Hi all. Been a bit slow getting new articles in here as I’ve been flat out getting a new project together. Check out my web site, blah, blah, blah. OK…down to business. I’ve been frequenting my local guitar shop a fair bit of late. I won’t name it because they don’t give [...]
M.G. beat me to the punchline on this one, but here’s my tilt on it.
Having just Launched a new band myself, the audition process is still very fresh in my mind. The biggest single area that let alot of the candidates down was preparation. Especially the auditions for lead vocalist.
The first point of contact [...]
Many great articles have been written on the subject of practice. This is my tilt on practice as it’s something I get asked about quite frequently.
I’m one of those musicians that other musicians often love to hate. Why? because I’m what has been termed as “a natural musician”. It is a real term. Look it [...]
This article has been inspired by my 17 year old son, who is a budding bass player, drummer, guitarist. He has a high degree of “natural ability” when it comes to picking up instruments. Not surprising when you consider his mother is a pianist and his father a guitarist. In our house, if you can’t [...]
Talking to students about scales puts about as big an enthusiastic smile on their faces as the prospect of going to the dentist for root canal therapy. In other words, enthusiasm levels = zero.
I must confess that I too find them as boring as watching paint dry, but this doesn’t negate their importance in [...]
Yes, that is indeed the question in this article.
If I had a dollar for every time I’d been asked that question after a gig.I thought I’d have a little squiz at some of the basic, more common guitar effects in use these days in this installment.
What I will make abundantly clear before I get [...]
Yes, that is indeed the question in this article.
I am now going to throw down an insult to guitarists everywhere. But while it’s seems an insult, it is still an indesputable fact. Guitarists are notoriously the worst sight readers on the planet. There are several reasons, note I said, “reasons”, not excuses, [...]
Well here it is, our first guest contributor. Please welcome Mark Johnson from Inner Secrets, The Australian Santana Show. Mark is a brilliant guitarist who I’ve had the pleasure of working with in many bands over many years. He has a great deal of experience and I look forward to his regular contributions to [...]