Author Archives: Richard Perkins

About Richard Perkins

Richard Perkins is the founder of Bath Guitar School and has worked for the International Guitar Foundation, Brit Awards, Rockschool, B&NES Council, Mid Somerset Festival, Bath Music Plus, and appeared on BBC and ITV television and radio programming as well as being featured in Guitar Techniques, Total Guitar, Venue, Bath Life magazines and the Bath Chronicle newspaper. Richard is a graduate of the Commercial Music degree programme at Bath Spa University and has a HND in Popular Music from Oxford College.

Rockschool Launch Hot Rock Guitar 4 & 5

Rockschool have launched the highly anticipated Hot Rock Guitar 4 & 5 transcription books adding to their Hot Rock Guitar 1, 2 and 3 series of guitar books that accompany the 2012-2018 Rockschool grade syllabus. Each transcription book packs 8 classic rock … Continue reading

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Ricky Gervais Launches ‘Learn Guitar With David Brent’

British Comedian Ricky Gervais has brought back his character David Brent in a video teaser to promote a new series of online guitar lessons on his YouTube channel: The Ricky Gervais Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/plumplard The series is due to launch on … Continue reading

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Commander Chris Hadfield’s Top Guitar Space Videos!

Canadian Astronaut and Commander of Expedition 35 on the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield returns to Earth today (13.05.13) after a 133 day stay aboard the multi billion dollar ISS. The social media savvy Astronaut has been a world-wide sensation since his … Continue reading

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Metal Legends Black Sabbath Announce December 2013 UK Tour

British metal giants Black Sabbath have announced a UK tour in December 2013. The band begin their long awaited tour at London’s O2 Arena on 12th December, before visiting Belfast, Sheffield, Glasgow and Manchester finishing up with a homecoming show … Continue reading

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HMV saved by Hilco in rescue deal worth ~£50m

The troubled music store HMV has today been saved by restructuring company Hilco for a estimated £50m. The music and DVD retailer, which is the UK’s last surviving music store chain, first ran in to trouble back in Jan 2013; … Continue reading

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Tribute to Jimi Hendrix made from plectrums unveiled in London

A brand new portrait of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix has been made entirely from 4,000 Fender plectrums, and is on public display for the very first time in London from this week. The mosaic, which measures 105 x 80cm, was created by … Continue reading

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Eric Johnson Kicks Off 6-Date UK Tour

Renowned US guitarist Eric Johnson begins his second UK tour in a year this week; only his second tour of these shores, ever! The 6-date tour kicks off at the London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on 3rd April and finishes … Continue reading

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G7th Launch The Vocal Capo

Award-winning capo company launch a revolutionary new product this April 1st: The Vocal Capo. The vocal capo works in exactly the same way as a conventional capo works; slide the capo up and down the neck to the desired fret … Continue reading

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Introducing: TC Electronic String Economy

Last year we were gifted with The Phoenix Pro that included the powerful Morphic Phrase Technology, and this year TC Electronic have presented us with the laughs this April fools day. Introducing TC Electronics newest product, String Economy. The revolutionary software … Continue reading

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Brit Pop Heavyweights Settle Differences To Perform Teenage Cancer Trust Gig

Don’t worry this is not new supergroup called Blurasis, it is an unlikely live collaboration between Brit Pop heavyweights Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn at a Teenage Cancer Trust gig at The Royal Albert Hall, London. The Brit-poppers were involved in … Continue reading

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