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In: Guitar| Guitar Lessons| Video
19 Feb 2010When I first started playing guitar my family couldn’t afford lessons right away so I relied on the monthly magazines for most of my early instruction. Then one day a friend of mine loaned me a VHS tape of John Petrucci’s Rock Discipline.
It was over.
It might be hard to believe, but I was quite the [...]
In: Guitar Lessons
18 Feb 2010I was lucky enough to be asked to contribute some articles to the April issue of GuitarEdge magazine. This is starting to become a regular thing for me and I am really enjoying contributing to a magazine that is more focused on education.
Here are the links for the articles:
Style File: Russell Malone
TipJar: Rootless Voicings
Workin’ Band: [...]
In: Guitar Lessons
24 Jan 2010I was lucky enough to be asked to do some writing for GuitarEdge magazine. The lessons are in the March issue with Alice in Chains on the cover. GuitarEdge is a magazine that contains mostly transcriptions and lessons with a few articles about gear and artists. As a guitar teacher I really like this magazine [...]
In: Guitar Lessons| Reviews
9 Jan 2010One of the most difficult parts of learning a new style is developing a basic vocabulary. Most times that involves long hours of transcribing licks from your favorite musicians. Although I believe that is the most effective way, another option is to analyze and play pre-written etudes. Guitarist Joshua Breakstone presents a collection of [...]
In: Guitar Lessons
1 Nov 2009John Coltrane was one of the most gifted musicians of all time. Coltrane developed a sound and a method of playing that is emulated by almost every jazz musician today. When I was in Grad School, one of the concepts we covered in improv class was Coltrane’s Three Tonic System. The most famous example of [...]
I am a guitarist, writer and teacher living in Connecticut. During the day I work for the National Guitar Workshop as Director of Marketing and Artist Relations.