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Return of Return To Forever

I only recently learned that the legendary lineup of Return To Forever is actually back on tour (Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola & Lenny White)!


Pretty amazing these 4 amazing musicians have put it together to tour - if you are a fan of the original "fusion" style of the 70's, or if you just appreciate seeing/hearing some of extremely talented players then these are the guys to see!

Leningrad Cowboys

Sure, you've heard LOTS of covers of Sweet Home Alabama, but you just gotta admit that NO ONE does it quite like the Leningrad Cowboys... and especially with the Red Army Choir taking the backing vocal duties!

Dallas Guitar Show - April 18-20

Time once again for the Dallas International Guitar Festival at Dallas Market Hall. I went for the first time last year and it was a lot fun to see some vintage guitars as well as some of the best players out there! Great to meet up with fellow gearheads too. Prices on guitars can be pretty out of control, especially for what passes for "vintage" these days, but it is still a cool thing to see so many under one roof!

Free Space

It's been a while, but I'm back with some more news! Here are some cool freebies... Adobe labs is an Adobe Systems hosted web site where new (and mostly unreleased) software is posted for the public to try out before it officially ships.



Adobe Labs site

The majority of technology on the site is free while the technology is in it's early beta stages. a few very useful and FREE online web applications are available on Adobe Labs. The first is called "Share". For those of you familiar with Photobucket, it's kinda like that except this allows you to store more than just photographs and images.

Share allows each user up to 1GB of space to store images, music, documents, and anything else you may want to store online for retrieval later (and from another machine perhaps). You can even "share" your images and documents with others by sending them a direct link to your online file, or attach an email to them directly from the online interface. Share is an online application so no need to install anything. Just go to the link above, register for your free Adobe account, upload your files and access them from any other computer that has internet access. Who couldn't use a free GB of online space?

There is also a free Photoshop Online application that looks mighty handy as well. Great for quick photo edits and simple to use!

Game Develeoper's Conference

Time to start thinking about the GDC once again - GDC in San Francisco is extra early this year - February 18-22, and the cutoff for the discounted registration rate in Jan 16. Full registration info here.

Of particular interest to us audio types is the Audio Track, where it looks like there are some interesting topics covered this year.

Seeing Redd

Mr. Redd Volkaert that is! Just a plug for a local Austin guitar hero, and one of the nicest guys to ever pick up a Tele. If you are a fan of fun country music, western swing, blazing chicken pickin' guitar, or just want to catch a great show then check out Redd's site for dates, pics and info.

Redd has played with tons of the greats, and most known for his gig as Merle Haggard's guitar man for several years. You can catch Redd a few times a week in Austin, and he's always sure to put a smile on your face (as well as floor you with a handful of licks from his old Telecaster!)