NEVERMORE Guitarist JEFF LOOMIS: 'Extreme Lead Guitar' DVD Coming Soon

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Rock House
has set an April 15 pre-sale date for "Extreme Lead Guitar", the new guitar instruction DVD from Jeff Loomis of NEVERMORE. The two DVDs are packed with more than 40 guitar lessons, interview, live performances and much more.

A short teaser clip for the upcoming DVD set can be viewed below. Also available is video footage of Loomis teaching you the beginning arpeggio section of his song "Miles of Machines".

Jeff is the lead guitar player and main songwriter of NEVERMORE, a band that has certainly made its mark on modern music by forging a unique sound that fuses different forms of metal that has given birth to an authentic and very influential style. His recent solo CD, "Zero Order Phase", took the #4 spot in a April 2009 Guitar World magazine's readers' poll in the "Best Shred Album Of The Year" category — a notable accomplishment when you consider the top three vote-getters, Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Satriani. Jeff has become one of his generation's most recognizable guitarists and the source of many of the last decade's best riffs.

Jeff's complex shredding has been a central part of the progressive power guitar scene since 1992 and is responsible for some of the most awe-inspiring riffs modern metal has ever heard. Nearly every aspiring musician who has been listening to metal for the past 10 years or so has undoubtedly had the pleasure of hearing Jeff Loomis' progressive and technically superior playing. "Jeff epitomizes the very essence of modern guitar playing; there is a huge fan base that has waited a long time for this type of product from him," stated Joe Palombo, Executive Director of Rock House.

Jeff's Rock House instructional products will be available at MI retailers around the world. All Rock House instructional products are distributed through Hal Leonard Corp. 1-800-554-0626. Each of Jeff's DVDs will come with a FREE tab lesson booklet, iPod-ready video and membership to Rock House's lesson support site at RockHouseMethod.com. This feature, exclusive to Rock House and its partners offers students supplementary support for the lessons featured on the DVDs.
 
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A jeff loomis dvd would actually be pretty fucking sweet, seeing him break down his insane technique and style would be really cool. I'll check this out for sure, I've seen the one with Alexi but that kinda sucked (almost all of his instructional videos have been shitty so thats not surprising though).
 
Alexi should rather stick to instructional videos on how to act like a retard... At least he's professional and gifted at that.

The problem with many "instructional" DVDs is that they're rather show-off DVDs. A complete mess from a didactic point of view...

John Petrucci's "Rock Discipline" is one of the few exceptions to this. The old Paul Gilbert stuff ain't too bad either.
 
Rock Discipline is really the ultimate statement on that style. I love it, and also use warm ups and exercises from it to this day.

I hope Jeff's DVD isn't just 'here's how I play this song' how so many of these things turn out to be. I'd like to hear some real philosophy behind what he does.
 
Rock Discipline is really the ultimate statement on that style. I love it, and also use warm ups and exercises from it to this day.

I hope Jeff's DVD isn't just 'here's how I play this song' how so many of these things turn out to be. I'd like to hear some real philosophy behind what he does.

Yeah, this was my concern as well. If you really did learn the mentality behind his playing like you do with Rock Discipline I will definitely pirate this. If it's just how to learn songs, hell, Powertab and guitar pro is much better for that.
 
Yeah, this was my concern as well. If you really did learn the mentality behind his playing like you do with Rock Discipline I will definitely pirate this. If it's just how to learn songs, hell, Powertab and guitar pro is much better for that.

It's really great, and is worth buying (if you can find a deal, I know it's expensive), as it comes with an incredibly handy transcription book inside.
 
Depends on how he speaks.

Let's face it, part of what made Rock Discipline awesome was that friendly, comforting tone John Petrucci spoke in. "I was messing around and I came up with...an interesting little fact".