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The May issue of Neal's Young Guns is out at http://www.shredguitarist.org/ Hope you enjoy it.

Apr. 2011

Starting April 1. 2011, I will be doing a monthly column called "Neal's Terrifying Young Guns". It will be posted on http://www.guitar9.com website. The official website will be on http://www.shredguitarist.org. The official Youtube page for video submission will be on http://www.youtube.com/NealsYoungGuns Please check it out and I hope you enjoy it. Also help me find these young amazing kids.

Mar. 2011

It saddens me to have to announce that I will not be teaching at the National Guitar Workshop this year due to the new location being a bit too far of a commute for me on a daily basis. Unless I can take Binky with me... I wish the school the best this year and hopefully in the future if they move back closer, I can teach there again.

Feb. 2011

I recently registered a few domains. and some are really cool!!!

• http://www.shredguitarist.com
• http://www.fusionguitarist.com
• http://www.technicalguitar.com

These domains all point to this site now!! Thank you GOD!! Im sure its much easier to remember than spelling my name. LOL

Hi Everyone. I finally got a new replacement computer and also a replacement DAT machine for my studio. I decided I was going to share a track that was originally intended for a tribute CD for Jason Becker called Warmth To A Wilderness but because of problems with my recording gear, my track was not able to make the cut in time.... Long Story. Basically My original ADAT tracks got eaten up and the player died. Couldn't get it fixed in time to redo it so the only copy I had was this demo bounced version on DAT that eventually my DAT player couldn't even play the tape anymore. Very Frusterating...... Anyways, I am finally able to play the demo copy again and just wanted to share it. Sorry Jason. At least this way you know that I tried to do a version but I wasn't happy with this one. It wasn't meant to be a final release.

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Jan. 2011

Just a few notes on the new things added to the site.

• The forum page has new links to some of the different projects I am trying to startup. There's even a short video demo of my homemade isolation cab posted there.
• Theres a new bio and a new gear list that I added.
• A few new links added.

Hope you enjoy the new additions. :-)

For starters.......Happy New Year!!!!

I just want to start off by saying thanks to all my friends and family members who have helped me and supported me on my long road to recovery. I actually suffered a heart attack 3 years ago. It was just too much going on at the time and it finally took its toll but I think I am finally getting back on my feet again. Anyways, I thought I'd share some of the new things that are going on with me currently. Last year I spent most of it building a new recording studio. Its not completely done yet but its close :-)
Also I have been working hard to get myself up to date on new trends like facebook, new myspace, twitter and youtube. here are some of the links

Also I have finally redone my 1st CD The Crossing with all new backing tracks. I currently only have it available through itunes and CDBaby so feel free to check that out!!

Last but not least, I have added a facebook stream to this page above so hopefully I can update this section much easier. Im still trying to figure everything out so bare with me and stay tuned. I think this year will be a more exciting year. Also feel free to add me as a friend on facebook or myspace and feel free to join my tweets. I also appreciate any comments or suggestions on these threads. Thanks again

Sincerely

Neal Nagaoka

Jan. 2009

Happy New Year everyone.

Finally. My long awaited 3rd CD "Transition" is available for sale at guitar9 records.

I will try to put up some audio samples on the site soon so stay tuned and thanks for visiting my site.

Just a note: I just wanted to thank a few of my family and good friends who have been very supportive to me due to my recent health endevours and surgery. Unfortuanetly due to this, I could not visit NAMM this year which is a big disappointment. Hopefully next year I will get a chance to go and visit some old faces I haven't seen in a while.

Thanks again
Sincerely

Neal Nagaoka

Nov. 2008

Finally. My long awaited 3rd CD "Transition" is finished and will be released sometime this month. I will have more details soon. I have a few audio samples on myspace if you would like to hear.

Also, I am in the process of rereleasing my 1st album "The Crossing" but with all new rhythm section. (drums, keys, bass etc....) The guitars will all remain intact. It was a long restoration process. I had all the original ADAT tracks but all my backing tracks was gone so I had to redo them. Most of the songs actually sound much better and quite different. So please stay tuned for that. Thanks again

Once again this year I taught at the National Guitar Workshop in Los Angeles. I just wanted to thank all my friends, the teachers, staff, and students that participated. We also had Michael Angelo Batio this year as our guest and he was unbelievably AMAZING!!! It is alot of fun and I am already looking forward to doing it again next year as well. Also I have been asked if I still had any copies of my CD for sale and finally, I have a very limited supply of The Second Coming CD for sale again. You can purchase them online at these 2 locations:CD Baby
and
Guitar9 Records I am still working on rereleasing my 1st CD The Crossing. Sorry it's been taking a while. Just been really busy these days. Anyways, I just want to thank everyone for the support.

Earlier this month, I just finished teaching at the National Guitar Workshop in Los Angeles for 2 weeks. Tons of guitar playing and great fun. I should have some new pictures and video available soon on the site. Also my site is almost complete in the new renovation. It will gradually change within the next few months. Also please note, because of the recent upgrade to my website, I finally added a new bulletin board for musicians to use. Enjoy !! http://www.nealnagaoka.com/forum

Welcome to the new website, currently we are still upgrading so please stay tuned. Thanks

Happy New Year to everyone. Thanks to everyone who has purchased my CDs. I just wanted to update on what is going on with me currently. I had several requests on the 1st CD The Crossing, which is almost done remastering. Hopefully I'll have it available by end of Feb or March. Also I have been working on several other projects as well as working on my 3rd CD along with reconstructing my home studio and adding a few videos of myself in different locations such myspace.com, youtube.com, stickam.com and of course, here as well. Anyways I hope to see a few friends again as well this month at the NAMM Show.

Thanks again and the best in 2007.

Couple of videos been added on my Sound Page. Just myself playing to a backing track. If you have a chance, please check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks

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Newly added to my site is my musicians bulletin board system. Please sign up and feel free to use it to help promote your own music, gear, your band, or other musicians!!! It is still in beta stage so I will try to update the forum as frequently as possible.

http://www.nealnagaoka.com/forum

Hi Everyone. Just wanted to say thanks for visiting my website. I know it's been a while since I've updated my site. Sorry Ive been so busy working, its hard to find time to update my site. Just wanted to update everyone on what i am doing currently. I am still busy working on my 3rd CD and also in the process of rereleasing my 1st CD The Crossing but a remastered version. Hopefully I will be done before the end of this year . I have continued teaching every year during the summer for the National Guitar Workshop. Last July was awesome. I was priviledged enough to jam onstage with one of my true heroes Greg Howe. Also I have been using myspace.com alot more reccently because of the ease of use. Feel free to check it out for any current events. www.myspace.com/nealnagaoka. I will do my best to update this site as often as possible.

Anyways, hope everyone is doing well and thanks for all the support. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to end me an email.

Sincerely

Neal Nagaoka