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I'll be playing with my band at Jemfest X (10th Anniversary) Guitar Festival in Orlando/Kissimmee, Florida, June 18 & 19th (2 miles from Disney World).  This awesome festival is at the same venue as Steve Vai's "Alien Guitar Secrets" Master Classes that takes place on Sat afternoon, June 19th @ 1pm.  It's a 3 hr workshop with Steve himself, followed by meet & greet, and jam.
I'm pretty sure that there are some tickets still available for Steve's classes, so you might want to check that out here:

Steve Vai's "Alien Guitar Secrets" Master Classes Tickets


As far as the Jemfest X Festival (FREE!!!), that will take place both nights starting @ 7pm (Fri June 18th & Sat June 19th), with a scheduled line-up of performers each night, followed by an OPEN Jemfest-Jam (which means that audience members can participate, groups of 3 guitarists at one time.....G3 style, if you will).    There is full back line, so just bring your guitar/bass/drumsticks and that's it!  There will be a LIVE WEBCAST covering the event both nights.  Watch Steve's promo video for Jemfest:




Rob Balducci will be hosting a FREE clinic on Friday afternoon (June 18th) at the venue, and will be performing his scheduled set on the Saturday evening.  Also, Mike Martin (ex-Fozzy) will perform Sat night as well.

My band (Featured On Fridays) will be performing on Saturday, June 19th @ 7pm, opening the whole line-up that night!!

Mr. Vai will attend the Jemfest festivities, deliver a "keynote speech", and introduce a variety of goodies to be raffled off for his non-profit charity, "MAKE A NOISE FOUNDATION":   Read more about it here: Make a Noise Foundation


* All events will be hosted at THIS VENUE:

RADISSON WORLDGATE RESORT
3011 Maingate Lane, Kissimmee, FL 34747
407.396.1400

Rooms are only $89/night!!!


RAFFLES FOR JEM & UNIVERSE (IBANEZ), rare guitars on display, LIVE WEBCAST  of entire Jemfest event (not Vai's classes though...that's in-person only!) guitar enthusiasts, food, drink, fellow guitar lovers, stage jams open to public, and after-hours room jams with scheduled performers as well as audience attendees..... 



****Don't forget the late-night "room jams" that occur in various hotel rooms at this venue.  Just bring your guitar/bass, practice amp, and LET'S JAM!!!!!!   I found this cool video of a past ROOM JAM from Jemfest 2007 to give you an idea...

Late night room jam: Jemfest 2007


Hope to see you there if you are attending this event, or live in the area and are available on either (or both!) of these nights!    My set is scheduled for the Saturday @ 7pm, but I'll be playing in both Jemfest Jams Friday & Sat night (I think it starts at 10 or 10:30pm??) as well as the room jams (of course LOL)
Get back with me if you are attending!

The NAMM show in Anaheim, Ca is always a treat, and 2010 show was no exception!!! I spent my time evenly between my sponsor's booths, and visiting cool friends that reside in the California area. I went down with my band, Featured On Fridays, and we did demos at Spectraflex Cables, XOX Audio & Vigier Guitars on Fri & Sat. After we finished the demos, we walked around to the various booths, and checked out other bands & artists' demos as well as new gear & products for 2010.

I picked up a couple of endorsements along the way, "Reunion Blues" gig bags, and "Hot Picks". I did a photo shoot for both Reunion Blues & Hot Picks, so you will find those images on their sites very shortly. I'll post their links when the pics are up.

If you want to see the official NAMM recap video on the NAMM site, it will give you a little taste of the 4 day event.  Look for me in the video, doing a demo at Vigier Guitars w/ Brev Sullivan @ 5:16 

OFFICIAL NAMM 2010 RECAP VIDEO

Very special thanks to Don Hertlein from Hertlein guitars for sponsoring our trip & making our arrangements, Tony Franklin from Fender for providing me w/ a Geddy Lee Jazz to play at some of my demos, and Spectraflex Cables, XOX Audio & Vigier Guitars for having us demo at your booths!!

The Fender Showcase wing on the 3rd floor was smokin', and they had all sorts of celebs stop by, including Eddie Van Halen, Stanley Clark, Ted Nugent, and so on....I even got to do a photo shoot for the 50th Anniversary Fender Bass!!! Thanks to Jay & Ryan from Fender for making that happen and being the coolest dudes ever!!!!

The Hilton Lobby was packed each night I was there, and I met a lot of spectacular people there...some were Namm attendees, while others were locals from LA and surrounding areas. What a great time, and I look forward to NAMM 2011 !