CategoriesAcoustic Guitar Acoustic Music Electric Guitar Guitar Accompaniment Guitar Players Guitar Technique Lead Guitar and Follow Guitar Posted onSeptember 27, 2013 You have spent a fair amount of time developing your chops, getting comfortable moving around the fretboard, honing your ear … Continue ReadingLead Guitar and Follow Guitar
CategoriesAcoustic Guitar Acoustic Music Electric Guitar Guitar Accompaniment Guitar Players Guitar Technique Four Ways to Make Yourself Desirable Posted onApril 2, 2013September 11, 2013 While this may seem like a topic more suited for a glossy newsstand magazine than for a music blog it … Continue ReadingFour Ways to Make Yourself Desirable
CategoriesAcoustic Guitar Acoustic Music Electric Guitar Guitar Accompaniment Guitar Technique Learn the fretboard Posted onMarch 28, 2013September 11, 2013 Being a valuable accompanist requires you to play a complementary role to the player or singer you are accompanying. One … Continue ReadingLearn the fretboard
CategoriesAcoustic Guitar Electric Guitar Guitar Accompaniment Guitar Players Guitar Technique Guitarists Making Musical Sense Posted onMarch 20, 2013September 11, 2013 A number of years ago I had the opportunity to take a class with renowned jazz guitarist Herb Ellis. As … Continue ReadingMaking Musical Sense
CategoriesAcoustic Guitar Electric Guitar Guitar Accompaniment Guitar Technique Frank and Horns Posted onJanuary 11, 2013 I like Frank Sinatra. I didn’t always. My parents would play his records when I was a kid. When I … Continue ReadingFrank and Horns
CategoriesAcoustic Blues Acoustic Guitar Acoustic Rock Americana Electric Guitar Folk Music Guitar Accompaniment Guitar Technique Roots Music Air Posted onNovember 30, 2012September 11, 2013 I was visiting a friend’s recording studio today and listening to some songs he was in the process of mixing. … Continue ReadingAir
CategoriesBlues Electric Guitar Guitar Accompaniment Guitar Players Guitar Technique Guitarists Steve Cropper Posted onMarch 22, 2012 You have to be impressed with someone whose sound and style defined a musical genre while their name remained unknown … Continue ReadingSteve Cropper
CategoriesAcoustic Music Electric Guitar Guitar Accompaniment Guitar Players Guitar Technique Guitarists Mark Knopfler – Accompany Yourself! Posted onFebruary 10, 2012 Name as many acts as you can where the lead singer, main songwriter and lead guitarist are the same person. … Continue ReadingMark Knopfler – Accompany Yourself!
CategoriesAcoustic Guitar Electric Guitar Guitar Technique Guitarists “I’m Already Playing Too Many Notes!” Posted onFebruary 7, 2012 A few weeks ago I watched a video from Christie’s, the famous auction house. It seems that Richard Gere was … Continue Reading“I’m Already Playing Too Many Notes!”
CategoriesAcoustic Guitar Electric Guitar Guitar Accompaniment Guitar Technique Editing Your Playing Posted onDecember 8, 2011 A lot of guitar players who are good (or at least, adequate) accompanists have spent a lot of time practicing … Continue ReadingEditing Your Playing