"Six-String Extremes" is the first speaker melting volume in the new Progressive Arts Music series, Fresh Blood. This first volume highlights four of the worlds hottest guitar talents: Texas progressive guitar master Joel Gregoire (guitarist for prog-metallers Stride, who will release their debut album for the Sensory label in October of 2005, and a feature instructor for the renowned National Guitar Workshop), New Jersey jazz fusion afficianado Scott Lerner (who lends his John Scofield meets Robben Ford style to this release), the diverse country pckin' meets Eric Johnson stylings of Houstonite Scott A. Smith, and the unique jazz meets rock intensity of New England's Scott Hughes. "Six-String Extremes" not only gives listeners great music, but also comes enhanced with video clips from all 4 artists, transcriptions from Gregoire and Smith, bonus full-length MP3's from the Progressive Arts Music catalog, a flash presentation from the great guitar instruction company Chops From Hell, and freed Adobe and Powertab Software.