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16 Dec 2009What was your first experience playing music?
I think when I was 7 or 8 I first took piano lessons, then piccolo lessons. I remember my piano teacher pacing back & forth behind me with his head in his hands; not encouraging. I taught myself guitar when I got the measles. I was very bored, [...]
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25 Nov 2009I first met Jeff a few years ago when he returned to teaching at NGW after a bit of a hiatus. There are few musicians around that are as versatile as Jeff. As you can tell from his website (jeffmcerlain.com) he is a very busy guy. You can usually find him teaching, performing and producing [...]
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12 Nov 2009Amanda Monaco is a jazz guitarist based out of NYC. I first met her one summer at NGW where she is a faculty member (and before that an intern and alum). She recently completed the NYC Marathon and is playing and teaching all over the place.
Make sure to check out her blog and website at [...]
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5 Nov 2009Describe your first experience playing music.
My first experiences playing music were my goofing around with my first guitar at 5, guitar/theory lessons when I was six, recorder ensemble during my elementary education. But my first musical EXPERIENCE was putting on records by The Beatles, Wilson Pickett, Aretha, Eddie Floyd, Credence, Ahmad Jamal, Ken Nordine,Kai Winding, [...]
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27 Oct 2009Describe your first experience playing music.
I got my first guitar for my 11th birthday. It was a cheap flattop with a bolt-on neck and a floating fingerboard.
I had to stuff cardboard under the fingerboard extension to make the action playable. There was a book called “Play In A Day” by Bert Weedon, a well-known British [...]
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