Magazines, Magazines, Magazines
This December has been very busy on the Magazine/Writing front. Phil has had articles/recordings published in 4 different titles 'Guitar World' (see below), 'Rhythm' (he recorded the Nicko McBrain Masterclass for their CD), 'Guitar Techniques' (1 min lick, Paul Gilbert Masterclass & recording Shaun Baxters new article) and finally 'Total Guitar Acoustic Special' (Phil re-mastered and re-compiled the Eric Roche track). Phew! - Roll On Xmas - hopefully time for a rest eh! . . . . .

Guitar World Magazine
In the December 2005 issue of the American magazine Guitar World Phil and Jamie Humphries have had a 25 licks feature published. Phil transcribed 18 of the licks and Jamie did the remaining 7. In the USA we believe the magazine comes with a CD however, in Europe there is no CD.

Website - www.guitarworld.com

Cordial Leads
Phil has recently started to use & endorse Cordial leads - they are great!
Currently there are adverts in magazines such as Guitarist and Guitar Buyer.

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Cordial website - www.cordial-gmbh.de/en
UK Distributor - www.stringmaster.co.uk

Clinic Dates
Phil is doing 3 UK guitar clinics in Birmingham, Exeter & Southampton for the Academy Of Music & Sound and also 1 clinic in Colchester for Colchester Institute. All the dates are early 2006 - please check the shows guide for details.

Nicko McBrain Clinic Tour
The UK Premier clinic tour that Phil, Nicko McBrain & Andy Frost did in Sept-Oct is now over. It was a really great success. Loads of thanks to everyone who turned out to see us - we had a brilliant time! Hopefully we will do it again in the not too distant future.

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Nicko McBrain Clinic Tour
Phil and Andy Frost are joining Nicko McBrain for a series of drum clinic dates around the UK. The first is at the drummer live show at Wembley Conference Centre on the 25th of September and the last is at the Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh on the 3rd of October.

Please check the shows section of the site for further details.

Eric Roche
It is with great sadness that we have to report the passing of Eric Roche.
He died at 3.00am this morning after a long battle with cancer. We would like to pass on our sincere condolences to Eric's family and also really urge you to show them your support at this very difficult time by buying the recently released
'For Eric' CD - as you probably know, all the money raised via sales of this CD will go directly to help Eric's family.

'For Eric' CD and benefit gig
The 'For Eric' CD is now available on the store section of the site. Please note that the money raised from the sale of this CD will go directly to Eric's family to help them out at this difficult time. Buy Here >

The Benefit gig at Bath Assembly rooms on the 16th of August was a great success. The show lasted nearly 4 hours and featured sets from Phil & Jamie Humphries, Martin Taylor, Gordon Giltrap, Clive Carroll, Stewart Ryan, Aziz Ibrahim, Benny Gallagher and David Mead. The venue was packed out and ended up with everyone playing together for the finale! £6,054.88 was raised for Eric's family.

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Eric Roche
Phil's long-time friend and musical collaborator Eric Roche is sadly very ill at the moment and recently Phil has just completed a 20 track compilation CD - featuring tracks from Eric Roche, Clive Carroll, Adrian Legg, Gordon Giltrap, Martin Taylor, Stewart Ryan, Guthrie Govan, Shaun Baxter, Phil Hilborne, Jamie Humphries, Neville Marten, Jason Sidwell, Andy Jones, Pete Callard, Lee Hodgson, Tristian Seume, Giorgio Serci, Richard Stokkereit, David Mead, Dave Kilminster & Fraser Thorneycroft Smith.

This CD will be available at the Bath benefit gig on the 16th of August and hopefully shortly after via this site - all proceeds will be going to Eric's family - more news soon.

Guitar Break Weekend
On the weekend of the 24th-26th of June Phil taught at the first 'Guitar Break' weekend in Kenilworth. The weekend was a great success and there are many more planned for the future. For more info and also to see a write up about the weekend check out www.guitarbreak.com or call 0845 4587372

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Iron Maiden.com
Nicko's diary entry for 31/05/2005 - 'Nicko in Prague' has a detailed account of the rehearsals and gigs at the London Guitar Show.

Check it out! - www.ironmaiden.com

London Guitar Show
We had a great time playing at the show - It was a real treat to have Andy Frost back again and also to be able to work with Bruce Dickinson again.
Here's what the promoters said about the weekend -
"The highlight of the show has to be Bruce Dickinson getting up on stage with Phil Hilborne and Nicko McBrain to do 'Run to the Hills' with all 3500 seats in the Grand Hall filled. And once again the Hamsters playing a blistering R&B set with Slim and the boys confirming their position as one of the best live acts in the UK.."
Clive Morton - Organiser - MB Media Ltd
Publishers of the UK's No. 1 Guitar Gear Magazine - Guitar Buyer

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p.s. We will be playing there again next Year: 6th & 7th May 2006!

W.M.Studios
Phil will shortly be advertising guitar masterclasses which will be taking place at W.M.Studios. Classes will be strictly limited to a maximum of 15 people and will comprise of. . . . . 5 hours tuition 10:30 am - 4:30 pm on Saturdays (including 1 hour lunch break). If you are interested please email: classes@philhilborne.com and we will put your name on the list!

W.M.Studios
The new W.M.Studios is now pretty much up and running. . . . . pictures soon!
Recent clients were 'Spencer Devere' who had their 2 track CD mastered by Phil.

For info on W.M.Studios booking email: W.M.Studios@philhilborne.com

No More BIMM
Please note that Phil is no longer associated in any way with the Brighton Institute of Modern Music (BIMM). Please refer all future questions regarding anything BIMM related directly to them via their website.

Return of Andy Frost
Original PHB Bassist/Vocalist Andy Frost will now be playing on both days with Phil, Nicko and Geoff at the London Guitar Show. . . . . should be fun!

London Guitar Show
Due to Jaz Lochrie's commitments with the Billy Elliot musical he will not be playing on the Saturday of the London Guitar Show. . . . . he might however be guesting on the Sunday.

Hannah Jane Fox Gig
Hannah's showcase gig at the Luminaire was a great success. Hannah now has her own website too - see links page.

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WWRY + 'CLIVE AID' !!!!!
On Saturday the 19th Phil played the 7.30pm show at WWRY and then afterwards rushed quickly over to the Ruskin Arms in Manor Park to play (till 2am!) with Iron Maiden Tribute Band - Ironically Maiden as part of their 'Clive Aid' event.

The evening was a great success and raised a lot of money for ex Iron Maiden Drummer Clive Burr who is suffering from MS.

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