Here’s some very nice Steel String Acoustic Guitar by an Australian based Acoustic Guitarist called Peter Miller. Peter will be performing on the same bill as the great French based guitar player Pierre Bensusan at the Soundlounge on the Gold Coast Queensland. The song is called Full Flight Here is a link to Peter [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 28, 2009
Acoustic Guitarist Earth Hour
Earth Hour Earth Hour from an Acoustic Guitarist point of View. So Earth Hour came and went here. It caught me on the back foot this year. I had been thinking of some ideas to save energy, like asking my family to stand still for an hour, breathe slower to save oxygen, and [...]
March 24, 2009
Acoustic Guitar Blogger Interview
Recently I had contact with one of the other guitar sites and they asked me to do an interview as part of their Guitar Hero series, not the virtual Guitar Hero, but one’s that have spent their lives fine tuning their skills. I very much appreciate being part of their series because I understand [...]
March 19, 2009
How to Improvise on Guitar – Part 5
A lot of guitar players I’ve met feel a little intimidated when they see anything more than a normal set of Major, Minor or Seventh chords. What I’ve done in this article is create a simple exercise to help train the ear a little more for dealing with chords which have additional notes. The chords [...]
March 18, 2009
Michael Hedges Youtube Harp Guitar
For those of you who remember the great (late) Michael Hedges, here is in action. I was also most interested when Jazz Guitar player Pat Martino recorded with Michael Hedges on Both Sides Now (Martino album). Many may not be aware that Michael Hedges also recorded a song called Bensusan, dedicated to Pierre Bensusan, and [...]
March 15, 2009
Norman Savitt – Acoustic Guitar Player Part 2
Norman Savitt Here’s Part 2 of my posts about Acoustic Guitar Players. This one is about Norman Savitt To quote from the Balkan Records Site “Norman Savitt is a unique acoustic guitarist with a versatility, texture and expression that is distinct and timeless. His debut CD, “Norman Savitt and Friends”, brings Norman together with [...]
March 15, 2009
Jimi Hendrix Acoustic Youtube – Hound Dog
It’s 40 years since since I first heard Hendrix, I have never seen this. Jimi Hendrix playing Hound Dog on acoustic guitar. An absolute gem of a find. wow! Thanks to John Francis for bringing it to my attention John Francis
March 13, 2009
Dan Tharp – Acoustic Guitar Player Part 1
The beauty of the Blog / Web technology that we have at our finger tips now is it gives people like myself who like people and music the ability to quickly put information out to a broad audience. Readers of my guitar blog sites would recognise by now that I’m always trying to support players [...]
March 12, 2009
Gordon Giltarp Youtube – Cakewalk Blues
You may or may not be familiar with the guitarist Gordon Giltrap, but for those of you that have heard of the brilliant Scottish Jazz guitar player Martin Taylor, Gordon has recorded with Martin. For me that was a surprise because of my memories of Gordon’s album Perilous Journey which came out some years ago. [...]
March 10, 2009
Pierre Bensusan Australian Tour Schedule
A number of people have had trouble finding out info about the Pierre Bensusan Tour and Workshops If you love acoustic guitar it would a tragedy to miss Bensusan Live APRIL 2009 1-26 AUSTRALIA 3 GOLD COAST, QLD The Sound Lounge, Currumbin RSL, Currumbin Creek Rd (Gold Coast), 8:30pm, t. 07 55 347 999, Website 4 SYDNEY – LEICHHART, NSW The Bald [...]
March 9, 2009
Phil Keaggy Youtube Legacy
Here is a tune on Yotube Video by the great acoustic fingerstye guitar player Phil Keaggy. It starts off as a reasonably simple tune but then develops with some rather interesting techniques, it’s a very nice acoustic piece. I was recently introduced to this piece by Peter Miller, an Australian Fingerstyle acoustic guitar player who is playing [...]
March 7, 2009
John Cephas – Moves On
The guitar world was saddened by the death of Blues Player John Cephas For further news about the passing of John Cephas News To go the official site of John Cephas With Deepest Respect and Condolences to Johns Family
March 3, 2009
Guitar Weekend Workshop Los Angeles
GUITAR WEEKEND WORKSHOP in LA by OUTSTANDING SESSION PLAYER – Greg Poree As a musician myself who has played guitar for near 40 years, it astonishes me how much information is now available for musicians / guitarists who are wanting to take their playing to the next level. In my role as a passionate guitar [...]
March 2, 2009
How to Get Back into Playing Guitar After You Forgot You Had One
Over the years I’ve noticed that a lot of guitar players start playing, then they hit points in their life where other things take over and music drops to the background, their guitar that they so passionately treasured just sits in the corner of a room to gather dust. I’ll side track a [...]
