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Shredmageddon 2011

Reber Recording has teamed up with Doc’s Music Hall to organize the first Shredmageddon Guitar Solo Contest in Muncie, Indiana! Our goal is to find the best guitar players in Muncie and bring them to the stage to share their talents with the music-loving public.

RULES

1. All contestants must register @ Doc’s Music Hall and pay the $10 registration fee before April 13th in order to compete.
2. Contestants must perform ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS ONLY.
3. Each contestant will be given a 5-minute time-frame in which to execute their solo. It’s up to the contestant as to how much of the five minutes they wish to utilize. Solos may be shorter than 5-minutes but no longer than 5-minutes.
4. FX Pedals of all makes and models are allowed in this contest.
5. Loop Machines are allowed under the condition that no pre-recorded loops will be used. All loops must be created within the 5-minute performance.
6. No refunds will be issued for any reason other than the event being canceled by either the venue or the event organizer.

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JUDGING CRITERIA

The contestants will be critiqued by a panel of five people. Four of the judges will be experienced guitarists with the fifth representing the non-guitar-playing populace. All contestants will be judged based upon the following criteria.

1. Originality (20%)
2. Creativity (20%)
3. Technical Proficiency / Technique (30%)
4. Stage Presence (10%)
5. Versatility (20%)

Judges will be announced one week before the event.

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PRIZES

1. 1st Place: $100 + Plaque + 3 10-hour days of recording time at Reber Recording.
2. 2nd Place: Plaque + 1 10-hour day of recording time at Reber Recording.
3. 3rd Place: Plaque

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First thing first… Here’s the video. If it’s not enough, you can proceed to read through my random thoughts and reactions after.

From time to time I get asked to help organize a show or event for a friend or acquaintance and I usually take care of booking bands, in addition to securing a PA and running the sound. I don’t mean for that to come off as some snoody sounding, I’m-full-of-myself-style, comment. I just have the privilege of meeting a lot of musicians as a byproduct of being a recording engineer. I can recommend different bands depending on how well their sound meshes with the event at hand.

I received a call from Chris Piche asking me if I could book a couple of bands for their big New Years celebration at The Fickle Peach. I enjoy working with The Fickle Peach and the owners are swell guys so I jumped on my phone to make a few calls and write a few emails. Although my original line-up proved to be full of holes, I was able to secure three solid bands; The Pottersfield Boys, Cowboy Angles, and We Are Hex.

The only hiccup in my night involved trying to locate a mixer for the show that night. I ended up purchasing a used 12-channel Electro-Voice mixer instead of renting one. I figure that it will be a good insurance policy to have in the future if I run into a similar problem. I don’t want to find myself relying on someone else to provide a mixer at the last minute and fall through. Nope, better to have my own.

Anyway, here’s some video of We Are Hex performing at The Fickle Peach for New Years 2011. I set up a few microphones to capture the live sounds and then synced them with the video.

Bonesetters T-Shirts are $10!!!!

The Bonesetters just got in a fresh shipment of American Apparel T-Shirts and they would like to sell them to YOU! As you can see, they are pretty sweet looking. I can personally attest to their exceptional level of comfort. If you’re interested in purchasing one of these bright yellow beauties be sure to shoot me an e-mail or contact The Bonesetters via their Facebook FanPage or Myspace.