Posts Tagged ‘Pat Metheny

One of the most viewed posts I have written was the post about Pat Metheny’s Orchestrion Project.  Nothing was especially groundbreaking or news-worthy about it, I just thought it was really interesting.  Since that time I have been thinking about what little we know about it and how (or if) that will effect the success [...]

Update: Here is a follow up post – If I was Pat Metheny
We recently had Pat Metheny as a guest at our Purchase, NY campus for our Jazz Summit.  During that appearance, he went into a bit of (more) detail about his latest project entiled “The Orchestrion Project”.
Here is a descripton from his website:
“Orchestrionics” is [...]

Playing Catch Up

In: Guitar

5 Feb 2009

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So mostly due to deadlines at work and post NAMM craziness, I have been absent.
Matt Warnock, a guitar professor at Western Illinois University recently interviewed me for the MusicEdMagic Website.  You can read it here.
Also, we have announced some of our guest artists for our campuses this summer.
National Guitar Workshop’s 2009 Guest Artist [...]

Kurt Rosenwinkel

In: Guitar

18 Dec 2008

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To have a unique voice on an instrument is the goal of every artist.  The ability to identify a musician by how they manipulate their instrument is something you don’t need inherent musical talent to be able to do.  You just need to have an emotional connection to a certain sound that triggers [...]

Pat Metheny

In: Guitar

10 Dec 2008

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I don’t remember the first time I heard Pat Metheny’s music, but I do remember the first time I “got it”.  I was in a used CD store in Asheville, North Carolina when I saw a used copy of Pat’s “Question and Answer” album.
I went back to my room and [...]


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