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Lead Guitar and Follow Guitar
You have spent a fair amount of time developing your chops, getting comfortable moving around the fretboard, honing your ear for exciting and explosive lead lines. Now, you are a lead guitarist and you want to let loose. When the … Continue reading
Music Stores
There are only two kinds of stores that I like to go in purely for the sake of browsing, trying things on for size, often with little or no intention of buying – book stores and music stores. Record stores … Continue reading
Four Ways to Make Yourself Desirable
While this may seem like a topic more suited for a glossy newsstand magazine than for a music blog it is an important subject for guitar players. There are four ways to approach your playing that will help make you … Continue reading
Making Musical Sense
A number of years ago I had the opportunity to take a class with renowned jazz guitarist Herb Ellis. As one friend said at the time, ”Herb has more swing when he snaps his fingers than a lot of people … Continue reading
Artists and Engineers
I was reading an interview with Bil VornDick in Premier Guitar magazine the other day. http://digital.premierguitar.com/premierguitar/201304_1#pg128. Bil is a very successful, highly respected Nashville engineer and producer who has been practicing his craft for many years. I have been thrashing … Continue reading
Steve Cropper
You have to be impressed with someone whose sound and style defined a musical genre while their name remained unknown to the majority of people hearing the music. As a founding member of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. … Continue reading
Guitarists You Know By Ear
How many guitarists do you know by ear? You know, those players that you recognize after hearing three or four notes, even if you’ve never heard the song before. Most serious music fans have at least a couple and, I … Continue reading
Mark Knopfler – Accompany Yourself!
Name as many acts as you can where the lead singer, main songwriter and lead guitarist are the same person. The list is pretty short. For my money, and there’s not too much of it, Mark Knopfler has to be … Continue reading
David Rawlings
David Rawlings is a multi-instrumentalist, primarily guitar, who uses his substantial abilities in an accompanist role. Rawlings writes and records often with Gillian Welch. The music these two craft sounds as if it came from another era and another place. … Continue reading
Larry Campbell
Larry Campbell is a multi-instrumentalist and producer with an impressive list of credits. With a career as a supporting musician that dates back to 1980 he has recorded and performed with musicians including Shawn Colvin, Roseanne Cash, Levon Helm, Jorma … Continue reading
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