Check this out, [...]]]> Every guitarist knows the only way to achieve real success with the guitar is through sheer grit, determination and thousands of hours of painstaking practice, but if you really can’t be bothered with all that blood, sweat and tears stuff, there is another way you can go about it.

Check this out, here’s Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro by Joe Penna, otherwise known as Mystery Guitar Man. Play play a single note, take one picture every 30 seconds, repeat thousands of times…easy !

Joe Penna is a musician, filmmaker and former medical student from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Over the last two years Joe’s stop motion videos have become world famous and to date Mystery Guitar Man’s You Tube Channel has over 630,000 subscribers and 44 million views.

This guy has got some serious patience, here’s his stop motion version of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee. This one took over 9 hours and 1,600 pictures to complete, you can watch the sun go down in the background.

Apart from making hilarious stop motion guitar vids, Mystery Guitar Man also makes tunes with just about anything his fans suggest, bottles, toothbrushes, rubber bands, phone books, cars… this guy really is nuts.

However, his meteoric rise to fame is not without controversy, but apart form being accused of using a few shady tricks to get his videos noticed and his You Tube account being suspended once or twice, Joe Penn’s videos still continue to attract millions of viewers every month and his bizarre video compilations push the boundaries of internet entertainment as his fans urge him to tackle more bizarre projects every week.

Nevertheless, whatever means MGM used in his early days to get his videos noticed, you can’t deny his skill as a brilliant movie maker. Joe posts new videos twice a week and recently started a new channel, which within a matter of hours became one of the most subscribed channels in Brazil.

Check out his You Tube channel and take a ride through his stop motion video tour below, it’s good fun and if you’ve got nothing better to do, see if you can crack his secret video code.

Ok, before we start receiving any death threats over this one, it is of course a complete fake. I assume it’s completely obvious to most people, but after reading [...]]]> Check out the shred master kick some ass on stage (not!)
This cracks me up more every time I watch it.

Ok, before we start receiving any death threats over this one, it is of course a complete fake. I assume it’s completely obvious to most people, but after reading some of the You Tube comments on this vid, it seems a lot of people are actually shocked at how bad Eddie is playing.

It’s one of many hilarious shredding over dub vids that were originally featured on You Tube by artist StSanders, real name Santeri Ojala, a musician from Finland who dubs incredibly bad solos over rock legends’ performances. After hitting over 7 million views, he was kicked off You Tube after complaints from his victims prompted the site to remove his videos, citing performance copyright violations. Although some of these artists including Steve Vai commented his footage was absolutely hilarious, it seems not everyone thought so.

So just to put things right, here’s the actual real video of the live performance from his Les Paul tribute.

That’s more like it.

Posted 03.02.09

In this video, he performs the song mimicking 25 of the [...]]]> Here’s something for you vocalists out there. This is a cover of Bohemian Rhapsody performed by comedian, actor, vocalist and playwright – Rick Miller. He has been named as ‘one of the 100 most creative people alive today’ by Entertainment Weekly.

In this video, he performs the song mimicking 25 of the most annoying voices in the music industry. The guy’s nuts.

Posted 12.08.09

Guitar by Chris Cairns for DixonBaxi Posted [...]]]> WARNING

Next time you hit the road, watch out for the phantom freeway fret wrecker. This latest attack caught on film by Channel 5, wiped out six lanes of traffic on a busy highway, killing 15 people and injuring 42. You have been Warned !

Guitar by Chris Cairns for DixonBaxi
Posted 16.11.08

Check this vid out [...]]]> This weeks pick of the week is an amazing bit of guitar lap tapping by the canadian composer and guitarist Erik Mongrain. His debut album Fates is an brilliant piece of work and has been described as ‘unbelievable’, ‘original’ and ‘an incredible achievement’ by his fans and the music press.

Check this vid out and see if you agree..

Click here for more on this amazing album

If you would like to listen to a few free previews from Erik Mongrains Fates then click the play button below and enjoy. You can also download tracks as you please for a small fee.

Posted 17.09.08
Technorati Tags:guitar, acoustic, tapping, lap tapping, guitarist, composer, erik mongrain, fates

His mind blowing pictures have earned him the nickname ‘ The Pavement Picasso ‘ and he has traveled the world creating these works of art for over twenty years.

Google him [...]]]> This weeks totally unrelated yet amazing pick of the week is a piece of 3D anamorphic art by street artist Julian Beever.

His mind blowing pictures have earned him the nickname ‘ The Pavement Picasso ‘ and he has traveled the world creating these works of art for over twenty years.

Google him for more of his amazing pics.

Posted 1.09.08