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Month: April 2011

NEWS: Big 4 to play Yankee Stadium

April 30, 2011 Peter Hodgson

Great news for east coast-dwellers who missed the Big 4 show in California last weekend.

NEWS: Bryan Beller releases live DVD

April 30, 2011April 30, 2011 Peter Hodgson

PRESS RELEASE BASSIST/COMPOSER BRYAN BELLER RELEASES WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE CONCERT DVD Live DVD documents the

NEWS: MXR Vintage Distortion + giveaway

April 30, 2011 Peter Hodgson

The MXR Distortion + is the legendary pedal that Randy Rhoads used with Ozzy Osbourne.

NEWS: Dream Theater names new drummer!!

April 30, 2011 Peter Hodgson

If you don’t want to be spoiled, click here to view the video where Dream

COOL VIDEO ALERT: Dream Theater drummer auditions

April 29, 2011 Peter Hodgson

Thank you Roadrunner for changing these videos to allow embedding! Check out the Dream Theater

NEWS: LA Guns ‘Sex Action’ tour cancelled but Guns play anyway! Back In The Day to the rescue!

April 29, 2011May 2, 2011 Peter Hodgson

UPDATE 1: NEWS FLASH: LA Guns will be playing at Back In The Day (Portland

NEWS: Monkeyfest guitar tuition festival

April 28, 2011 Peter Hodgson

UK Guitarist Festival ‘MonkeyFest’ Offers Guitar Tuition from Virtuoso Talent New UK fest brings guitar

Serve the Servants: Unlocking the Secrets of Grunge Guitar

April 26, 2011 Peter Hodgson

This week my feature article for Gibson.com is about grunge guitar – something I know

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Hi! I'm Peter Hodgson. I've been a professional music journalist since 1997. Over the years you may have seen my writing on Guitar World, Premier Guitar, Seymour Duncan, Gibson.com, Australian Guitar, Australian Musician, Mixdown Magazine, Blunt, Beat, The Brag, StarWars.com and many more. I've done corporate writing for Roland, Yamaha, Fender, Seymour Duncan, Gibson and plenty more. So hit me up if you're a guitar company that needs a writer or social media guy, okay?

I've been playing guitar since I was 8 years old. I've also worked as a guitar teacher (up to 50 students a week), a setup tech, a newspaper editor, and I've dabbled in radio a little bit. I live in Melbourne, Australia with my wonderful wife Pilgrim, our son, our dog and kitty, and my hobbies include drinking way too much coffee, eating way too much Mexican food, and being an aging goth.

You can check out my guitar playing at Bandcamp or on YouTube, check out the I Heart Guitar podcast and feel free to email me at peter@iheartguitarblog.com - oh and unsolicited SEO service emails will be printed out just so I can have the tactile pleasure of having something to scrunch up and throw in the trash.