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Guitar World “Last Licks” Video Lesson on Bending Repetition licks by Martin Goulding

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

For the May 2012 edition of Guitar World magazine which features the legendary Joe Walsh on the front cover, I put together my back cover column “Last Licks” based around some old school bending and repetition licks. These are the well-known generic cliches of the authentic classic 1970’s rock guitar era, well used by players like Jimmy Page, Alvin Lee, Ted Nugent and Ace Frehley all the way through to Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and George Lynch.
For the video i thought it would be a great opportunity to hear and compare both vintage and modern approaches for each example, with a medium gain and vintage type fast/shallow vibrato followed by a more hot-rodded 80’s approach with full saturation and a wide/slow vibrato style, hit hard with a sliced semi harmonic pick stroke! For the audio I used an Axe FX II set up with Marshall Plexi Treble type sound……

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Guitar World “Last Licks” Video Lesson on 2 Handed Tapping by Martin Goulding

Friday, April 20th, 2012

For the April 2012 edition of Guitar World magazine which features the great Eddie Van Halen on the front cover, i put together my back cover column “Last Licks” showcasing some elements of the 2 Handed Tapping style, including examples in the style of EVH, Randy Rhoads, Reb Beach, Steve Vai and Greg Howe. The supporting video goes into some detail breaking down the examples in a way that will be accessible for intermediate level players…

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Guitar World “Last Licks” Thrash Metal style by Martin Goulding

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

For the March 2012 edition of Guitar World magazine which features Lamb of God on the front cover, i put together my back cover column “Last Licks” showcasing some elements of the thrash style, including riffs in the style of Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer and Lamb of God. The supporting video goes into some detail breaking down and focusing on the techniques used….

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Linear Sphere to release second album “Manvantara”

Monday, February 6th, 2012

My band Linear Sphere will soon be announcing the release date of our second album “Manvantara.” This album follows our 2005 debut “Reality Dysfunction” which was very well received by the international rock press, leading to London gigs in support of Cynic and To-mera.
The album features the amazing playing of Nicolas Lowczowski on drums, Steve Woodcock on fretless bass and chapman stick, Jamie Brooks on keyboards and Jos Geron on vocals, with myself on guitar. The album is heavily progressive and unique, with a groove-based fusion rhythm section providing the foundations for a heavy rock/metal/fusion guitar approach.
Along with John Papas at Hardbeat studios in Wembley, London, U.K, i have just completed the final mix and we are now preparing for mastering. I’ll be making announcents on the release date very soon…..

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Martin Goulding New Monthly Columnist for Guitar World

Monday, February 6th, 2012

I’m honoured to be writing again for Guitar World magazine, with a new monthly column entitled “Last Licks” running from January 2012. The first article is based on Prog-Rock, featuring examples in the style of the greats including Steve Howe, Alex Lifeson, Steve Hackett, and Robert Fripp. Each article will be based around a certain style of playing and aimed at an intermediate level, with five nicely accessible riffs, licks and phrases. First issue is out now!

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