anniversary

This year Tech Music Schools celebrates 25 years of training musicians. The 25th anniversary marks a huge achievement for us. The schools now comprise of Drumtech, Vocaltech, Guitar-X and most recently Keyboardtech, and have come a long way since 1983, when founder and director, Francis Seriau, began one-on-one Tuition from the front room of his house!

Orange amps have a rich history of building innovative, top quality amplifiers that have inspired and created some of the worlds most memorable and unique sounds. Started in 1968 by Cliff Cooper, the company has a heritage that has seen the greatest rock icons using its products. From Stevie Wonder to Noel Gallagher and Jimmy Page to BB King it's roll of honour is a truly spectacular list and it's legions of fans continues to grow with across the globe.

One can only imagine the delight I experienced when I received an invitation to attend this special event(many thanks for this to Melissa Dragich of Joe's publicity team!). This was one of only four concerts across the east, center, west of America terminating with a special in studio in San Francisco that Joe was playing to celebrate the anniversary of this groundbreaking release. An album I am sure we can all agree, almost single-handedly saved the art form known as instrumental rock guitar.