by Simon Cassidy | May 19, 2012 | Featured Student, Uncategorized
I have had the pleasure of knowing the musical Green family for a few years now. First Bela started lessons as an accomplished Grade 8 Classical Guitarist who wanted a conversion course to Country / Blues / Rock Music – that worked and she now plays and sings...
by Simon Cassidy | May 19, 2012 | EKO Guitars, Electro-Acoustic Guitars, Featured Student, Uncategorized
Robyn was lucky enough to receive a surprise guitar package on Christmas morning and duly attended her first guitar lesson in the Christmas holidays. Robyn hadn’t touched a guitar before then and she hadn’t sang in public either. Since then she has worked...
by Simon Cassidy | May 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
A really great night was had by all last night watching the Master of country blues guitar picking at a packed venue in the wilds of upper Teesdale. Albert Lee proved to anyone who didn’t know, that not only is he probably at the the very top of his guitar...
by Simon Cassidy | Mar 31, 2012 | EKO Guitars, Electric Guitars, Featured Student
Young Jamie says he mentioned Kashmir at his lesson last week but I can’t remember, and we certainly didn’t do any work on it then. That didn’t stop 10 year old Jamie looking it up on youtube during the week, figuring out (almost) how to tune to...
by Simon Cassidy | Mar 8, 2012 | Electric Guitars, Featured Student, Product Review
Ok, so we know that Jimi Hendrix had limited (if no) choice about using left handed guitars so he restrung a standard right handed strat so he could play left handed – with his left hand strumming and his right hand on the fret board. We also know that in his...
