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- December 20th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
- December 18th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
And we’ve been in Cuba!
OK, not THAT Cuba, but a local club here that was recently open. Last night we were invited by the house band to play there as guests. I can tell you we had a great time, i really felt good and the…
- December 11th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
About recording an album and other things…
I was telling you a couple of days ago about the fact that we (the band) intend to record a few songs to put them together on an album. I have already been to a recording studio in Bucharest to spe…
- December 10th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
My buddy, the poet
Yesterday evening we were part of a cultural event: my buddy and band mate Costin released his 3rd poetry book! It’s a very interesting side of culture, I am a musician and I am also a keen a…
- December 1st, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Buddy and Hopkins: Good old days
Thanks to Jason Nocera, I give you again another comic strip with our friends Buddy and Hopkins. Enjoy! And remember, for Funny Music T-Shirts, Bumper Stickers and Mugs Visit The Buddy and Hopkin…
- November 27th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
What’s been going on lately in my life?
Seems I haven’t updated my blog since a good while, haven’t I? Well, I feel I owe you, my readers a few words about it. Here it goes: Last week the company I used to work for just died.…
- November 2nd, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Comic strip of the week
Again, Jason Nocera sent me one of his wonderful comic strips with our two guitar buddies, Buddy and Hopkins. I started to look forward for his strips every week now. And remember to visit Buddy an…
- October 29th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
How to pick your acoustic guitar based on the wood it is made of
Some time ago I have decided to post here guest posts from other fellow guitar bloggers, hoping this will bring something now to the table, different from what I usually write about. So, this being…
- October 24th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
The weekend strip. Comic strip.
I bet you all love cartoons! I know I love them; I love cartoons and comic strips! Yeah! And we all love guitar music… So what can be cooler than a comic strip about…playing the guitar?…
- October 22nd, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
What’s the worst that could happen?
I was thinking about something that bothers me since my first day on stage: Can you ever watch/listen your own concerts fully happy with the result? I mean, every time I watch one of our own shows…
- October 18th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
The musical weather-metre
It’s a shitty weather in Romania these days, it’s raining, there’s no sign of sun, I barely woke up this morning, I feel like going back to sleep. So, naturally, I am in a mood fo…
- October 9th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Back for good
I was telling you a few months ago about one of the most famous and loved bands in Romania, Iris, and about the lead singer, Cristi Minculescu, the most emblematic rock icon in Romania, that needed…
- October 7th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Pomplamoose and the fresh college holiday mornings
Yesterday I posted that article about an analysis of Single ladies, the song of Beyonce and I posted here that video I found on YT of a 2 people band singing it. I realized I liked that version so…
- October 6th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
In depth analysis of a simple song. Man…
Today I have found a great article (and I would dare to say a great blog, but I didn’t yet have time to explore it more, but I will), an article discussing a pop-dance melody, Beyonce’s…
- October 2nd, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Quick tip on how to start your music related business today
The manager of U2’s 2009-2010 World Tour, said the tour is not yet profitable, after 3 months from starting it and 33 concerts. OK…and why is that? They have this strange looking scene,…
- September 30th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
The habit of being amazing
I am not yet decided if I should be amazed or just used with Mr Vai being amazing… So I just post this here and let you judge it. If you dare. Bookmark It
- September 22nd, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Learn and Master Guitar this very moment!
Well, OK, we all wish we could do this, unfortunately it takes a few good years and a couple of good ears just to start it. However, a good learning program could help a lot. There are more program…
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Sinergy, with an i
I used to have these 2 CDs in my car with Sinergy that I used to listen quite a lot. For those who are not familiar with the band, Sinergy is a band put up in an effort to present a “balls-o…
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Kiss, hug and make up
It’s always funny to see how we all love each other so much… And fame doesn’t have much to do with it, I guess. Bookmark It
- September 14th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Mr Guitar, the predictable surprise
It happened more than 2 or 3 times these days to have a chat with my buddies, to speak about guitar music and to have the almost “predictable surprise” to see they don’t know abou…
- September 13th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Summer time feelings
I was listening a song on the radio, a song that got my attention, even if I couldn’t tell who’s singing there but thanks to a few interesting lyrics that I remembered while on my compu…
- September 9th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Singing, a dangerous job…
Today I have watched what I could call the video of the week! Watch it carefully and pay attention next time you will sing with a mic, you can never know what could happen… Is it me or after…
- September 8th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
BOSS Micro BR, a studio in your hand
As you may already know, I am not a fan of stompboxes, I rather use digital processors, multi effects, “all in one” boxes, like the BOSS I currently own… That is why I try to keep…
- September 6th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
And Steve Vai was here
We have this international music festival here, Golden Stag, which is a brand in our area. Well, it is a music festival oriented to interpretation, so I don’t give too much attention to it. H…
- September 2nd, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Could Johnny Cash be the father of hip-hop?
I have a CD in my car that I keep listening these days, a country mix with Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson. I really enjoy that CD, honestly. While listening Johnny Cash,…
- August 27th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Battle of the stars: Madonna vs Slash
Last night, Madonna had a concert in Romania. Now, is it me or Madonna tries to look like Slash? Bookmark It
- August 26th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Vanden Plas, for melodic progressive rock fans. How about Tool?
Lately, thanks to my baby girl, I took the habit of getting out more often, in the evening, when the heat is gone, to take evening walks and, to my surprise, I found there some old friends who have…
- August 25th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Jack Pribek from Pribek.net has the habit of posting a song as the best song in the world at that very moment. Well, I don’t have this on my site, but today I feel like posting this song here…
- August 21st, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Joscho Stephan, swings on gipsy rhythms
I was listening some Chet Atkins (man, I love that man, I am going to post something about him here, since I have nothing on him here for the moment) and I stumbled upon this guy, Joscho Stephan,…
- August 20th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Enjoy the show, Steve Vai is in the house!
From one thing to another, from Dave Weiner’s channel on YoutTube (Got Riffs?), from his Twitter account and site, from Slipknot and John Petrucci, I’ve reached this video of Steve Vai.…
- August 17th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
To rate or not to rate?
I was wondering: what’s the point of rating a video on YouTube somewhere in the middle? I mean I think this is a general question that applies to any voting system. Personally I only rate a v…
- August 14th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Coverdale, no voice left
Costin, my friend and my band mate sent me this video below. Interesting, I wonder how many of the singers out there would have recognized this on stage in font of so many people? I am still tryin…
- August 13th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Les Paul died today, at the age of 94, his legacy will live on
Today’s a black day for guitar players all around the world: Les Paul, the father of solid body guitars died at the age of 94 because a complication of pneumonia. I have been informed about…
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Could this be the best cover of Billie Jean so far?
Yesterday at the rehearsals we discussed about covering Billie Jean. OK, not an easy task, if you want to do it right… So we started to “shop around” to see a few versions, YouTub…
- August 11th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Famous rock star statues all around the globe. Any others you know?
It’s very interesting to see how people all over the world build statues for celebrating their music stars. So, as a curiosity, I have started to look around for statues and I could find the…
- August 10th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
- August 7th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
A long way to go from Surfing…
I was watching a live video of Chickenfoot on YouTube today, very interesting, considering the fact Joe Satriani plays a two necks guitar. Do you remember my post of a few months ago where I was wo…
- August 6th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
United breaks guitars,Taylor fixes them!
I love the power that viral marketing has these days. I didn’t know about it, but I had the chance to find about it today, so I thought to share it with you here. The story goes like this: Da…
- July 28th, 2009
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ooprescu has dugg: Playing in front of 15k people from your home
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Playing in front of 15k people from your home
For me releasing an album was always a full service story: record demo, get the contract with a company, record album, distribute it using “regular channels”, pretty complicated, I migh…
- July 22nd, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Speechless (for real!!!)
I wanted to say a few things here but I just don’t know what to say. I’m speechless! Really, enjoy and comment! Later edit: After posting this, I have been pointed by my internet buddy…
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
The creative pain
What is the source of the creativity for all the artists around? What makes them come up with all those beautiful songs and lyrics? From where I’m standing, the source of creativity is pain o…
- July 12th, 2009
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- July 10th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Versus
Today I have read the funniest conversation ever about Manowar (again Manowar). It is between a dad and his 6 years old daughter, about rock and pop music. I love Manowar but I do have the power to…
- July 9th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Myself playing on YouTube. I didn’t know about it…
Today, Costin told me about a video of our band on YouTube, a video that Mihai put up from a concert and the recorded song, and uploaded on YouTube. I didn’t know about it, but it’s nic…
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
About how others compose a song…
I was reading an interview with Eric Adams from Manowar this morning and I found it very interesting to see how they compose a song. Quite very interesting, I’d say… So I will just repr…
- July 8th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
To change or not to change?
These days, following the concert I’ve been to, I was thinking what’s actually better, to keep your musical direction over the years or to change it as the wind blows, to keep sales up?…
- July 6th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
And the ground shook and started to pound…
Last night I’ve seen Manowar live in Bucharest, Romania. I am a Manowar fan since highschool, waiting to see them live and be part of their show. I’ve waited this for the last 15 years…
- July 2nd, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
Thoughts about Accept and ACDC…
So I have this Accept compilation CD in my car and I keep on listening a few songs on my way home or from home. I was curious about a few things so, reading on Wikipedia about the history of Accept…
- June 26th, 2009
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ooprescu has posted a new entry on: Guitar stories of electric guitars,guitar tabs,rock culture
RIP, Michael…
This blog is about guitars, rock music, blues music, this kind of music, not pop or dance or whatever. But I do remember the period when everybody in the neigborhood was listening Michael Jackson&#…
