How to set up my show rig.

When it comes to playing a show you need to know how to set up your equipment so I thought I'd teach you how to set up mine. My rig isnt the biggest or hardest setup. My show rig is a ESP LTD M-15, Fender Squire, Line 6 Spider 4 75 W and a Line 6 FBV2 channel pedal and a guitar cable.The first thing you want to do is find a good place to place the amp, once you place it on the ground find a a power outlet and plug it in. When your amp is plugged in and has power it is time to set up the pedal. Plug the pedals cable into the back of the amp and pull the cable out to where you are going to be standing on stage and lay down the pedal there. Now set up the guitar stand and set both guitars up on the stand, once you have done this plug in the green guitar cable and then put the ESP on and start to tune it. Make sure the ESP is in drop B tuning and the fender is in drop C. Later on during the show I tune the ESP down to drop A. When the guitars are properly tuned make sure you check the strap locks on the ESP so that it wont come off when your playing. Now that everything is good to go its time to check the sound and settings and effects. My amp has 4 channels that I can switch from. The first setting is a clean channel, second is my distortion, third is my dry distortion, and fourth is my flange effect. Check through all these, play a little bit if you have to. Once all those are good then the rig is ready to go and you are ready to tear down the house.

New music / concerts!

Orange Amps has just released a new Rockerverb amp and it has the best sound I've ever heard from an amp. Orange is my favorite brand of amps and one day I hope to get endorsed by them. I like Orange because there one of the most respected amp company's in the game right now, there tone is so thick and I love it! On another note, one of my favorite bands Emmure has a new album coming out called "Speaker Of The Dead" and I dont think I have ever been this excited to hear a new album. Emmure is a brutal hardcore band from New York and they never seem to let me down. This new album, so far sounds to be the best I've heard from them, they have released 3 songs from it and there amazing! Another one of my favorite bands The Devil Wears Prada is due to release a new album later this year and it is to be said the most heaviest thing yet from them. This album does not have a title or any leaked songs but Im really looking forward to it!

The biggest thing Im looking forward to in 2011 is Warped Tour, a lot of good bands are going to be playing this year and Im beyond stoked. Warped Tour is one of the hottest concerts I have ever been to, its an all day music festival and its about 100 degrees out. Im really looking forward to see how this year turns out for the music world. 2011 is going to be an AWSOME year!

The Big Day Has Come!

After 4 months of nail biting the time has finally come. My band is playing our very first show as Where Men Win Glory. This is not only a big day for our band but it is a very big for me because it will be my first time playing music that I wrote in front of a audience of people. I have played in front of a crowd of people but I wasn’t playing, I was playing sublime and other bands music but this time its all me and what I have written and to make things worse it will be in front of a crowd of other musicians awaking their chance to play there music. I think that it will go good because I think my bands stage preformance will blow the others out of the water because as a band we don’t only practice our music but we work on how we present ourselves on stage. I hate watching bands that are boring on stage. I think that no matter how good you are in the studio, if you don’t know how to work a crowd then your probably not going to get a good fan base. I have waited all my life to finally do this, Im so excited for this because it is hopefully going to be the start of my career.

 “Striving 4 success without hard work is like looking for fruit in places that you didnt plant seeds! Useless!” -Rev Run

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                   Welcome to my blog! I will be blogging about the adventures mind of Devin Daniel Roberts and the many things that keep me up late at night. There’s no telling what I will blog about, everyday will be something new whether it’s from music to concerts or gas prices. I’m a very outgoing person so I’m never afraid to do anything so the things I think about can be crazy. I like lay in bed at night and wonder if there is really anything out in space or if the moon is really made out of cheese. Also I spend a lot of my day writing guitar and some lyrics for my band “Where Men Win Glory”, I will also blog about things that my band does like play shows or record new songs.  I am a GIANT Star Wars fan so I will also be blogging about star wars. Maybe some of you will have answers to my unknown Star Wars questions like did boba fett really escape from the Sarlacc? Also I will blog about my attempts to get endorsed by my favorite musicial instrument companies like Orange Amps and Schecter Guitars. One day me and my band hope to play shows all over other world for all you beautiful people!