Here´s what Future´s fantastic music magazines and website have in store for you from 11th to 14th June at ExCel in London's Docklands…
Demo Listen Derby!
Bring along your tracks and we´ll check ‘em out! Receive constructive criticism on how to break into the music industry from our expert panel of judges. Simply bring along your demo track on a CD (include details of which track number you want played), drop it into the Future Publishing stand on H21 on the day then sit back and watch it be reviewed live in front of an audience. The track judged to be the best on the day, will be featured and promoted on musicradar.com.
MOT your MySpace with BIMM
Ever wondered how to get the best out your band´s MySpace page? Then this is the feature for you! The experts from BIMM will be giving out free advice all day on how to improve your MySpace pages, featuring hands-on reviewing and critiquing of your existing pages.
Indie Riffathon
Total Guitar´s Steve Lawson presents the best indie riffs of the last ten years, followed by one-on-one lessons for any aspiring indie-kids…
Blues Guitaraoke: Come along and have a blues jam with Guitarist´s Mick Taylor and Neville Marten from Guitar Techniques: watch them play then get up and have a go!
Guthrie, Wheatie and Lee…
Guthrie Govan, John Wheatcroft and Lee Hodgson are three of the country´s finest guitarists. All three will be guesting on Future Publishing´s stand (playing rock, gypsy jazz and county respectively) every day, demonstrating their awesome prowess. Come and see them!
Please note: all features are subject to change; final dates and times will be announced in the run-up to the show…
“I can’t play jigs or reels or any of that traditional Irish stuff, but I have got a good ear for blues, the tonality of it”: 3 ways to supercharge your lead guitar playing like Rory Gallagher
“A well-crafted sequence is successful wherever you may wish to use it”: Use these tried and tested chord progressions to build an engaging song
