Jeremy is nearly finished recording the guitars for his second album. Jeremy is really excited about the record as he has just confirmed that the AMAZING THOMAS LANG (probably the best drummer on the planet) will be playing drums. Thomas is consistently voted number 1 drummer,clinician and all round chops maniac in all the polls, and he is also really excited about the music, which has been described as prog-metal shredding with fusion elements. So with these two insane players the record will be off the richter scale.Stay tuned for release dates.
Jeremy and Thomas have been talking about the possibilty of other projects as well so we'll keep you updated as it happens.
Jeremy will be in Melbourne for JEMFEST (The Steve Vai charity gig) on the 21st of April '07. Jeremy is appearing with Rob Balducci, James Ryan, Cory Jach, Cereal Killer and Doug Steele and his Guitar Fight Club. So get down to the Cornish Arms Hotel in Brunswick on the 21st for the Guiatr fight club at 5pm and the bands start from 6pm.
Jeremy will be doing a clinic on the 19/04/07 with Rob Balducci (from the U.S and GREAT guitarist)at Allans music KEW at 7pm so come down and see two of the Worlds best guitarists up close and personal. Both the guys will be playing tunes, answering questions and just shreddin' it up so get down there and check it out.
There have been some line up changes in JB's band for the upcoming shows, Pete Drummond (drums) is touring with Dragon for a while so Jeremy's long time friend and MONSTER drummer STEVE FULLER will be joining the band. Jeremy is really excited about playing some shows with Steve as they have been trying to work together for some time now. "Steve is amazing and will absolutely blow peoples minds, we can't wait to show him off on the road".
Congrats to Pete King (Keys) as he has just married Christine Kinsley 2 weeks ago. Jeremy is sad to lose Pete from the band as he and Christine are moving to Nashville but we wish them all the best with their new life.
Hey- Finally back in business after a long time last year of website problems (hence the lack of updates last year)we are good to go again.
2006 was a great year for JB and alot happened but as we couldn't keep you all updated at the time we will summarise for you now-
Jeremy played many shows and did many clinics last year some of the highlights are as follows-
In April '06 Jeremy played at the Melbourne Guitar Show- On Saturday the 22nd Jeremy and his band pulled out a stunning performance which left 300+ guitarists absolutely speechless. Jeremy and the boys played tunes from Jeremy's cd and some new tunes and Jeremy pulled out some of the new techniques he had been working on at the time which had the crowd gawking in sheer disbelief.
Jeremy also did a shred workshop at the Melbourne guitar show, which 450 guitarists came to, to get an insight into Jeremy's jawdropping speed and technique at which Jeremy demonstrated 16th notes at 500, 550 and 600bpm on his metronome.He then played some tunes that he wrote for the clinic and answered questions for over an hour.
Jeremy also did several other shows and workshops across the country in '06 ranging everywhere from Cowra, Canberra, South Australia, Queensland and several shows at Sydney's "The Basement" which he did with his touring band (Pete Drummond- drums, Joe Manton- Bass and Pete King- Keys) and also with Pete Drummond's touring band (Jeremy - Guitars,Bill Risby Keys and Emile Nelson Bass)All theses shows were huge successes seeing the music community in all areas come out only to get blown away by the amazing performances.
Jeremy also performed at the Adelaide Guitar show in October '06 without the band, but even with his trusty backing tracks Jeremy still left the Adelaide guitar lads in awe. With the backing tracks Jeremy was able to play some very new material that the band have not yet learned including a track called ENGINE which features Jeremy harmonizing with himself at 16ths @400bpm so that was a crowd pleaser.
In November Jeremy was back in Melbourne again for the Fret Net fundraiser which he headlined with the amazing Brett Garsed and upcoming guitar hero James Ryan opened the show. Thanks to James R for the use of his amp and you can believe that many notes were played and Jeremy's open guitar solo was beyond belief. The boys really dug playing with Brett and James (who were also both KILLER) and hope to do so REAL SOON.
Thanks to all the fans that came out, hung out and rocked out at all the shows last year and I swear we will keep the website way more updated this year now the technical difficulties have been sorted.
Rock on
HOLD THE PRESSES!!!!
Jeremy will be appearing in Melbourne for the historic inaugural FRET NET PBS FM Benefit Gig! This is the biggest Australian guitar gig ever, with Jeremy Barnes, Brett Garsed and James Ryan all performing, with their bands. Brett is one of the world's best guitarists, and James is killer too.
Tickets are $10 for PBS members and $25 for non-members. All proceeds go towards PBS FM, who have championed Jeremy's music on the Fret Net guitar music radio show.
Check out the FRET NET gig at Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne, 7pm, Sunday the 26th of November. Jeremy and the band are really looking forward to going back to Melbourne and playing in front of their huge fan base down there.
Jeremy will be appearing at Allan\'s Music Alexandria on the 14th and 15th of January. The 14th will be a workshop where Jeremy will cover advanced techniques, his gear and there will be an opportunity for the audience to ask Jeremy questions the workshop starts at 2.15 pm. On the 15th at 2.30pm Jeremy will be performing with his band so come on down and we'll play some tunes for ya.
Jeremy will be doing a show in Cowra on the 25th of January. Stay tuned for the details.
Jeremy will be appearing at the grand opening of the new Billy Hydes store at Camperdown on Saturday 19/11/05.Jeremy and his band will be onstage at 8.00pm and will do a 1 hour set which will include a couple of new tunes so get down there and check it out.
Jeremy played at the Australian Live Music Awards on May 9th.Jeremy was invited as a guest guitarist to play insane licks as presenters at the awards show approached the stage.Apart from freaking out the bands there for the awards, Jeremy got to hang out with Tommy Lee from Motley Crue who was in town for the show.
Jeremy appeared live on Mornings with Kerrie-Anne on May 27 for an interview and demonstration of what 45 notes per second sounds like.The interview was part of a huge media month for Jeremy, which included several radio interviews, magazine articles and 2 T.V appearances.
Jeremy was interviewed on World Radio 2 with Nick Bennett and was interviewed on ABC radio the same day.Jeremy demonstrated several of his amazing techniques in both interviews.
Jeremy appeared on the Channel V show \\'What you want\\' for another demo of his extreme guitar techniques.Jeremy was also asked to judge the \\"up and coming young shredder comp hosted by Channel V.
Jeremy\\'s music has been getting a lot of airplay on Melbournes\\' FRETNET Radioshow.FRETNET Radio is a guitar showon Melbourne radio hosted by Steve Passiouris.Steve plays all the great guitar music on his show and is a big fan Jeremy\\'s.So tune in to PBS 106.7 FM on Tuesday nights between 7pm-8pm and check out the shred.
After a very busy first half of 2005 Jeremy and the band have had 2 months off from the clinic tour.The guys have used the break to write some tunes for a band album (Alien Chopshop) which will hopefully be recorded early \\'06. Jeremy has also written and recorded some new tunes of his own for album number 2.
Jeremy did a masterclass in Wollongong in August.A packed house of guitarists came to see Jeremy talk about and demonstrate advanced guitar techniques and play some tunes from his current album and gave a sneak preview performance of a new tune.
Jeremy did a clinic/perfomance with the band in Canberra on the 11th of October.After shredding up tunes both old and new at an overflowing Davis and Wheeler Music, Jeremy went on to demonstrate extreme guitar techniques, talk about his gear, play 16th notes at an astonishing 600 bpm and then do an encyclopedia of licks from the audiences favourite guitarists.Thanks to the Davis and Wheeler boys for their hospitality, Jeremy and the guys had a lot of fun and will hopefully be back soon to do it all again.
BRISBANE-Jeremy was in Brisbane for the Bribane guitar show and other clinics on the 22nd and 23rd of October.After flying in Saturday morning jeremy did a performance at the grand opening of the new Music Spot store to a crowd of shred loving guitarists.Jeremy premiered the latest tune he has completed,the 14 minute \\"CAIRO\\" and played a 10 tune set to the enthusiastic crowd who braved the QLD heat to watch Jeremy play and then get to ask him questions.
BRISBANE GUITAR SHOW-Jeremy was invited to play at the Brisbane guiatr show as one of the main guitarists along with Brett Garsed.Jeremy did a masterclass on Saturday afternoon and demonstrated his gear and jaw dropping technical ability to the very eager crowd (which included Brett Garsed and Simon Gardner).Jeremy also played 6 tunes in the clinic.
On Sunday the 23rd, Jeremy did a set on the main stage at the Brisbane Guitar show and again premiered another new tune, the shredfest \\'BREATHE\\'.The Brisbane Guitar show was a great success and Jeremy made many new friends and fans in Brisbane.Thanks to Rob Walker and the Allans music team for putting on such an excellent event and stay tuned for more Guitar shows around the country next year which Jeremy will be appearing at.
JEMFEST is still on ! We do not have a date yet but keep checking back and we will post the dates as soon as we have them.Jemfest will feature Jeremy and Brett Garsed and will be a great show for fans of the guitar so if you\\'re in Melbourne when it happens C U THERE.
Jeremy will appear on 2 trcks on the performance section of PETE DRUMMONDS instructional DVD.Pete is Jeremy\\'s drummer and one of the best drummers on the planet so his DVD will be a must see for all musicians not just drummers.
Jeremy will be playing at the Frankston Guitar fesival IN Melbourne \\'06.Jeremy will be appearing with the band and everyone is looking forward to getting back to Melbourne to do some gigs.
There will be an addition to Jeremy\\'s band in keyboardist PETE KING. Pete is a great player who will add another dimension to the band and Jeremy,Pete D and Joe are looking forward to the sonic expansion that will happen with a keys player.
As always gigs often come up at the last minute so stay tuned to the site and come out and see Jeremy and the guys rip it up.We swear that we will update the site A LOT more regularly. Thanks for checking out the site and we\\'ll see you on the road.