Mike Martin’s Notes

Hey guys,
Just a quick note until I can sit and write a full blog.

Hopefully you are following me on Twitter by now!
www.twitter.com/2of5
This is a great way to keep up with my day to day stuff.I have updated all of my upcoming shows on my MySpace page and will get my site updated here very soon:
www.myspace.com/mikemartinband
Take note of the upcoming webcasts and online / radio interviews!

I have also created a FaceBook page too where you can hear all of “2 of 5″ and stay updated on news and shows if you’re in that Universe:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Mike-Martin/17079764604

Fozzy’s new album “Chasing The Grail” is almost finished. We’ve been in the studio for the last several months working on our follow up to “All That Remains” and this one will not dissapoint! I am contributing a 13 minute progressive metal opus to the cd entitled “Wormwood”. Mr. Jericho penned all of the lyrics and I went into a fever dream to compose an epic work about the end of the world. I’m very pleased with it. Some of my best writing and guitar work to date. Also a a display of my classical composing style, string arranging skill and vision as a producer. It will be a stand out track on what is already anticipated to be Fozzy’s best record yet! We are all very excited to say the least!

For all news about Fozzy and “Chasing The Grail” please got to:
www.fozzyrock.com
www.myspace.com/fozzytour

More gear news coming very soon as well. But very briefly, I am pleased to announce that I am now endorsing Peavey Guitars! I have been working in a few of the Rotor models around Atlanta and one has been used entirely to record “Wormwood”. I’ll be going through the details of this axe in a podcast soon. This is a great pairing for me as I have been an avid Peavey amp user for many years!

For more information, please visit:
www.peavey.com

Lot’s more news coming soon. Stay Tuned!

Hey Guys,I’ve been a bit lazy when it comes to learning everyting that there is to know about amplifiers, voltage, resistance, etc. I’ve lived, worked (and played!) by the “Keep It Simple Stupid!” rule. So I only use matched Ohms on cabinets if I pair 2 of them with a single head that allows for switching the Ohm rating coming out of the amp. I have only been in a few situations where the need for pairing mismatched Ohms has raised the question of how not to blow up my amp! One of those days is today. So I decided to use the internet (a very popular source of information!) and learn the rule (at least as far as it concern guitar amps and cabs) once and for all. I discovered the following website and I have to say that I’m impressed with their ability to get a dummy like me to understand it! So I wanted to pass this along for anyone here who might have run up on this question themselves.http://www.legendarytones.com/ohms.html Now go play some guitar!