In the early 2000’s I wrote a month column for Guitarist Magazine, analysing the styles of various guitarists, and showing how the influenced others. The idea was proposed by music editor Jason Sidwell, so I chose 26 guitarists I thought had influenced, or been influenced by another: Ritchie Blackmore influenced Yngwie Malmsteen, Eric Clapton influenced Eddie Van Halen who in turn influenced Nuno Bettencourt etc.
Years after the column had been retired to the Guitarist Magazine archives, I decided to take all the articles and compile them into 2 books. I hired a graphic designer to layout the book, but then life took over and I never ended up publishing the book – I decided that creating my own music was a more of a priority, so the books never found a home… until now!
So here, for the first time, as an exclusive Patreon download, is Rock Links Volume 1. July’s download is the PDF ebook and August’s are the accompanying audio files.
If you’re on the Patreon tiers that include the monthly download ($10 and above) then use your download password to get this Patreon exclusive, and all the other past downloads from our download page: http://paulbielatowicz.com/patreon (the password for the page was sent to you in a private message).
Hope you enjoy this long lost labour of love!
