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Over the Hill? Not Sid……..
Northern Echo article on Monday - click to enlarge...... Nice one Sid - you're an inspiration to us all!!!!
Serial Guitar Collector- Episode 1
I have known Ian and his family for for quite a few years now, and we have all enjoyed the open mike / jam sessions at our local music bar. As a keen guitar man myself, I couldn't help but notice the very fine examples of guitars Ian turns up with each month at the...
Summer 2012 Guitar Exam Results
Congratulations to the following students for achieveng a great set of results in the Summer 2012 Registry of Guitar Tutors / London College of Music Exams issued by the University of West London. As always, it has been my pleasure and privelege to have helped you...
Special Delivery : Marshall JMP Master Model 50w Mk2 Lead Head 1979 to Poland….
I was very pleased to make contact with Dawid Miszewski from Poland over the last few weeks who is now taking good care of one of my old amps...... Here is his review.....(I hope his neighbours like it as much as he does!!!).......... Ultimate rock amp: the Marshall...
Featured Student : Dave Holmes
It was great sadness that I heard of the death of one of my students this morning. Dave Holmes had played the guitar for many years and had been meaning to take some "proper" (as he put it) lessons for a while. He finally got round to it earlier this year when I first...
Featured Student : Nick Poole and his new Guthrie Govan signature Suhr guitar
I had the pleasure of seeing Guthrie Govan play with Bryan Beller (Bass) and Marco Minnemann (Drums) ~ "The Aristocrats" ~ with Nick and our better halves, Yoga and Anna, at the Cluny in Newcastle in March this Year. Nick had had his eye on one of the Guthrie Govan...
Featured Student : Harry Downworth aged 9 and Harrowgate Hill Primary School : Jubilee Rock
Another special moment for me yesterday as one of my younger students Harry Downworth (aged 9) came in for his lesson with his Dad Michael and said "I've got a surprise for you....." For a fleeting moment my mind scanned all of the potential possibilities..... now...
Featured Students : Jaya Green (Aged 9) and Steve Green (Dad)
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 in her...
Featured Student : Robyn Hoare
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 really hard...
Albert Lee and Hogan’s Heroes at Mickleton R n B Club
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 craft, but...
Jamie Davies aged 10 plays Kashmir on an Eko VL-480 Les Paul
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 DADGAD and then...
Hendrix Strat variations : Featured Student Ryan Jackson
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 short...
Music? It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 ~ about as easy as living to tell the tale about a trip across the Sahara Desert in a Land Rover………..
Earning a living as a guitar teacher is really one of the most satisfying things I have ever done. Buying, selling, fixing and talking about guitars, guitarists and guitar music to enthusiastic students is a pretty good place to be for me. But the variety of people I...
WOW!!!!!…….Wikiloops.com!!!!!
An interesting couple of days...... Nick Poole came along for his lesson on Thursday and we were working on rhythm playing by playing along with drum tracks I have on my BOSS BR-1200 Digital Recording Studio. "But what about practice between lessons???" asked Nick. We...
New Products ~ Cajons from SG Percussion ~ “Sentir el Ritmo!!”
Sundance Guitars are pleased to be appointed as the sole UK and International on-line distributor of SG Percussion products. Although the initials match our own SG Percussion is actually the brand name of Spencer Gilroy a very experienced drummer /percussionist and...
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