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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 [...]
Kirby Kelly has been involved with NGW for quite a while. Recently, he entered the Guitar Center King of The Blues Competition and made it all the way to the finals. A good friend, Pauline France (@paulinepr) was there covering the event for iHeartGuitar and texted me the news that Kirby had walked away with [...]
This past spring, we made some promo videos featuring our alumni and faculty. Personally, my favorite videos were the ones with Dave Smolover. Dave began the National Guitar Workshop in 1984 and since then has branched out to DayJams, National Guitar Workshop Publications and WorkshopLive.
Last night I went to a great venue in Norfolk, Connecticut called Infinity Hall to see one guitarist that I have yet to see live.
Bill Frisell. He was just coming off of his annual two week stand with Paul Motian and Joe Lovano at the Village Vanguard. Bill’s trio included Rudy Royston on Drums and [...]
In: 7 Questions| Video
3 Sep 2009
Of course, Steve Vai hardly needs an introduction. As one of the leading guitar virtousos of his generation he has achieved a legendary place in mainstream guitar culture. We were lucky enough to have Steve as a guest this past summer at NGW and the feedback I heard from the students was amazing.
I am [...]
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.