Dire Straits
Dire Straits are a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass) and Pick Withers (drums), and managed by Ed Bicknell. In an era when punk rock reigned, they played subdued, almost old-school rock and roll. Mark Knopfler (the band's frontman) was heard to have asked pub managers to turn down the sound, so people could talk over the music, while they were still in their early days. Despite this complete antithesis to popular culture at the time, Dire Straits still became hugely successful.
Dire Straits recorded and released their first, self-titled album in 1978 to little fanfare but five months later a single release, "Sultans of Swing" became an unlikely chart hit and album sales took off. The second album followed soon afterwards; these first two albums featured a stripped-down band sound. The third album, Making Movies featured keyboardist Roy Bittan (from Bruce Springsteen's band) and marked a move towards more complex arrangements and production which would continue throughout the band's career. The band's 1985 release Brothers in Arms was an international hit and spawned several singles including the number one hit "Money for Nothing".
Aiding the success of Brothers in Arms was the fact that it was one of the first fully digitally recorded and produced albums available in the (then) new Compact Disc format. This had the accidental side effect of making it one of the "must buy" albums for consumers wishing to demonstrate the new technology. Equally, the new format was an excellent showcase for Knopfler's meticulous production values on the earlier albums, leading many existing fans to repurchase the whole back catalogue. Partly as a result of this (and a successful appearance in Live Aid), Dire Straits were the biggest selling band in the world in the mid 1980s. The popularity of the band extends beyond the UK and US: in many parts of the world including India, Southeast Asia and Africa, Dire Straits has been one of the most well-known and admired western bands.
A long period of inactivity followed with only a hits compilation and a live set released for the next six years. The band's final original studio album, On Every Street was released in 1991 to mixed reviews and moderate success (guest star Vince Gill, who sang backup on several of the album's songs, turned down an offer to join the band full time). Mark Knopfler would later concentrate on solo projects and film music.
The band's line-up changed over the years, but one constant was Mark Knopfler, who wrote most of the band's songs and acted as clear leader of the band. (The best-of album Sultans of Swing contains only two songs not credited to Knopfler alone: "Money for Nothing", which is credited as co-written with Sting, in fact Sting, at the behest of Knopfler, merely added the line "I want my MTV" in the style of The Police hit, "Don't Stand So Close To Me". "Tunnel of Love", which contains an instrumental section based on music from Carousel but is otherwise all Knopfler's own work.)
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Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana
born: 20-07-1947
birth place: Autlan, Mexico
Born in Autlan, Mexico, Carlos Santana was influenced by the traditional music of his native country from a very early age. His unique fusion of Latin music and rock’n’roll eventually led to fourteen gold, and nine platinum, albums.
As a child, Santana’s father, an accomplished mariachi violinist, instructed him in music. In 1955, the family moved to the border town of Tijuana, and Carlos took up the guitar.
In 1961, Santana relocated to San Francisco, to join his family who had gone ahead of him a year previously. There, Santana was immersed in an exciting climate of change - political, cultural, and artistic.
1966 saw the debut performance of the Santana Blues Band, and such was the speed of their rise that, by 1969, the band was playing at the legendary Woodstock festival.
In the same year their first album was released, entitled 'Santana'. It went double platinum, but was exceeded by their next record, 'Abraxas', which went quadruple platinum during 1970.
Carlos Santana’s achievements are as varied as his musical influences. He wrote the score to the film 'La Bamba', and in 1987 took part in the Rock’n’Roll Summit - the first ever joint US and Soviet rock concert.
He also supports numerous civic and humanitarian causes, such as Blues for Salvador, San Francisco Earthquake Relief, and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The Santana Band was the first group to receive the CBS Records Crystal Globe Award, for international album sales exceeding five million, and in 2000 Santana collected eight Grammy awards, with the song 'Smooth' winning both Record of the Year and Song of the Year, and the album 'Supernatural' picking up the prize for Album of the Year.
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MICHAEL ANGELO

Full Name: Michael Angelo Batio
Official website: http://angelo.com
Guitar: Dean Guitars
Pick: Dunlop Jazz 3's in black
Chord: Ernie Balls
Pickup: DiMarzio, EMG, Seymour Duncan
Effect: TS9 Ibanez Tube Screamer, Boss Digital Delay, Boss OD 2
Ampli: Marshall JCM 800, 900, 2000, JMP 1 amps and pre amps & Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier heads, 4 × 12 Marshall cabinets
Experience Band: Nitro
Game style: Shredd
Andalan techniques: over-under technique, sweeping, left-right handed
Guitarist who is a guitarist who may be the most up-to surprise people is surely recognize kehebatannya. Michael Angelo is a guitar player right hand left the most good. He even claimed as the first guitarist in the world to become a specialist 2 guitar players at once.
At the age of 5 years he began studying piano, and at the age of 10 years he studied the guitar. since the age of 19 years he has been playing as a session player for various institutions and products such as Burger King, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, KFC, United Airlines, United Way, McDonalds, and the Chicago Wolves hockey team. He was also joined the band Nitro beraliran the heavy metal.
By Guitar magazine ONE, Michael Angelo was selected as No. 1 Shredder of ALL TIME. He successfully set aside shredder well as John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Buckethead, Shawn Lane, and Yngwie Malmsteen.
Michael has merelease several solo albums, including: No boundaries (1995), Planet Gemini (1997), and Hands Without Shadows (2005). In addition, the video lessons he starring as Speed Kills, Speed Lives, Speed Lives 2, and in February 2006, merelease Speed Kills 2.
Michael diendorse by Dean Guitars. By Dean Guitars he made the guitar-guitar signaturenya. Michael even has a guitar neck 4. Andalannya technique that is very popular over-under is a technique that digeber with high speed.
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SLASH

Original name: Saul Hudson
Place / Date of Birth: Hampstead (London), 23 July 1965
Game Style: Blues & Hard Rock
Group Band: Velvet Revolver, Slash's Snakepit, Gun's N 'Roses, Hollywood Rose
Musical influences: Aerosmith, Led Zeppelline, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton
The Used Guitar: Gibson Les Paul, Gibson Flying-V, BC Rich Mockingbird, B.C. Rich warlock, Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster 1952, etc..
Favorite Album: Aerosmith - Rocks, Cheap Trick: Live at Budokan, and UFO - Strangers in the Night.
Rocker does not know which of Slash? His name is famous around the world since the mengorbit with one of the world's biggest rock band, Gun's N 'Roses. Sosoknya very easy to recognize, long-haired, curls, wearing a hat long / magic hat, tote with Gibson Les Paul and do not forget to stick a Marlboro cigarette dibibir Slash style that is very familiar.
Slash was born in Hampstead (London), England on 23 July 1965. His father, an English white, and his mother an American of color. His mother is a stage designer clothing David Bowie, and his father worked as a designer cover album recording. At the age of 11 years Slash moved to Los Angeles. Since he first have a lifestyle that anti-socialist. For children sebayanya, appearing with the leather jacket, jeans creased, and very long hair is seen by the public italics. Mid-year 70'an Slash start playing BMX motorcross. He even had time to get awards and money from the sport.
At the age of 15 years, he obtained the first guitar from her grandmother. Finally he began to learn to play guitar with a lot of heed songs from Led Zeppelline, Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, and Neil Young. He decided to stop sport of BMX and menekuni guitar. Practice it every day for 12 hours. Due to busy playing the guitar every day, he issued from the school when the 11 level. He also enhance the association with the musicians, young musicians and jam session. Inspiration from Aerosmith influence skill bermusiknya. Not long after he met with Steven Adler and formed the band Road Crew. Only a guitarist and drummer to create and explore their vocalis. A bass player Duff McKagan called the ads that are placed in the newspaper Slash. Later they agreed to replace the name with the name of the new band Hollywood Roses. While still playing from pub to pub and had a record a demo album, Slash dkk chance to meet with 2 of the band LA Guns, Izzy Stradlin and Axl Rose. After hours session, they each play each other the ability to one another. Finally, join the band and the name of the Gun's N 'Roses.
Initially they merelease mini album Live: Like a Suicide. Slash dkk feel quite satisfied with the album of this provocation, and then they get The recording contract with Geffen Records label. 1987 Debut album released with the title of the album Appetite For Destruction. Despite allegations, first single hits Sweet Child O'Mine a successful track jawara ditangga Billboard and radio-radio. Intro song that shows the ability Slash plays the guitar directly into inspiration for young people around the world. Then followed by single Welcome To The Jungle also made a film soundtrack Dead Pool. This album name toss guitarist Slash as best newcomer. In the period of one year, the album has sold 20 million albums worldwide chip.
1989, G N 'R album release second, Lies. But album sales is not as successful as the first album. 2 years later, the album Use Your Illusion I and II, released to the market. This album is again raising the name as a guitarist Slash best. In this album he was able to show the game in harmony and melody that touches. Anyone will not deny how beautiful game Slash solo in the song November Rain and Do not Cry. And games that do not also lose apiknya in numbers Estranged, Live and Let Die and the song You Could Be Mine which is the soundtrack of movie box office, Terminator 2. At times this band Slash culminate with the triumph in which they participated in a tour of the world. Finally, as a predicate to obtain GNR The Dangerous Band In The World. Even popularitasnyabisa votes than when The Beatles continue to like this album.
Spaghetti Incident album direlease the 1993 final with a GNR album, The internal conflict occurs in the body of the band itself. Slash does not agree to the vision that Axl wanted to change the color to the GNR music techno. Slash and pull up Slash's Snakepit. Together with this new band he had fruit merelease 2 album namely IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK somewhere in 1995 and Is not Life Grand in 2000. Unfortunately albums are not as successful as during the joint GNR. After 2 years later he decided to stop the project from Slash 'Snakepit and formed a new band of almost all the former-former GNR personnel. Duff on bass, Matt Sorum on drums, a new guitarist Dave Kushner and vocalis Scott Weiland (Stone Temple vocalis former Pillots). Contraband direlease debut album in 2004. This album immediately sit in the position of the peak Billboard Charts. This is because fans longing-GNR fans in the GNR own rumor that the new album will merelease but never arrived. Finally, the longing to ditumpahkan Velvet Revolver the most personelnya is the main pillars in the GNR ago. Single prime Slither become successful debutan promising.
In addition to busy with their own band, Slash also appeared to have become a musician-guitarist for the other musicians such as Michael Jackson. Even in 2001, when Michael Jackson celebrates 30 years music career, became Slash guest stars fill the part with the guitar and berduet song on stage at the Black Or White and Beat It. Slash is also many times to be chosen Best Guitarist Of The Year's music magazines. This is also the cause of Gibson mengontraknya artist endorser and Gibson. Now collection gitarnya even exceed the number is 100 and there will likely continue to grow.
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EDDIE VAN HALEN

Original name: Edward Lodewijk Van Halen
Place / Date of Birth: Amsterdam / 26 January 1955
Game Style: Hard Rock
Group Band: Van Halen
Musical influences: Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page
Andalan technique: Two handed Tapping, Whammy Bar
Guitar: Frankenstein, Peavey Wolfgang, Kramers, Ernie Ball / MusicMan, Charvel, Steinbergers, Ibanez Destroyer, Fender Stratocaster, etc..
Effect: Evantide H3000 Intelligent Harmoniser, 2x Roland SDE 3000 Stereo Delays, BOSS SD1 Super Overdrive, MXR Phase 90, Dunlop Cry Baby Wah-Wah, Boss OC2 Octave Divider, Peavey Delta Stomp
Ampli: Marshall 100watt Super Lead, Sylvania EL34, 1989 Soldano SLO-100, Peavey 5150
Before the era of the game shredd dipopulerkan by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen in 1984, 6 years before Eddie Van Halen has been more successful first appalling world music. Engineering two handed Tapping or commonly called Tapping has succeeded only in absolute poison more than half the rock guitarist in the United States. Not only technical Tapping course, he also popularize the style of hard rock guitar that is very different from most guitar rock that is quite thick bluesnya game. Solo gitarnya tembang Eruption on the debut album in the group Van Halen is surprising to be the main discussion guitarist-guitarist in the rock that.
Eddie Van Halen or regular calls with a short EVH, was an immigrant from the Netherlands. He and his family moved to the United States around 60an. Originally first learned piano and then a bit of concentration in the drum. Meanwhile, brother, Alex Van Halen even learn guitar. Secretly steal each other, both of them the opportunity to learn instruments that are not own. Alex learn drums, guitar EVH study. In fact even the two agreed to exchange music instruments. Be menekuni and EVH guitar. At the time of start learning the guitar, he is affected with the games from Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. Then they formed a band called Mammoth eventually be changed with the inclusion of Van Halen Michael Anthony on bass, and David Lee Roth on the vocal. Band was officially in 1974.
Van Halen album released in 1978 that successfully penetrate the Billboard charts position 15 and successfully sold as many as 2 million pieces of one of the causes is a solo guitar instrumental song in EVH, Eruption. Name of Eddie Van Halen fly directly because he popularize Tapping technique. Although the contributions of David Lee Roth as the vocalis attractive and fenomenal also can not be seen next to the eye, but the name can be spelled out more EVH sell. Name to talks, and many times awarded as Guitarist of the Year by magazines.
In addition to the technical Tapping into trademarknya, EVH also known as the senyumnya always show it in all conditions. No wonder young guitarist-guitarist in the United States so menghormatinya. EVH and make the guitar's Fender Stratocasternya be different. Body red with white lines into one of the selling value.
Next album in the David Lee Roth to be released is the vocalis Van Halen II (1979) and the Woman and Children First (1980), Fair Warning (1981), Diver Down (1982), and an album that is a masterpiece album from Van Halen namely the 1984 released in 1984. Album in 1984, EVH game show captivating the keyboard. In fact, more people recognize common voice and songs in the game keyboardnya Jump rather gitarnya techniques. Jump into successful track champion in the 1 Billboard charts.
In 1983, before the album was released in 1984. EVH was working with the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. EVH participate in projects which later Thriller album sold more than 20 million copies. He polish song titled Beat It becomes a little colored rock and dance. Do not forget also show EVH guitar solo and techniques tappingnya a riot in the song. The emergence of EVH in the track got a tremendous response to the acquisition occupied peak Billboard charts for many weeks.
1986 Van Halen changes in formation with the pullback, and David Lee Roth was replaced by Sammy Haggar. Nevertheless, EVH still able to show a game-best playing the guitar. Next albums such as 5150 (1986), OU812 (1988), For Unlwaful carnal Knowledge (1991), and the Balance (1995) is still quite capable of extending the breath in the world of Van Halen recordings. Not long after Van Halen switch back to the entrance vocalis Gary Cherone (Extreme ex). Van Halen during Gary Cherone is considered by many as the worst era marked less successful album Van Halen III (1998). 2001 EVH infected mouth cancer, he was forced to absent for about 2 years for the healing process.
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JOHN PETRUCCI

Full Name: John Peter Petrucci
Official website: JohnPetrucci.com
Group Band Previous: Majesty
Guitar: Ernie Ball MusicMan, Ibanez
Place of Birth: Long Island, New York, 12 July 1967
Influence: Steve Morse, Allan Holdsworth, Yngwie Malmsteen, Metallica, Eddie Van Halen
Zodiac: Cancer
Living Place: New York
Status: Married
Expertise: String skipping, Chromatic Scales, Arpegio, Matrix Modulation, and others.
John of the Long Island, precisely at the King park, where he, John Myung & Kevin moore school together. John began to study guitar when still aged 12 years (previously studied when he was 8 years old but surrendered when he saw her female sisters must study every night begadang main organs. He does not plan to be like That, he learned the guitar after school and he eventually became not interested in more). However, he started many games affected by such guitarist's guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, Randy Rhoads, iron maiden, steve ray Vaughn, and large group Semacam yes, rush, Dixie dregs and other start he is committed to achieve the level of the game as they.
As occurrence of the trash metal music that interested John, then John is also expanding its influence with the Listening to Metallica & Queensryche. John was a challenge in a more technical guitar because of him many adapt hammering speed & melodic style of guitar-like guitarist Steves (Steve Morse & Steve Vai), The Als (Allan Holdsworth & Al Dimeola) Mike Stern, Joe Satriani, Neal Schon & Eddie Van Halen.
Music education began with various music theory class he took during high school. He learned the self-taught, but he had received a few guitar lessons he took when he go to Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he Learning jazz composition and harmony. When the Berklee John Petrucci and John Myung who was also studying at the berklee met with Mike Portnoy, and they began to make a band called Majesty which later changed its name and become a Dream Theater. John has been recording a 7 albums with Dream Theater, and he was also involved with several side projects such as Liquid Tension Experiment with Tony Levin, Age of Impact, and even a Sega Saturn game called Necronomicon, and also the last project he was involved in the G3 with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. Love him in writing lyrics combined with a unique style of composition of the progressive fusion of music from the plane Dream Theater.
John lives with his wife, Rena, and 3 children SamiJO, Reny and Kiara in New York. When he does not play the guitar he spends much time with his wife and his children play with the skating, cycling, sport and menontong film.
John are planning to make the first solo album. New songs that play when he was with the G3 will also have the solo album. Jaws of Life (previously IBS), Damage Control and Glasgow Kiss. He involves some musicians such as Dave LaRue on bass, and Dave DiCenso Tony Verderosa on drums.
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JIMI HENDRIX

Original name: James Marshall Hendrix
Place / Date of Birth: Seattle, November 27, 1942
Game Style: Rock & Blues
Group Band: Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band of Romany, The Velvetones
Musical influences: Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin 'Wolf, Buddy Holly, and Robert Johnson
The guitarist Used: Fender Stratocaster
Effect: Vox Clyde McCoy wah pedal, Roger Mayer Octavia, Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
Born with the name Johnny Allen Hendrix, which was then changed to James Marshall Hendrix by his father, James "Al" Hendrix. Jimi during the small often pretend to be witnesses after the guitarist's B. B. King. He used ukulele as gitarnya. View of Jimi on the guitar, and his father buy him a second hand guitar for 5 dollars at the time he was 16 years old. He also joined the group first band, The Velvetones that only survive for 3 months. In the summer following his father buy electric guitar Supro Ozark 1560 S. Then he joined the band The Rocking Kings.
1961 he left England for the Hijrah to the United States. He became one of the United States Army soldiers. However, an injury that he get the time skydiving force soldiers to be canceled. He also began to cabutan guitarist with the name Jimmy James. Here he met Little Richards and then formed a band called Jimmy James and The Blue Flames. The beginning of 1965, Jimi playing in a small ceremony in the area of Greenwich Village. In an hour session with a small group bassis Animal, Chas Candler. Chandler is terperana see Jimi game. Until a year and then he invites Jimi to return to London and they formed the band with drummer Mitch Mitchel enter. Chas Candler themselves prefer to be manager and bassis position filled by Noel Redding. The band is given the name of Jimi Hendrix Experience and start a discussion in London during the year 1966.
The first single, Hey Joe successful entry into the UK Top 10 Charts for sunday. See the enthusiasm, Jimi cs immediately merelease album Are You Experienced?. With the load numbers, such as Purple Haze, The Wind Cries Mary, Foxey Lady, Fire, and Are You Experienced? in the future, this album is the most popular rock albums throughout the period. In addition, the album became very fenomenal and meroketkan name Jimi Hendrix. Each appearance is always called even hundreds of thousands of people.
Making them the first successful album immediately merampungkan next album, Axis: Bold As Love in 1968. In the album he is working hard exploring gitarnya game. He then returned to the United States to build studionya called Electric Lady Studio, located in the city of New York.
Month of August 1969, Jimi Hendrix to appear in one of the biggest music event in the United States, Woodstock. This time he does not carry the name of Experience, but with Gypsy Sun & Rainbows are also showing Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Juma Sultan and Jerry Velez. The name away as world number one guitarist. All spectators who witnessed the game gitarnya so terpukau. He displays a guitar solo action was carried out together with the action stage, such as wild berry guitar chord with the teeth, burning guitar, play feedback, distortion, and other actions harmful to the guitar. After that he formed a new group called Band of rye and release an album Hendrix: Live At The Fillmore East in 1999. Next year he returned form the Jimi Hendrix Experience and merampungkan album titled First rays of the New Rising Sun. However, a tragedy he can not cause a feeling of the crowd in the album. 18 September 1970 he was found killed. Found beside a number of sleeping pills. Police said he died due to overdosis. Died last appearance before the United States together with the original band called War in the Ronnie Scott's club, London.
All the people will not refuse when it is said that it is the pioneer and the largest in the game inspirator guitarist developing in 20th century. His works is always the reference of the guitar-guitarist who is both beginners and the master is even. He popularize the tricks such as playing electric guitar feedback and distortion that ultimately used by all guitarist who use electric guitar future. Already countless number of guitar that makes it as their biggest musical influence. Names such as Brian May, Yngwie Malmsteen, Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Lukather, Eric Clapton, Slash, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, and only a few of the guitar-guitarist terinfluence game. Not only are the games gitarnya many dicontek, but his song-like Lau Little Wing, Voodo Child, and the Red House into songs that were most often in the form of both appearance and Live recordings. In any voting or polling in the magazines, he was always chosen as The Greatest Guitarist All Time.
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History showtimes Music Industry
The presence of foreign artists seem increasingly to Indonesia can not dibendung again. The phenomenon is the presence of foreign to Indonesia as part of the music industry is a stage, a process that is quite long in the history of the music industry in the country.
At the time of order long bring foreign artists can be classified as action against the government. This is because government policy prohibits the Soekarno Western music that is classified as a rock Ngik Ngok. Isn'T draw, play Western songs can be imprisonment, such as that experienced in the legendary band Koes Plus in Jakarta and Surabaya in Bharata band. Some of the other performers have to go back and forth diinterogasi prosecution. Music at the time more as a means of political form, that is against neokolim.
Existence is still visible in the transition from the old order-to-order new. During the transition many ABRI is holding role for the development of the music stage in Indonesia. Role in the program including the Stage soldiers. A music program in the various regions to integrate people with the ABRI in the communists. Political existence in the music here mean a reversal of values. Values of the dominant anti-West at the Soekarno dibalikan by ABRI. In Stage soldiers, many of the artists sing popular songs, Soekarno era known as the musical entertainment, which was banned by the government. During this transition a lot of doubt in the community about the existence of Western music in Indonesia. Is now the Indonesian people can play songs or Western music elements that damage?
Doubt be missed when the community through ABRI BKS-Kostrad the Hotel Indonesia in cooperation with the show band Blue Diamonds to several regions in Indonesia in a series of music tour. It was held from December 1965 to January 1966. In the mid-1960s music group Dutch origin is in the peak of international popularity. Blue Diamonds players are young men born and Cimahi Depok, West Java.
Blue Diamonds can be said as the Western artists who first came to Indonesia after Soekarno collapse. And the only foreign artist who was used for political interests. Indonesia is coming to mean the reversal rate for the ABRI, from old-order to limit the smell of all the West to the new order is not anti-West.
On further development of the presence of foreign artists in a stage-stage music began in Indonesia often. It was felt more in the early 1970s. When Indonesia experienced the level of an economy that is increasing significantly along with the Oil Boom. At this era, the presence of foreign artists to Indonesia not materialize as politics but as a business.
Eforia order to allow a new-music West and economic improvement that occurred at that time can be said as a condition conducive to the growth of the music industry in Indonesia. Including the music industry show. Young people compete with the established group band berkiblat to the West. Hotels and entertainment venues are to be a first place. In addition to the artist in the country was not uncommon to bring their artists abroad. In addition to the distraction, the return of foreign artists will also have the power to sell high.
Arrival foreign artists can not be released for the access to bring foreign artists opened by the young people are fond of Indonesian music. They generally come from middle-class over that of India in education abroad. For example, Denny Sabri had malang cross in Germany and the United States and Peter Basuki in the Netherlands. Overseas, they are interested in the music world and began to enter a first circle of the stage in the music industry.
The two people then that will bring super successful rock group at that time, Deep Purple, 4-5 to Indonesia in December 1975. Hadirkan show that they are a most fenomenal stage in the music industry in Indonesia. Success stories coming of Deep Purple reverberate long, it is a very broad coverage of the mass media. Especially Aktuil the magazine at that time to "guide" the Indonesian music lovers. The number of spectators for the spectacular at the time (around 30,000 people), a riot occurred two days performance, the death of one crew Deep Purple that fall from the hotel place overnight, and when the officer's death held a talk show that is not limitless.
Although the need to bear the losses caused by burning-burning going on in the audience about stadiun show can be said successful. Denny Sabri and Peter Basuki benefit. large financial. But at that time they did not use the sponsor. In addition to reports hangar binger staging, the "kitchen" was also received the attention the various mass media such as Point Break Event its capital reaches seventy million, the number of paid artists, and the amount of benefits obtained by the promoter. Hand-start the business discussed openly.
Despite the success of Deep Purple is not the sole factor determining the growth stage, the music industry, but can not be denied that these events from the community to become more open stage that the music business that bring foreign artists are very profitable. Although they were also a lot of risk, such as riot.
Wave tide foreign artists going to Indonesia in the 1980s, as promoter 1970s, most music promoter national stage is that they consist of young people including the top of the middle class. Extent of the network they have open access to the artists and sponsors. The use of sponsors in the stage musical artists who bring foreign popularity since the 1980s. This is because music is an effective medium for advertising. The reason is the number of audience in each performance, social class audience that can be seen from the high price of tickets sold, and young people as potential consumers.
The success of staging the music stage in Indonesia during the mid-1980s can not be separated from the companies that produce goods for consumption of the young. Sponsors in every music director in Indonesia is the company's cigarettes. Ketergantung the sponsor foreign artists in the stage of payment is due the United States dollar, so the ticket price to be high and difficult to reach by public middle to bottom. Benefit sponsor is subsidize the price of tickets must be spectators. Spectator ticket prices can not cover the cost of production.
Development stage, the music industry since mid 1980s, has been developing well. In the era of reform until the foreign artists are already world-class promoter by Indonesia. Since the reform era until the 2006's the music industry can be said that the stage show foreign artists are prone. It was more because of security conditions that make foreign artists to think duakali to mentas in Indonesia. Non-economic factors, because the middle class still pack up each director. Hopefully the presence of foreign artists can bring back the music industry stage Indonesia. However, we certainly will be more happy if the promoter makes the artist Indonesia Indonesia as foreign artists abroad.
R Muhammad Mulyadi
Researcher History Music Industry, Department of History lecturer Unpad
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Paul Gilbert 'Mr. BIG 'Degree Concert in Indonesia
For in Jakarta, the plan will be Gilbert manggung on 13 July 2005 at the Beach Festival Ancol, Jakarta. While pertunjukkannya in Surabaya will be held on 15 July 2005 at the Stadium Tambak Sari. Both this concert was organized by Total Production & Levi Yahya.
In May 2005, Gilbert will release a new album entitled Space Ship One. Rilisnya solo album will be followed by a tour around the world and Indonesia itself into a series of tours from the end of the world.
Since exit Mr.BIG, Gilbert did not lose the creativity. Former students and teachers to answer most of Technic Guitar Institute (GIT) is already spent more than two solo albums.
Honorary lecturer at the Music Institute, Tokyo, Japan is often the concerts and guitar clinics around the world. This made his name was never dull percaturan's guitarist on the board of the world
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Ignore Travel Warning, Paul Gilbert Mantap concert in Jakarta, Surabaya
If no obstruction (and pretty matter & terrorist bombing), Paul will perform a concert in Indonesia given the title of Paul Gilbert'2005 World Tour '. The plan will be a concert held in the two cities, Jakarta and Surabaya, in the upcoming month of July. Paul Gilbert is contradictory to say that Indonesia does not fear the country's travel warning to Indonesia.
Concert hosted by Total Production & Levi Yahya, the plan, will be held on July 13 2005 at 20:00, at the Beach Festival Ancol, Jakarta. While pertunjukkannya in Surabaya will be held on 15 July 2005, at 20:00, at the Stadium Tambak Sari.
In konsernya in Jakarta and Surabaya, Paul Gilbert will collaborate with the three-guitar band country group, such as Eet Syahrani (Edane), Abdee (Slank), and Ivan (ex Boomerang).
Eet consideration chooses, and Ivan Abdee appear with Paul Gilbert, according to Levi, thanks to input from many parties, including from a number of observers and journalists to music.
"We also plan disodorkan Ian Antono (God Bless guitarist), but when our own Ian berhalangan contact because kesibukannya," said Levi, also add, that the ticket prices for concerts in Jakarta and Surabaya, the committee determine Rp100.000 entrance ticket price.
Paul Gilbert, known as a professor of Guitar Institute of Technic (GIT) Los Angeles, USA, will also provide a clinic on the guitar musicians. Apparently teach, is another matter of interest than the play
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Eddie Van Halen Plan marry in June 2009
Also be told, the guitarist with the knees and has melamarnya plan will marry in June 2009 on the future.
A source told People.com, "They were happy, healthy, very loved and look forward to a life together forever. They know each other and devote deepens with new ways of life, positive and passionate."
For Van Halen, this marriage will be the second marriage, in which previously married to actress Valerie Bertinelli and has a son aged 17 years, Wolfgang.
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Learn from Steve Vai and Joe Satriani
Arriving at the turn maestro, lengkingan be fierce and the high speed and skill, plus a special mumpuni Steve Vai who melegenda. People believe that this fight will clearly be won by the legend. But among the many spectators who attended only one who is very confident that this guitar tarung will be won by the young children. He called Joe Satriani then disguise it as a MaRia vega blues music. Joe Satriani is a guitar teacher Steve Vai dihormatinya the world, although their ability to assess the rock is the same.
True course, when Steve Vai improvisasinya end it will not be ending with the good because he can not throw fingers minor to E-4 or 5 as ending mulus played the young children. Several times he tried to make the techniques and tricks steal high tone is still just can not. He put gitarnya and immediately leave the small bar.
This is just a music video clip in which perankan by Svete Vai and Joe Satriani the Teacher. The meaning is not as subjects that must be hikmahnya well in various circumstances, whether in play or in real life.
In real life lessons drawn from the story above is not your ability to joke about other people just because you feel smarter. Moreover, in the event all the competitions will take to close all kekurangannya. In the case of over-the guitar grip of the young more than oktavnya have Steve, the maestro Moreover play composition with the tone that first high menyulitkannya Clearly this will be ending on a higher tone. In the real world all start with simplicity, with simple because we make more polite and will never be proud Simplicity will make us to be clever people who count in any situation. As the drugs began it with a low dose so that we will not make anfal. How in your opinion?
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Steve Vai Tour to Australia
Besides Australia, the series of world tour this summer also include Singapore, Steve is scheduled to appear at the Suntec City on 29 July. This is the only Steve's in South Asia. In addition, he will also pay a visit to Hong Kong, Beijing and Taiwan.
In each appearance, Steve always supported friends band consists of Billy Sheehan (on bass), Tony MacAlpine (guitar & keyboard), Dave Weiner (rhythm guitar) and Jeremy Colson (drums). Steve known knowledgeable with the game's unique music. He started his career in 1984 with the release of an album titled debut solonya Flex-Able, which was then followed by the success of the album Alive In A Ultra 2001.
For ticket konsernya in Singapore, the sale price of S $ 50, S $ 70, S $ 90 to S $ 120 the highest. This will be a concert plateau Steve fans who have long waited appearance
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Jimi Hendrix The album will be released Missing
Album recently found again by Stills in the middle of the stack material direkamnya on an 70-decade. Graham Nash, a friend in the band Crosby Stills, Stills and Nash and then plan to release the album.
Nash said at the Las Vegas Sun that the Stills have a 'long history of recorded music'.
"In the era of 70-an, he maniak recordings. He ago found a great album with Hendrix direkamnya. 'Oh yeah, I forgot the recording." And you should hear. "
"I want to hear all the songs that have been direkamnya if he was ever recorded with Al Jolson," he added.
Nash is currently busy with its search on several projects that have the possibility to released. Including an acoustic performance with David Crosby back in 1993, the paper solonya own, and demo Crosby, Stills and Nash.
1965 Fender Stratocaster guitar owned by Hendrix will also go to the block in the near future
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Jimi Hendrix guitar scorched Practice U.S. $ 498,000
Songwriter, singer and guitarist of the U.S. in 1970 died in the age of 27 years, burning Fender Stratocaster guitar is at the end of the pertunjukannya in Astoria, Finsbury Park, north London, in March 1967.
Officers of the property immediately extinguish the fire, while Hendrix get treatment due ulahnya, and the officer Tony Garland humasnya musical instrument store in the garage of her parents home in southern England.
Hendrix later became famous as a result of action gitarnya fuel in the stage, but music is still a tool that can not be found until years ago when the guitar was found by Garland niece.
After a session of fierce bidding in an auction 'Fame Bureau `s It` s More Than Rock And Roll' at the Idea Generation Gallery, East London, the guitar made in 1965 that eventually sold with price estimates on the price of 250,000 Pounds Sterling. Guitar is still visible after the burn burned debut in the show Hendrix.
Ted Owen, director of the company's acquisition of rock memorabilia Fame Bureau, which the auction event, Hendrix described the action as "action and set in the historic appearance directly."
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Jimi Hendrix Drummer Died Found in Hotel
Mitch found on 12 November 2008 at 02.00 hours local time early in the Benson Hotel, Portland 61 years in age. Estimated age as factors that caused the men to drop dead.
Mitch alone at that time with other musicians for nearly a month in 2008 through the Experience Hendrix tour. Actual tour itself will end on sunday front, but have not had time to end the konsernya, he hurried died.
Mitch death found by a hotel employee, before then reported it to the nearest police station. Up to now there is no definitive explanation issued over the death of the police.
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Coldplay Bantah Jiplak Joe Satriani
Satriani has been put in legal Los Angeles federal court sunday ago (04/12). He claims that the printer hit the Yellow mimic some part of instrumentalnya the dirilisnya back in 2004, If I Could Fly.
Legendary musician is requesting compensation and benefits of the Viva La Vida. He claimed that himself was very surprised when you first heard the song.
"I feel my heart stuck a knife. It is very painful. Second time I heard it, I know it is If I Could Fly," says Satriani.
But the band Chris Martin refused the charges in a statement on TMZ.com.
"With great respect to the Joe Satriani, we unfortunately have to say eventually scale down one's demands. If indeed there is similarity between the two songs, they really do not deliberate. Mengejutkannya And the same for us as it?. Joe Satriani is a great musician, but he does not write Viva La Vida. We kindly request to receive our confidence about this and hope he will be OK. Coldplay. "
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Two Times Failed Concert , Tours Guns N 'Roses Canceled
Action has disappeared into old habits Axl and often anger the fishing penggemarnya. Now, when the action is diulanginya again, the holder of the ticket disappointed that create a commotion outside the venue. Not only that, Guns N 'Roses was disappointing again penontonnya so when they do not appear in Philadelphia last week. The fans also become uncontrollable.
It seems that the fate tour of "Chinese Democracy" has been finished. On Wednesday, (11/12), promoter Clear Channel Entertainment announced officially: Remaining tour has been canceled. Clear Channel did not give any reason. Meanwhile, the management group, Sanctuary switch to label the entire phone Guns N 'Roses, Interscope Geffen A & M, who refused to comment.
"In a strange way, this tour has been a reflection of everything that has happened in the band since 1992," said Chuck Klosterman, a senior author of Spin magazine.
Bermodalkan shrill voice and slice Axl Rose guitarist Slash, Guns N 'Roses menggebrak world music in 1987 with Appetite for Destruction of the reach of success. Hits include Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City and Sweet Child O'Mine, the album is filled with anger, paranoid and words not profanity.
In addition to the success, Guns N 'Roses also covered a series of bad episode. The use of drugs and alcohol further worsen. The band personnel also need some time dealing with the law, and the eccentricity and the shakiness of Axl increase tensions in this group.
So also, tires are still able to transmit to the success of Appetite titled double album Use Your Illusion in 1991. Albums and toured the world to strengthen their popularity, but the melee antarpersonel continues and some of them hengkang in the mid-1990s. Axl then enter times dikabarkan vacuum cleaner and start working on the project long-term "Chinese Democracy."
Meanwhile, the lover of Guns N 'Roses still hope their favorite band back together. The hope was nearly realized when the band with the new formation will be the closing event shocks MTV Video Music Awards in August months ago. Announced a new tour, Axl and Dizzy Reed kibordis two people who are left behind from the formation of Use Your Illusion (Axl is the only original member of formation).
However, the incident and appeared in Vancouver. Axl absence, according to jurubicara band, is due to bad weather in Los Angeles to withhold penerbangannya. In Philadelphia, a promoter said the cancellation is one of the band members fell ill.
Band is also playing in front of the spectators in the number of little-venue venue that ten years ago where they become successful pan, Klosterman said. In fact, their performance at the beginning of this month get a good reception from the critics and tickets sold out quickly.
Interscope Geffen A & M not to comment whether the new album is planned. Presumably, the triumph of Guns N 'Roses already passed. (ap / Ida)
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Slipknot vocalist Obsesi Making Solo Album
Corey is also the frontman of the band Stone Sour is really obsessed to launch a private paper. Evidence at this time he has collected no less than 40 songs that will be the album solonya, of course songs are this will be again. And Corey did not want to work with the group during the two solonya this album is not yet out.
"This is something that you want to kulakukan own. This is something I have to finish before I can think to take the next step," said pelantun tembang Danger - Keep Away this. Furthermore he also commented that during the Slipknot and Stone Sour, he can not really make the songs as he wanted because of course there must be a compromise with the other band members. (ctm / Roc)
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Joe Satriani

John Petrucci (lahir pada 12 Juli 1967), merupakan sebuah gitar yang dikenal sebagai Amerika Serikat yang membentuk anggota grup progresif metal Dream Theater. Dia juga seorang produser (dengan band teman Mike Portnoy) semua album Dream Theater sejak rilis album adegan Dari J Memori, 1999
Petrucci besar di Long Island, tepatnya di taman Kings Petrucci dengan John Myung dan Kevin Moore sekolah di tempat yang sama. Petrucci bermain gitar pertama kali pada usia 8 tahun. Dan mulai bermain dengan sebuah band pada usia 12 tahun. Band dan gitaris yang mempengaruhi permainan gitarnya adalah Yngwie Malmsteen, Randy Rhoads, Iron Maiden, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Yes, Rush dan sebagainya. Karena itu berkembang irama metal dan trash, Petrucci menambahkan pengaruhnya pada musik Metallica dan Queensryche.
Petrucci tumbuh dalam keluarga yang suka musik. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari saudaranya yang semua musisi. Sedangkan Petrucci sendiri akhirnya memilih gitar sebagai instrumen pilihan. Petrucci mulai bermain gitar sejak usia 12 tahun. Dia menghabiskan sekitar enam jam dalam satu hari untuk berlatih gitar. Tidak berbeda dari anak-anak lain, Petrucci juga memiliki idola kecil. Dia sangat terpengaruh oleh permainan seperti gitar-gitar Yngwie Malmstein, Steve Morse, Steve Howe, Steve Vai, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Al Di Meola, Alex Lifeson dan Allan Holdsworth. Dia menyebutkan idolanya sebagai "Steves dan Als." Ia juga dipengaruhi oleh band - band seperti Rush, Yes, Iron Maiden, The ampas, untuk Metallica. Meskipun kecil, Petrucci pernah membuat sebuah band dengan teman, Kevin Moore. Setelah lulus SMA, Petrucci memilih untuk pergi ke sekolah musik, Berklee College of Music di Boston.
Perjalanan karir Petrucci dimulai saat dia belajar di Barklee. Petrucci dan ketika teman sekolah tinggi, John Ro Myung, mempunyai ide untuk membentuk sebuah band untuk mengisi kekosongan saat kuliah. Mereka bertemu dengan drummer Michael "Mike" Stephen Portnoy di kamar praktek di Berklee, dan setelah dua hari negosiasi akhirnya menyetujui untuk bergabung Mike. Menempatkan posisi keyboard oleh seorang teman kecil pertama kalinya, Kevin Moore. Sementara itu, Chris Collins telah dipilih untuk menjadi vokalis. Terbentuklah sebuah band yang bernama Majesty. Keagungan sendiri kesempatan untuk membuat demo album. Namun baginda tidak bertahan lama. Dengan berbagai alasan aliran musik, Chris Collins mengundurkan diri. Tempatnya digantikan oleh Charlie Dominici. Bahkan, nama baginda telah digunakan oleh band lain. Karena alasan itu, Petrucci, Myung, Portnoy, Moore dan Dominici, sepakat untuk mengubah nama band mereka Dream Theater. Dream Theater sendiri diambil dari nama sebuah bioskop favorit ayah Mike Portnoy yang bernama Dream Theater. American pengejaan kata-kata yang berbeda untuk membuat perubahan ke teater teater.
Petrucci bersama Dream Theater merilis album pertama When Dream dan Hari Unite 1987. Petrucci nama yang dikenal banyak orang mulai ketika album kedua Dream Theater, Foto dan Kata-kata, yang dirilis pada tahun 1992, mendapat respon yang baik oleh Amerika Serikat. Tarik saya video klip lagu Under muncul di MTV dan diputar di radio. Album ini juga menelurkan hits seperti Another Day dan Take the Time membuat terkenal Dream Theater. Kemudian diikuti dengan konser - konser Dream Theater dari dalam negeri ke luar negeri. Sampai saat ini, Dream Theater telah merilis 9 studio album, rekaman tinggal 5, dan 7 album single. Dream Theater, tetapi juga tidak bebas dari masalah. Dari mulai konflik internal, gonta - ganti personil, hingga masalah dengan label rekaman pernah dihadapi. Akhirnya formasi dari tahun 1999 yang hingga saat ini adalah John Petrucci (gitar), John Myung (bass), Mike Portnoy (drum), James LaBrie (vokal) dan Jordan Rudess (keyboard). Bersama dengan label baru, Road Runner, Dream Theater merilis album ke-9 tahun yang lalu pada tahun 2007 diberi judul Chaos sistematis.
Pada tahun 1995, Petruuci membuat video instruksional, berjudul Rock Disiplin. Dalam video tersebut, Petrucci menjelaskan teknik - teknik bermain gitar untuk pemula. Pada tahun yang sama, Petrucci juga terlibat sebagai kolumnis di majalah edisi Guitar World, Wild Stringdom Seri. Sebuah buku dengan judul yang sama juga akhirnya diterbitkan sebagai kumpulan pelajaran yang disertakan dalam majalah.
Selain dengan Dream Theater, Petrucci juga ada sisi proyek. Bersama Mike Portnoy (drum), Jordan Rudess (keyboard) dan Tony Levin (bass / Chapman stick), mereka membentuk sebuah grup yang disebut instrumental band Liquid Tension Experiment (LTE). LTE dihasilkan dua album yang cukup sukses di Liquid Tension Experiment I (1998) dan Liquid Tension Experiment II (1999). Petrucci dan istrinya, Rena Sands, mendirikan sebuah label musik dengan nama sendiri Sound Mind Music tahun 2000. Album pertama dirilis oleh label milik Petrucci adalah album duet antara John Petrucci (gitar akustik / listrik) dan Jordan Rudess (piano / keyboard) dengan judul An Evening with John Petrucci dan Jordan Rudess. Pada tahun 2001, Petrucci kesempatan untuk berpartisipasi dalam konser G3 di Amerika Utara dengan "dewa gitar" seperti Joe Satriani dan Steve Vai. Dalam konser G3, Petrucci dibantu oleh Mike Portnoy (drum) dan Dave LaRue (bass). Petrucci melanjutkan konser G3 pada 2005 di Meksiko dan Jepang dengan Joe Satriani, dan Eric Johnson Steve Vai, dan di Amerika Selatan, sekali lagi dengan Satriani dan Vai. Sedangkan untuk tahun 2007, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci dan berkumpul dalam konser G3 di Amerika Utara. Petrucci juga dipercaya untuk mengisi bagian gitar album - album tersebut, seperti keyboard pada album solo Jordan Rudess, Feeding the Wheel (2001) dan pada lagu Czar di Steel dari album solo keyboard Derek Sherenian (ex-Dream Theater keyboardis), Darah dari Snake (2006). Selain itu, dalam album Marty Friedman, Loudspeaker (2007), Petrucci hadir sebagai Special Guest Guitarist. Petrucci juga mengisi soundtrack video game Sega Saturn: Necronomicon. Dalam permainan, Petrucci membuat dua lagu dan kemudian diberi judul Prologue dan Epilogue. Selain Petrucci juga cukup aktif, sebuah gitar klinik di berbagai tempat. Petrucci merupakan voting member dari NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences), di sebuah akademi spark acara penghargaan musik bergengsi di Amerika Serikat, Grammy Award.
Pada tahun 2005, Petrucci merilis album solo gitarnya yang pertama dengan nama Suspended Animation. Diproduseri ini album solo oleh Petrucci dan berteduh di bawah label, Sound Mind Music. Dalam pembuatannya memerlukan waktu hingga empat tahun, Petrucci dibantu oleh Dave LaRue (bass), Dave DiCenso (drum) dan re-mixer, Tony Verderosa. Album ini juga di-mixed oleh Kevin Shirley yang merupakan mix engineer album Dream Theater. Beberapa lagu dalam album tersebut adalah lagu yang tidak pernah Petrucci di G3 konser.
Selain piawai bermain gitar, Petrucci juga piawai membuat lirik. Tema yang seperti itu fantasi, filosofi, keluarga, dan lain-lain. Masalahnya, agama juga tidak lepas dari jangkauan lirik musik. Dalam lagu Dalam Nama Allah (dari album Kereta Thought), Petrucci mengkritik para ahli agama yang mengatasnamakan Tuhan untuk membenarkan semua bentuk kekerasan. Petrucci juga membuat lirik untuk ayahnya yang terserang kanker otak dalam lagu Another Day dalam lagu dan mededikasikannya Take Away My Pain (album Falling Into Infinty) setelah ayahnya meninggal. Untuk lagu - lagu yang terdapat banyak tema filosofis dalam album Metropolis part II: adegan dari memori sebagai Roh membawakan lagu On Life and Beyond ini. Petrucci juga banyak menyoroti masalah psikiatris / psikologis dalam lagu - lagu di album Six Degrees of Inner gangguan. Pada album sistematis Chaos, Petrucci tema fiksi seperti cerita tentang rakasa, vampire, roh / jiwa, dalam lirik - liriknya yang terinspirasi beberapa komik dari berbagai negara.
Sebagai gitaris dunia, Petrucci telah memperoleh beberapa penghargaan. Pada tahun 1992, Petrucci di-mendukung oleh Ibanez Guitar gitar untuk produk mereka. Oleh Ibanez, Petrucci membuat tanda tangan model gitar, Ibanez yang JPM100 P1, P2, P3, P4 dan JPM 90. Festival. Pada tahun 1999, Petrucci memutuskan untuk pindah dari Ibanez Ernie Ball / Music Man. Pada saat yang sama seperti Ibanez, Petrucci buat gitar dengan nama EB / MM John Petrucci BFR Series. Gitar yang digunakan untuk hari ini. Petrucci juga dipercaya untuk menggunakan produk-produk dari DiMarzio (pickups), Ernie Ball (strings), Axess Elektronik (foot controller), Boss (effects), Dunlop (plectrum, efek wah), dan Mesa Boogie (lemari, amplifiers). Solo gitarnya lagu Under a Glass Moon dimasukkan dalam 100 solo gitar terbaik sepanjang masa. Petrucci telah ditampilkan di majalah Guitar Player edisi Oktober 2007. Total Guitar majalah mahkota Petrucci sebagai "Guitarist of the Year 2007". GuitarOne bahkan menempatkan John Petrucci di peringkat ke-9 "Greatest Shredder of All Time."
Petrucci kehidupan pribadi tidak berbeda dengan kehidupan orang-orang seperti biasa. Petrucci memiliki istri bernama Rena Sands. Petrucci bertemu dengan Rena pada tahun 1989. RitaAKARena adalah gitaris band metal, Meanstreak, perempuan. Mereka menikah pada tahun 1993. Sampai sekarang, Rena Petrucci dan telah memiliki tiga anak itu, kembar Samantha dan Reny, dan Kiara. Menariknya, sama seperti Petrucci, beberapa personil Dream Theater yang juga menikah dengan personil lainnya Meanstreak. Seperti Mike Portnoy yang menikah dengan Marlene Apuzzo dan John Myung dengan Lisa Martens. Dalam waktu luangnya, selain Petrucci bermain seperti mengahabiskan waktu dengan bercanda bersama keluarganya, liburan, ski, menonton film dan gerak badan.
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