The New York Philharmonic announced that Jaap van Zweden (Yahp van ZVAY-den), an intense, exacting Dutch conductor, will be its next music director and guide it through the costly renovation of its hall, two seasons of exile and, if all goes well, a triumphant return to Lincoln Center.
Jaap, who is currently the music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, ends nearly a year of speculation about who would succeed Alan Gilbert when he steps down from the maestro position next year.
Mr. van Zweden's tasks at the Philharmonic will include more than music-making. He will be the orchestra's public face as it works to raise $360 million to renovate David Geffen Hall and to bolster its endowment; act as the leading artistic voice as the hall is redesigned; and be charged with making sure that the orchestra manages to retain its audience when construction, which is slated to start in 2019, leaves it homeless for at least two seasons.
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Who owns the first Fender Stratocaster ever made? If you said David Gilmour, you're wrong. The "first" Stratocaster actually bears the serial number 0100. Vintage guitar expert George Gruhn shows the guitar in this video. As he explains, the guitar was made in April 1954, about a year before Gilmour's, making it the first known Stratocaster to bear a serial number. "This guitar is historically a very, very significant instrument," Gruhn says, "not only significant in being an early Stratocaster but this is the . . .
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IN THE BASSMENT
Most Recorded BassistWith an incredible total of 2,221 individual recording credits as of 15 September 2015, legendary American musician Ronald Levin Carter aka Ron Carter (USA, b.1937) has certainly earned his Guinness World Records title as the Most recorded jazz bassist in history. Carter has played his elegant and rich double bass lines on tracks for numerous big names in the jazz world, including Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Billy Joel, Hank Jones and Billie Cobham - meaning even if you don't recognise him by name, it is likely you have heard his instrument on a variety of famous recordings.
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Now, this is this is finger style! The fluidity of the melody along with the perfectly aligned boom-chuck bass line is truly is something to behold. Chet Atkins makes getting that clean finger style sound on an electric guitar look so easy. He is an inspiration to all who play guitar, or just wanted too. Chet is truly a Country Gentleman and the real CGP . . .
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Tommy Emmanuel is one of those rare pickers who can dazzle you, seemingly effortlessly, when he plays guitar. He's one of the most dextrous players in the world, but Tommy insists the stories and emotions that are the soul of music must be a guitarist's first priority. Aside from being a great entertainer and showman, he's also the guy who knows a seemingly endless supply of beautiful songs by heart and plays them with astonishing technical flair and flourish. And although he's undoubtedly one of the most dextrous players in the world, Tommy insists it's the . . .
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GREAT GEAR
The process of modeling a vintage guitar using Variax HD technology is complex. Every facet of the guitar - including the body, electronics and metal parts - influences the way the instrument sounds and responds and must be captured during modeling. By painstakingly analyzing and capturing every single aspect of the most iconic vintage instruments, the Line 6 team ensured that Variax guitars deliver the sound and feel of the world's most coveted instruments with stunning detail. The result is accurate and realistic tone reproduction that stays true to the original vintage guitar.
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ARTIST AWARENESS
Carol Kaye's discography reads like the Encyclopedia Britannica of the music industry, with entries covering every genre and style. Her studio career includes sessions with Sam Cooke Joe Cocker, Simon & Garfunkel, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Lou Rawls, Glen Campbell, the Beach Boys and thousands more. She even played electric guitar and 12-string on Frank Zappa's Freak Out! Quincy Jones couldn't imagine booking a session without her. She alsoed work on hundreds of scores, movie soundtracks and television programs including Mission Impossible and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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