Check out Rodney Holmes’ newly revamped website where you can hear the first sample of Lithium Tree in action. Just click on the Soundcloud player on the homepage or visit the Lithium Tree page to listen to Hipster Killer. You can also go right to Soundcloud, too. We’re all excited to move forward in 2012 with more performances and the start of a full length release!

Stay tuned!!

On Friday Dec.16th I was on a gig in New Hope, PA with Rodney Holmes (see post below) as a member of his new band Lithium Tree. Rick Toone was in the house with Sketch – a prototype axe built for Tosin Abasi/Animal As Leaders. I had a chance to play the axe for most of the second set where I was blown away. Check out Rick’s post for the full story and look for audio and video clips soon!

Since the launch of TrueFire’s Guitar Sherpa my Guitar Gym has been the #1 classroom! It’s been an incredible experience and I look forward to expanding the Gym in 2012!

On April 10th I dropped in on the 14th annual Brookdale Guitar Show with a set of Jeff Beck tunes as well as two clinics based on my TrueFire courses Blues Progressions and Blues Soloing. The Two River Times was in the house and made a nice mention of the Beck set in an article covering the show. Thanks to Uncle Mike for the good words and Scott Longfield for the images!

If you’re an Ableton Live fan check out one of its founders, Robert Henke, at Devotion Gallery on Oct. 10th. Click here for details. Be aware: This event requires an RSVP. To do that you gotta go here.

trillions, et al.

A collective improvisational brain trust made up of:

Myself – guitar/efx
Jon Francis – viola/efx
Elijah B Torn – bass/efx

…more soon

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TrueFire is having a monstorous “12 Days of Christmas” sale where you can grab my new courses and other titles at killer prices. Check it out!

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Jersey Shore Ableton Live User Group welcomes Max4Live.info’s Michael Chenetz: Dec. 13th, Red Bank, NJ

With Max For Live on everyone’s mind the Jersey Shore User Group is gearing up for its second meeting where Michael Chenetz of max4live.info will be in town to break it all down. In Michael’s presentation you will be introduced to the basic concepts needed to program in Max For Live. What’s more, Chenetz will touch on: hardware interfacing, basic OSC and MIDI concepts, as well as going into the world of Max and MSP itself. Immediately following will be a Q&A session, so be sure to have a text file open ready to type your queries into.

After the skinny is doled out on M4L it will be time to open up the stage for members to strut their stuff. So finish up that Set you’ve been working on, pack the necessary peripherals and show us what you’ve been working on. There will be a kickin’ sound system manned by the house engineer ensuring you all sound your best—so, bring it on!

This second meeting follows a superb kickoff event hosted by Jersey Shore UG founder and Ableton evangelist Chris Buono at The Downtown in the heart of cozy, yet hip Red Bank, NJ where none other than Controllerism pioneer Moldover and his completely cool Octamasher were in the house. Check it out!

Moldover Rocks Jersey Shore User Group

Moldover and Chris Buono w/ Jon Francis and Arne Wendt

Future meeting topics will span the gamut. From Live basics all the way to juicing controllers like the Akai APC40 and Novation Launchpad. In the near future is a presentation from Jay Smith of Livid Instruments in which he will show users how to create a Live Set geared towards performance where his amazing Ohm64 will be featured and explained.

As an added bonus there’s a special prize for the first user to walk through the door with three guests! So come out and help continue creating a NJ-based digital community you can excitedly call home and bring along your fellow producer-buds for some sweet schwag!

When:

Sunday, December 13th, 2009, 7:00 PM-10:00 PM

Where:

The Downtown

10 West Front St.

Red Bank, NJ 08753

On the map:

http://tinyurl.com/ycvsf6j

Cost:

Admission is free.

RSVP:

RSVP to Chris Buono at chris@chrisbuono.com so we know roughly what to expect.

Contact:

Email Chris Buono at chris@chrisbuono.com

Links:

www.chrisbuono.com

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