CALIFORNIA ROCK NEWS

Of the sessions viewed via the NAMM 2021 app over this week, these were among the best we saw (some aren’t available on YouTube yet, so there may be a part 2):

Thomas McRocklin/ Fishmam
Awesome player, great clinician and a great demonstration of the pickups he uses with incredible playing.

Greg Koch/ Koch Marshall Trio/ Fishman

Greg is another incredible guitar player with as much versatility as you could hope for in a guitarist with a wild sense of humor to boot. Whether he’s rocking out solo or with his trio, Greg is an amazing talent and one of the true guitar greats out there:

Jordan Rudess/ KORG
Great demo by the keyboard wizard of Dream Theater.

Kenny Aronoff/TAMA
Embracing Adversity with Action!
A very informative and entertaining video with one of the world’s most in-demand drummers.

Vaideology with Steve Vai/ Hal Leonard
Steve Vai guitar god livestream

Larry Mitchell/ Eventide
Guitar great Larry Mitchell doing a demo of the H9:

Doug Wimbish/ Rotosound
Doug also did a “Wimbash” video for Spector, but it doesnt appear to be on Youtube. Doug’s credits over the years are just incredible, as is his bass playing.

Les Claypool and EMG: Precious Metals
Filmed in Northern California:

Billy Sheehan EBS
Here’s bass wizard Billy Sheehan from The Winery Dogs/ Mr. Big/ Talas/ DLR demoing his EBS pedal and demobstratong his amazing style of bass playing:

Henrik Linder EBS
The Dirty Loops’ Henrik Linder performing with a live fusion trio using his EBS bass rig (EBS 802 amplifier with ProLine 410 cabinets)

Electric Guitars & Ribbon Mics, with Tim Pierce & Rick Beato/ Royer Labs