Artist Spotlight

Every month the Guitar Messenger staff spotlights one upcoming artist that we believe will go on to do great things in the music industry!

Name: David Maxim Micic Age: Just turned 21! Hometown: I was born in Dubrovnik, Croatia on May 5th, 1990, but I live in Belgrade, Serbia, and don’t really remember Dubrovnik because I was really young when we moved to Belgrade. But I am planning on going to visit the town where I was born – I’ve heard lots of good stories about that place. How did you started playing guitar and what was the first song you learned? I started taking private lessons when I was 15 years old with Petar Jelic who showed me pentatonic scales and other basic stuff, so he really opened me up to a whole horizon... Read More →

Name: Danny Dodge Age: 19 Hometown: I was born in Ottawa, Canada. I lived there for 5 years before moving to the States. I plan on moving back one day. How did you get started with playing guitar and what was the first song you learned? I was in 7th grade when I started playing guitar. It was a very negative time for me, and when it was at it’s lowest point was when I met my soon-to-be best friend. He was in high school, and through the connection of our parents, he become my guitar teacher. He exposed me to metal, and introduced me to something that became more than music, more than an escape,... Read More →

Stories From the Road

Dear Fellow Musicians, In January 2010 I had the opportunity to audition for the guitarist position on Lady Gaga’s international arena tour. I made it to the final 15 guitarists and learned a few valuable things about the music business, particularly the music world outside of Berklee. I think it is definitely worth reading this because the experience was fascinating. The audition opportunity fell... Read More →

I remember it perfectly. It was 19 weeks ago that I arrived in Manhattan, guitar in hand, frantically looking for Chelsea Studios. Chelsea is one of the larger theatrical rehearsal studios in New York City and while I’d played in a number of pit orchestras before, I’d also never had any reason to find the place because I wasn’t an actor. Today was different. Today I’d be meeting... Read More →

Contests

Step One DOWNLOAD THE CONTEST BACKING TRACK available at Facebook.com/GuitarMessenger. Give us a LIKE, then click the BACKING TRACK tab next to the LIKES count at the top right to access the audio and transcriptions for the track. This is the solo section from Scar Symmetry‘s DOMINATION... Read More →

Pêle-Mêle Works’ instructional book, Intervallic Fretboard – Towards improvising On The Guitar, offers guitarists a different take on the fingerboard, with improvisation as the underlying motivation. Shapes and patterns are widely used in teaching the guitar, be it for scales, chords, or arpeggios.... Read More →

Win an Epiphone Les Paul Special II Guitar signed by Joe Bonamassa! Made with a basswood body, bolt-on mahogany neck, smooth 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, and dot inlays, this baby is every bit as handsome as its uptown cousins. It features 2 open-coil humbucking pickups that deliver long, singing sustain... Read More →