I won Guitarnoize's "Name That Riff" Contest!

Well, time for a little self-bragging. If you're into guitar blogs, you've probably run across Jon Bloomer's Guitarnoize. This blog is a great source for guitar-related news and reviews, and it's fast become one of the most popular guitar blogs on the net. Anyways, Jon recently held Guitarnoize's first "Name That Riff" contest. The premise is pretty simple. Jon recorded a short clip of him playing a distinctive guitar riff each week. After 8 weeks, whoever had guessed the most riffs correctly received a prize pack. And that person was I, guessing a total of 7 out of 8 riffs correctly. Here's a list of each riff played:

Riff 1: Iron Maiden - "Two Minutes To Midnight"
Riff 2: Whitesnake - "Still Of The Night"
Riff 3: Alice Cooper - "Poison"
Riff 4: David Lee Roth - "It’s Showtime"
Riff 5: John Petrucci - "Curve"
Riff 6: Audioslave - "Sound Of A Gun"
Riff 7: Andy Timmons - "Deliver Us"
Riff 8: Def Leppard - "Excitable"

Not surprisingly, the one riff I didn't get was the last one. I've never been a big Def Leppard fan, and it obviously showed. However, my perfect score with the previous seven riffs still placed me ahead of everyone. Finally, all this listening payed off! Jon was kind enough to send a very generous prize pack worth almost $200. Here's what I received:

Lick Library "Quick Licks": Brian May DVD
Lick Library "Learn to Play...": Kiss DVD
The Rock House Method: Modes Demystified (with John McCarthy) DVD
The Rock House Method: Metal Guitar Level One (with Alexi Laiho) DVD
The Rock House Method: Metal Guitar Level Two (with Alexi Laiho) DVD
The Rock House Method: Metal Guitar Level Two (with Dan Jacobs) DVD
Guitar Masters Vol. 1 CD (featuring tons of great players, like Satriani, Morse, Beck, etc...)
Alex Ehrsam - "Djaz_Dtox" CD (AWESOME fusion player)
Steffen Schackinger - "ElectriGuitartistry" CD (another incredible player)



Thanks again to Jon at Guitarnoize! Be sure to give his blog a visit.