Interviews, Updates and Gigs….oh my!
Hello everyone - Just a few quick updates. Guitar-Muse Interviews My new interview with Rob Nishida and Lucian Lu of Origin Guitars just got posted on Guitar-Muse. You can read that here. I’m in the final editing stage of the epic 40 page Miroslav Tadic interview. I’ve got questions out to Magneto Guitars and Strandberg Guitarworks … Read more
The Perils of Panaceas and Instant Gratification
That’s MBTI to you, Buster! Most people have their first exposure to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment either in a college psychology class, a life coaching session, work-related retreat / team building exercise. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the test, participants are given a (psychologically loaded) questionnaire that’s been specifically devised … Read more
GuitArchitecture Printed Book Editions Are Now Available!!
Hello Everyone! Just a quick note to say that the bound editions of The GuitArchitect’s Guide to Modes: Melodic Patterns, The GuitArchitect’s Guide to Modes: Harmonic Combinatorics and The GuitArchitect’s Positional Exploration are finally done!! They’re all available on Lulu.com (and soon on Amazon). You can order any of the books in hardcopy (or pdf form) … Read more
The GuitArchitect’s Guide To Modes Part 9 – Visualizing Melodic and Harmonic Minor
A while ago, I had posted that given an hour, I could get almost anyone at an intermediate level to visualize any of the Major, Melodic Minor or Harmonic Minor modes anywhere on the guitar. In this overdue return to the serialization of the guide to modes book – I guess this is my put … Read more
Ends and Odds – Book Order Updates, AU LAB and more
Hey Everyone, I hope this finds you well! Just a few quick updates. Book Orders and Lessons Learned The page has been a little light on lessons (minus the 12-tone post) lately, but I’ve been busy juggling a few other things and getting the book orders out the door are amongst them. I had been … Read more
Guest post on Joe Gore/Seymour Duncan’s Tone Fiend and The Fortunate Demise Of The News Page
So, in typical GuitArchitecture “last thing first” style, the news page is gone. It seems to make more sense to just put updates about gigs, recordings, etc. here. I always forgot about the “news” aspect of the page anyway so (even with about 30 pages of updates and info in the hopper) it’s not much … Read more
Visualizing Video Game Licks Or An Intro To Symmetrical 12 Tone Guitar Patterns
Hello everyone! (For those of you on the e-mail list, we had a false start yesterday morning. It’s a gentle reminder to me to avoid working on anything before I have coffee!) I’m still planning on re-releasing my updated 12 tone pattern book this year but I thought I’d start the process a little early … Read more
A Book Update And A Look At Things To Come….
Hi all!! I’m back from vacation and geared up hit the ground running! In regards to the books, I’m currently working on cleaning up some graphics issues with them. The good news is that the pdf files look A LOT better (and with less typos – thanks to Doug Kearns!!) – the bad news is that … Read more
2012: How Not To Repeat The Mistakes Of The Past (Or Nothing Ever Got Done With An Excuse)
(This is a repost of something I wrote for the end of 2010. The dates and information have been updated, and I suspect this will be one of the few yearly repost traditions I indulge in.) . I had hoped to get a few more things done before the end of the year, but decided instead … Read more
