Earlier this fall, famed 1990s indie rockers Pavement announced that they would reunite for a benefit concert in September of 2010, also leaving open the possibility of more shows throughout that year (see Rolling Stone article: Pavement Reunion Confirmed for 2010: “It Happened Naturally” Says Kannberg in Exclusive Interview). Since then, besides getting all riled up over the mere possibility of seeing Pavement live, I’ve been searching around to see what other bands from the past... [Continue Reading]
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Guitar Tab of Songs Featured in Guitar Hero: Van Halen
One of the most successful hard rock bands of all time will be given Generation Y’s highest seal of approval when Activision releases Guitar Hero: Van Halen on December 22, 2009. The game will feature 25 songs from Van Halen’s David Lee Roth era, as well as several songs from artists that either inspired or worked with the famous group. As usual, below you’ll find free guitar, bass & drum tabs for all songs featured in Guitar Hero: Van Halen that MXTabs.net have legally secured... [Continue Reading]
Sheriff Picks: Guitar Tab of Songs About Autumn
Today – September 22, 2009 – marks the official beginning of Autumn in the northern hemisphere. Astronomically speaking, it is the autumnal equinox, one of only two days per year in which night and day are of approximately equal length and the Sun crosses the celestial equator. (If you’re curious, the Sun crosses the equator from north to south during the autumnal equinox, and south to north during the vernal/spring equinox.) But most of us don’t need an astronomer to tell... [Continue Reading]
Guitar Tab of Songs Featured in Guitar Hero 5
As most everybody and their mother knows by now, Guitar Hero 5 was released in North America on September 1, 2009. Aside from the controversy over Kurt Cobain’s avatar lip-syncing the likes of Flavor Flav and Bon Jovi, the game has generally been very well received, and the track list itself has been noted for its musical diversity. If you’ve successfully mastered the game already and are looking to lay down your guitar controller, pick up your real axe and rock out, then you’ve... [Continue Reading]
Guitar Tab of Songs Featured in The Beatles: Rock Band
It seems that the world is awash in Beatlemania… yet again! It’s been over 40 years since America was first introduced to The Fab Four, but interest in the famed group is as high as ever. Just today, as you may know, Capital/EMI Records released digitally re-mastered versions of all 12 original Beatles’ albums, plus Magic Mystery Tour and Past Masters. Additionally, today is D-Day for the highly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band, the third major console release in the Rock Band... [Continue Reading]
Musicnotes.com Launches Guitar Guru 3; Giving Away $10,000 in Guitar Guru Sessions
Today we’ve got an exciting announcement to share with all of our MXTabs.net guitarists and bassists. Our sister-site, Musicnotes.com, has just launched Guitar Guru 3, the most recent upgrade to their popular, interactive guitar lesson software platform. To celebrate, Musicnotes.com is giving away $10,000 in Guitar Guru Sessions. Yes, you heard me right, $10,000 in FREE Guitar Guru Sessions! These sessions will be given out to the first 1,000 customers in $10 increments. In other words,... [Continue Reading]
iTab Songbook and Tuner iPhone App to Feature Guitar Tabs from MXTabs.net
Look closely, and to the left you’ll see a screen shot of how a song tab from MXTabs.net appears on the latest version of the iTab Songbook and Tuner, an iPhone app developed by Massimilliano Marsiglietti (www.maxmars.it) that allows you to create, download, edit, and read tabs with your iPhone or iPod Touch. Although there have been several versions of this iPhone app to date, the most recent version is the first to offer free and legal guitar and bass tab downloads from MXTabs.net, and we’re... [Continue Reading]
Free “Over the Rainbow” Guitar Guru Session to Honor Les Paul
Here at MXTabs.net we’re all about helping you become a better guitar player, which is why we’re excited to let you know that from now until September 2, 2009, Musicnotes.com has partnered with Alfred Music Publishing to offer a free, interactive Guitar Guru session (which includes a matching guitar tab) for Aaron Stang’s instrumental arrangement of “Over the Rainbow,” a song that Les Paul famously used to close out his shows at the legendary jazz club Iridium in New... [Continue Reading]
Basic Music Copyright Resources
As many of you already know, MXTabs.net is the first site designed to provide musicians with free access to song tabs, while also compensating music publishers and songwriters for their intellectual property. This means that we have individually licensed each and every song that you see displayed on our site, and as a result it means that we perform a LOT of music copyright research to ensure that we are only displaying tabs that we have permission to display. Not surprisingly, we get many questions... [Continue Reading]
Guitar Tab of Songs Featured in Rock Band 2
Back in March we did a blog post about Guitar Tab of Songs Featured in Rock Band and promised that we’d cover Rock Band 2 some time in the future. Well, that moment has arrived. Listed below are free song tabs for all main setlist and bonus songs from Rock Band 2 that MXTabs.net have legally secured a license to display. Enjoy! And if you’re looking for more music video game song tab, be sure to check out our previous Guitar Hero posts: Guitar Tab of Songs Featured in Guitar Hero... [Continue Reading]