South African Music Magazine
Orange Amplification launches at NAMM a pioneering new technology to match, test and grade valves – the Orange DIVO VT1000 Valve Tester. This ground breaking new product will help every guitarist, rental company, valve amp manufacturer, guitar tech and guitar / hi-fi store across the planet. The compact and extremely easy to use VT1000 is Read More »
Gibson USA is celebrating 2013 as the Year of Les Paul, and there’s no better tribute than a guitar dedicated to the man himself. The Les Paul Signature “T” wraps all of Les Paul’s legendary innovation into a sweet looking and great sounding Les Paul that honors the memory of this legendary guitar’s inventor, while providing Read More »
Marshall Music’s October “I Love Digitech” Competition is Live! Stand a chance of winning a Digitech RP255 Effects pedal including Cubase LE5 recording software. Enter Now!
Would you like to win a very FREE Blackstar HT-1R Amp from Marshall Music?! Simply share the Marshall Fanpage’s competition post on Facebook with a friend. Then post a photo of where you’ll be playing your Blackstar Amp! The crazier, the better! The entry with the most votes at the end of June will win a Read More »
The Rescu is a proudly SA Rock band made up of members Mike Vaughan (Vocals and Bass), Graham Lowndes (Guitars) and Nic Smal (Drums). They will be one of the supporting bands on SWITCHFOOT Vice Verses SA TOUR, along with Gangs Of Ballet. Johann Smith chats to them ahead of this once in a lifetime gig. Read More »
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of iconic amplifier brand Marshall, the company has announced that they will be taking over London, England’s Wembley Arena on Sept. 22 for a massive concert. The show will feature performances by members of bands such as Iron Maiden, Slipknot, the Cult and Black Label Society. Marshall have teamed up Read More »
Chatting to the boys from The Rescu was certainly one of the more refreshing band interactions I’ve ever had. While I may have hidden a smile when vocalist, Mike dropped ‘BS’ into a sentence instead of actually cursing, it was quite cool to not be dowsed in cynical, achingly hip conflicted ranting for once. Perhaps Read More »
Attention musicians: Marshall Music and the Cape Town Folk and Acoustic Music Festival are offering you the chance to win an opening slot at the event on 10 December 2011, an acoustic guitar plus free elixir strings for a year! Open to all ages. How to Enter: Cape Town: upload a 1 minute video of Read More »
Saturday 10 December at CTICC, Cape Town 18 Top South African artists: Ard Matthews, Steve Newman, Farryl Purkiss, Rory Eliot, Brian Finch, Guy Buttery, Christine Weir and Julie Blundell, Janie Bay, Gavin Minter, Louise Day, Tombstone Pete, Andrew James and Steady Tiger, John Ellis, Diesel Vanilla, Machineri, Gary Thomas, Natasha Meister and Jack Mantis. Real Read More »
One of rock’s most compelling frontmen, Serj Tankian helped propel the band System of a Down to multi-platinum success from the late ’90s through 2006. The band’s exotic musical influences, which drew in part from the members’ shared Armenian-American heritage, filtered into their hardcore/thrash metal/avant-progressive rock sensibilities. Their resulting sound was fiercely original, marked by Read More »
