"On The Rebound - Jim McGorman Newsletter" Issue #33 April 29th, 2011 Hello Jim McGorman Fans! Jim with Avril in Sydney, Australia! Jim with Avril at 2DayFM, Sydney, Australia - click to view in full! Jim is currently serving as Avril Lavigne's Musical Director and on tour playing rhythm guitar and backing vocals during The Black Star Tour. On March 30th, Jim was in Sydney, Australia for a promo visit with Avril. Marica (the Sydney part of sunfired.net), had the opportunity to catch up with Jim and attend 2DayFm World Famous Rooftop mini-concert. We are pleased to share the album of truly awesome photos taken at the show. Great photos Marica! Interviews with Sterling Audio, GearWire.com and IconFetch.com! Over the past few months Jim has conducted some pretty cool video and audio interviews for Sterling Audio, Gearwire.com and Iconfetch.com. We have posted all the clips in our new Interviews page on the site. Stayed tuned to sunfired.net as we have one more clip from the Sterling Audio video interview to be posted soon. Guitar World's Lick of The Day App Have an IPAD or IPHONE? Then download Guitar World's Lick of The Day! Checkout Jim demonstrating the rockin' riffs from two The Awesomeness songs including "Get Your Groove On" and "Never Get This Chance." You can find all the appropriate links on our news page. Jim's Gear Section Updated Jim with Avril at Dick Clark New Year's Rockin' Eve, December 31st, 2010 - click to view in full! Without question, Jim has an incredibly impressive collection of musical instruments and equipment. We recently updated our electric guitar page that includes an interesting story about Jim's Gibson SG Custom Guitar. We also invite you to take a look at our entire gear section. Making of Goodbye Lullaby Jim and bandmates are featured in a rehearsal video all part of the extended edition of Avril's new CD Goodbye Lullaby Check it out here! Jim with Avril On Promo Tour! Jim with Avril and bandmates at the official album release (love the green ties!) - click to view in full size! Over the past few months Jim has been globe trotting around the world with Avril. The new year started off with ABC Dick Clark New Year's Rockin' Eve 2011 in NYC, followed by Japan, UK and Europe, Hong Kong, United States promo (including the official CD release party) and Sydney, Australia. We don't want you miss anything, and invite you to peruse all the new videos and galleries below: Gallery 2011 w/Avril Spring Promo Album Videos 2011 w/Avril Avril Thanks Her Band On CD click to view liner notes in full size Jim and bandmates receive a heartfelt and personal thank you from Avril on her official CD liner notes. As dedicated Jim fans, we absolutely wanted to make mention of this because it's incredibly cool and so well deserved for Jim and the entire group! They really are the Best Damn Band! Events With The Black Star Tour ramping up (shows commencing this weekend in China), we'll be constantly updating the events section as new dates are confirmed. Hopefully you'll have the opportunity to see Jim perform with Avril when the tour comes to your region! Gallery and Video Pages For a complete look at our entire endless catalogue of photos, we invite you to check out our Galleries and also our Videos pages for our complete encyclopaedia of collections! Thanks for reading our current newsletter! If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or feedback, please contact us anytime! And as always, check out our site daily for regular ongoing updates, stay tuned for more coming soon!! Continue to stay tuned to Sunfired.net as we anticipate a very busy year with tons of Jim music, news, videos, photos and more!! Cheers!   kim_marica@sunfired.net