatles tribute band plays Starway To Heaven in an early Beatles style. Classic!
