I just recently stepped back into my recording studio the other day to continue work on my forthcoming CD, “Tears in the rain”.
You can hear some demo samples at www.myspace.com/markjohnsonsolo
I had taken a break from the project as I was running dry on creative juice. Doing these things all on your own is really hard [...]
Hi All.
Well, today I’m doing my first product review. This one is for the Bose PAS/L1.
First up, the opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own and are not those neccessarily shared by the Bose corporation.
Ok, all the official crap is now out of the way. Let’s get into it.
First up, I am in [...]
Welcome to another Improve Your Music Podcast. In this interview I’m talking with Aussie guitar legend, Kevin Borich. We met up at the Coogee Bay Hotel on a Thursday afternoon for what was more of a “free discussion” than a detailed structured interview. Kevin will be celebrating his 60th birthday soon but shows no signs [...]
Greetings one and all. In this article I wanted to have a look at a particular guitar solo. Namely the little gem performed by Danny Cedrone for Bill Haley and the comets on the classic, “Rock around the clock”. I had just finished knocking this one up in my studio to use as a backing [...]
Welcome to another Improve Your Music podcast. In this installment I’m talking with renowned jazz guitarist, George Golla. At 71 years of age, George is still going strong and is a regular feature on the live music scene. Any guitarist who knows his history knows George Golla.I’d never met George until I conducted this interview [...]
Welcome to another Improve Your Music Podcast. In this installment I’m going to be talking with Peter Pik, Sydney based solo guitarist who specialises in the finger-picking style of guitar playing. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Peter personally for a number of years now, but due to both our busy schedules, it’s often a [...]
Update: Welcome one and all to our very first podcast. At the end of this article you will find a link to hear Mark Johnson explaining and demonstrating some of the techniques discussed in this series of articles on soloing. Mark has worked hard on getting this series and its’ accompanying podcast out and I [...]
So you’ve looked at the basic Pentatonic scale and now you want to liven it up a bit.Excellent Grasshopper.As I mentioned before, the Pentatonic scale is the basis of my soloing Kung Fu, and my Kung Fu is strong. I assume if you’ve grasped the principles of part one, then yours too is becoming somewhat [...]
I want to address in this installment the almost lost art of soloing. Why? Because it’s what I get asked about the most.I may have to spread this across a couple of installments, but let’s see how we go.
In years gone by, I was a total guitar meglomaniac and everything had to have a screaming [...]
Welcome to the first installment in a new series of interviews that I’ve entitled “10 Questions”. As usual I’ve tested this out on my friend and fellow contributor Mark Johnson first, with instructions to pass the questions on to a few others. Stay tuned for more in what should be a great series. Mark Gibson.
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