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Trance Artists - chronological list of Dude's favorite trance artists with links to the tracks.

Audio Impressions - one of the best orchestral sample libraries currently on the market with true divisi note splitting for realism... and by far the easiest to use ready to go system most similar to having a real orchestra in your workstation.

Chandler's Guitars and Charlie Chandler's Guitar Experience - legendary guitar shops where I had my current custom electric guitar put together from Warmoth, Dimarzio and Ibanez components as I'm left handed a couldn't find a guitar I wanted off the shelf. They have the mad Plek machines that do fret jobs by laser measurement and they have worked on guitars for some serious fellow players such as David Gilmour to Prince which is just extremely cool. They are two of the few places in the UK authorised to do the Buzz Fieten tuning system conversion.

DO NO HARM - the effort of a circle of friends to make the world a kinder and gentler place.

DC Developments - one of the best boutique amp makers in the world, Dennis Cornell has worked as a designer for Dallas Arbiter in the good old days, and more recently has been a consultant to Fender. He's made custom amps for Hank Marvin, Eric Clapton, Andy Fairweather-Lowe, and Robin Trower and made me a cracking Vox AC30 clone to mine and original schematic specifications. I wanted a head and cab with the cab designed with chassis shelf to give a combo acoustic, and the head with the origincal AC30 EL34 channel and the later AC30 TB normal and Top Boosts channels, but no tremolo. I explained to Dennis that I had discovered that Carbon Composition resistors when pushed produced a more euphonic type of distortion than that of metal film and that it wasn't just some kind of voodoo amp myth. He made exactly what I asked for and helped me every step of the way with the practical input needed in my design consultations with him to make a really smooth sounding amp which is best miked through a Class A mic pre-amp like my Vintech Neve 1073 clone...

'This was very cool! I love guitar music and this was 'full', not a whining guitar sound. It is really good!'
Bonnie Miller, LA's Hot Country

The amp is a wonderful piece of kit, though I have now sold it as I need all sorts of different tones for my new work, and as I need to engineer and produce with some speed I am using an Axe-FX for the immediate future.

Fractal Audio Systems - valve amplifiers are wonderful things unless you have to carry them anywhere or record them in anything but a very well soundporoofed room. Over the years many companies have tried many things to put 'that' sound into a box, and only one has truly succeeded. Cliff Chase the genius company founder and his programming companion cats deserve some kind of international award for services to guitarist kind as a result of the outstanding Axe FX.

Gateway Mastering Studios - the finest mastering studios in the world where owner and multiple Grammy winner Bob Ludwig kindly took time away from his busy major label work and mastered my debut release 'American Highway' which was a real honor.

Guitar Mania - fantastic little guitar shop that fixed some problems with my guitar and did a bang on job.

Nerve Drum Machine Pattern Sequencer VST AU Plugin - a very groovy pattern sequencer plugin for your DAW brought to you by Xfer Records owner and producer Steve Duda.

Nuevo Dance School California - I happened across this contemporary dance academy on YouTube, and was impressed by its approach to teaching this wonderful art... if you are looking for a dance school in the USA tailored to artistic development, sound technique and industry skills definitely check this site out... Nuevo Dance School on Youtube

Country Radio Stations - listings of country music radio stations around the English speaking world.

The Music Directory - a collection of links to music related websites and newsgroups.

UK Record Shop Directory - a handy links page to most UK record dealers and many more from around the world.

Disney Filming John Carter Of Mars - a little peek at an upcoming movie for film fans. 

Spectacular Earth Travel Guide - new travel website.

Steve's Cooking - great Youtube cooking and recipes channel I found by a fellow Brit (now expat) who seems to produce pretty much everything himself... good luck with your channel Steve!