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Phil and Ace (ex Skunk Anansie) teamed up and have been very busy throughout the summer working on a new book/CD for Sanctuary Books. The book is entitled 'Creative Guitar 3 - Effects and Recording' and features pics, full explanations and demonstrations of practically every guitar effect known to man! - The book should be an invaluable resource to anyone who is interested in effects either for live or recording. The book should be out before Xmas and we should have some to sell in the online store too - watch this space for more info!.......

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Things have been very busy in the studio lately with Phil working flat out on the new Hamsters CD. The album should be out early in the new year and features some great playing from Hamsters Guitarist Snails Pace Slim as well as guest spots from Jerry Stephenson (Be Sharp/Barbra Dixon) and from Phil himself....
For more info/ordering check out the Hamsters site at:
www.thehamsters.co.uk

Newcastle Cancellation
Please note that the 'Guitar Circus' Masterclass at Newcastle University scheduled for Saturday September 27th has now been cancelled.

WWRY - BrianMay.com
There's a news item for 31st August 2003 on Brian Mays website (Brian's Soapbox section - 'The Dominion Still Pulsating') during which Brian gives his opinions on a recent show and Phil's playing during the gig at the Dominion Theatre.
Quote - 'I shouldn't admit to having favourites, but I do have a particular soft spot for Wild Man guitarist Phil Hilborne - he sounds so UNLIKE me it's totally refreshing! I've always encouraged him to 'go for it' in the soloing and it's excellently dangerous'............

Check it out - www.brianmay.com/brian/brianssb/brianssb.html

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Phil has been burning much midnight oil in the studio lately and has just finished updating the guitar syllabus for the 2003-4 courses at the Brighton Institute Of Modern Music. Phil will be teaching there pretty regularly from late September too - for more info check out the BIMM website - www.bimm.co.uk

Bath Guitar Festival
This years trip to Bath for the International Guitar Festival is now over. Phil taught the rock level 4 class for the whole week which ended in the now traditional 'Night Of 1000 Guitars Concert' at the Michael Tippet centre.
Members of the class performed 'Midnight' by Jimi Hendrix, 'Ice 9' by Joe Satriani and a great arrangement of 'Evil Eye' by Yngwie Malmsteen - they bought the house down - well done to all!........

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W.M.Studios - Clive Carroll
Guitarist Clive Carroll recently popped into the studio for Phil to edit and master his excellent arrangement of 'Pachelbel's Canon' - the track was then sent straight off to New York for pressing and will be released later this year by BMG/RCA Victor in the USA - on a compilation CD containing different versions of the same tune played by many well-known musicians including prominent Flautist Sir James Galway.
Check it out........

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John Henrys - London
Phil, Nicko, Dave 'Bucket' Colwell, Geoff Whitehorn and Jaz Lochrie recently got together at John Henrys/London for a photo/video shoot with renowned photographer Danny Clifford.

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Lick Library Lesson
Phil has just had a lesson featured on the 'Lick Library' website. The lesson is a full solo - in a kind of a'la Jeff Beck style - with transcription and performance notes and is entitled 'Picks Are For Fairies'. To check it out visit - www.licklibrary.com
Please note that you have to be a member of Lick Library to access the lessons on the site.

IGF CD
Phil's track 'Strange But True' will be featured on this years Bath International Guitar Festival CD. Other artists scheduled to appear on the CD include -
Carl Verheyen, Tuck Andress, Jamie Humphries Jacques Stotzem and Eric Roche.

New Website Name
You may have noticed the the name of the website has been changed - this is simply because there is so much going on that is non-band related at the moment it just seemed the right thing to do - plus, the new logo looks loads better as well!

Hamsters DVD
Phil has been busy in the studio mastering the audio for the up-coming Hamsters live DVD. The work is now nearly complete and the DVD is scheduled for release in September. For more info check out the Hamsters website at:
www.thehamsters.co.uk

London Guitar Show
The gig at the London Guitar show went really well - thanks to everyone who turned up and supported us - Jazz, Nicko, Bucket and Phil had a great time.

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Work has just been finished on the CD which accompanies David Mead's upcoming book '100 Tips For Blues Guitar'. As well as the usual instructional content the CD also includes 10 backing tracks to jam over. The book will be available soon published by Sanctuary Books - www.sanctuarygroup.com

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Work on the 2 CD's for renowned vocal teacher/coach Roger Kain's upcoming book 'The Complete Vocal Workout' has been finished by Phil. The 2 CD's/book package contains lots of great exercises for developing vocal technique and among others features examples sung by Skye Edwards from the band 'Morcheeba'.
The book will be published by Sanctuary Books later this year.
www.sanctuarygroup.com

Frankfurt, Germany
The Frankfurt shows are now over and were a great success - playing to packed houses 3 times a day! Guests included Chris George and Jaz's fellow Bad Company mate Dave 'Bucket' Colwell.

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Wembley, London
Phil, Nicko McBrain and friends will be performing a 45 minute set at the London Music Show, Wembley Conference Centre on Sunday May 11th.

Frankfurt, Germany
From March 4th, Phil will be joining forces with Nicko McBrain - Drums (Iron Maiden) and Jaz Lochrie - Bass (Paul Rodgers/Bad Company) at the Frankfurt Music Messe.
The trio will be performing 3 shows per day for the duration of the 7 day event!

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The CD for Pete Riley's upcoming book '100 Tips For Drums' has just been edited, compiled and mastered by Phil. The 77 minute CD was recorded by Pete at his
'Tin Drum' studio for Sanctuary publishing.
The book should be available very soon - watch this space for more info!

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The New Adrian Legg 'Guitar Bones' CD that was both recorded and produced by Phil is now scheduled for worldwide release on Steve Vai's Favored Nations Acoustic label on January 28th for more info plus a couple of long MP3 excerpts check out Adrian's section of the Favored Nations site - www.favorednationsacoustic.com/artists/adrian_legg/bio.html

Also, to read an in-depth online review of the CD go here:
www.musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=7157

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Phil has just finished a really long run of work - 50 plus 'We Will Rock You' shows plus various recording commitments and a great Xmas gig down in Weymouth on Dec 21st with Andy Frost and Adam Bushell..... So it's time for a short break before getting back to it all around Jan 11th.
All at philhilborne.com hope you had a fantastic Xmas and we wish you all the best for 2003!......