Posted by GuitArchitecture on February 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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
Posted by GuitArchitecture on September 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Pasadena, CA: The Rough Hewn Trio will be performing on Friday, October 14th at the Tribal Cafe in Echo Park/LA, CA. . Tribal Café October 14th Poster Coming off of a recent recording stint, we’ll be bringing rough-hewn originals and raspy renditions of fine European craftsmanship. Other guests – TBA – You may see a … Read more
Posted by GuitArchitecture on July 15, 2011 · 1 Comment
Hello Everyone, Just a final plug for a show that’s happening tonight Friday, July, 15 at the Tribal Cafe in Echo Park/LA, CA. Dumb and Drummer is a duo I have with Rough Hewn Trio drummer Craig Bunch that’s been playing off and on for the last couple of years. We keep threatening to record … Read more
Posted by GuitArchitecture on April 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
We’ve booked a couple of shows around Chris’ summer tour with Martin Fabricius and Craig’s ongoing tour of regional correctional facilities. . In chronological order: . Saturday, April 30 · 2:00pm – 3:00pm UC Irvine, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Winifred Smith Hall – 4002 Mesa Road – Irvine, CA – iPhone Not Required … Read more
Category Gigs · Tagged with Chapman Stick, Chris Lavender, Craig Bunch, Eric Klerks, Guitarchitecture, Improvised music, Rough Hewn Trio, Scott Collins, Scott Collins Guitar, Thumbafon, Tribal Cafe, Warr guitar
Posted by GuitArchitecture on April 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Hi Everyone, Just a quick plug for a show featuring not one but two groups I’m playing in that’s happening Friday, April 15th at the Tribal Cafe (1651 West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90026-5026 (213) 483-4458) from 7:30 pm – 11 pm. The Rough Hewn Trio – an instrumental trio consisting of Chris Lavender on … Read more
Category News, Gigs · Tagged with Duodenum, Scott Collins, Carmina Escobar, Rough Hewn Trio, Chris Lavender, Scott Collins Guitar, Warr guitar, Tribal Cafe, Chapman Stick, Improvised music, Criag Bunch, Eric Klerks, Cathlene Pineda, Trevor Anderies, La Sirène, Linda Mark
Posted by GuitArchitecture on March 28, 2011 · 2 Comments
Pasadena, CA: The Rough Hewn Trio (Craig Bunch – Drums, Chris Lavender – Chapman Stick and Scott Collins – Guitar) will be playing a set of improvised and composed music at the Pasadena Library as a soft launch before our Tribal Cafe gig on April 15th. If you’re in the Pasadena area, and like improvised … Read more
Posted by GuitArchitecture on March 23, 2011 · 1 Comment
I took the wrong weekend to sleep in! Guitar Squid distributed a link to part one of the post and by the time I got to check my stats for the weekend I had already missed my record keeping days. However, you got here – welcome. In the previous posts (part 1 and part 2), … Read more
Category Applied Theory, Gigs, Guitar, Lessons, Pedagogy, Practicing · Tagged with Applied Theory, chord short cuts, Chris Lavender, Getting through the gig, Guitar lessons, Guitarchitecture, how to read a chord chart, how to read chord symbols, Music reading, Online Guitar Lesson, Rough Hewn Trio, Scott Collins, Surviving the gig, triad substitution, upper structure triads
Posted by GuitArchitecture on March 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
In the previous getting through the gig post, I talked about how to interpret chord symbols to determine what a song is asking for. Today, I’m going to use upper structure triads (triads built on chord tones other than the root) to simplify the chart. If you’re unfamiliar with the chord symbols below, you may … Read more
Category Applied Theory, Gigs, Lessons, Pedagogy · Tagged with Applied Theory, chord short cuts, Chris Lavender, Getting through the gig, Guitar lessons, Guitarchitecture, how to read a chord chart, how to read chord symbols, Music reading, Online Guitar Lesson, Rough Hewn Trio, Scott Collins, Surviving the gig, triad substitution, upper structure triads
I’ve been fortunate in that I’ve had the opportunity to play a lot of different styles of music in a number of bands. In terms of gig referrals, this has pluses and minuses. In the plus category when someone needs Frisell-ish textural guitar on one tune, post-tonal shred on another and fretless on a third … Read more
Posted by GuitArchitecture on February 21, 2011 · 1 Comment
Hey everyone, I’ve been lax on posting lately – but I’ve had a couple of irons in the fire and I’m trying not to singe anything. For those of you in the Los Angeles Area – I have some shows coming up - First this Friday @ Beyond Baroque – Set with Ulrich Krieger and … Read more
Category Gigs, News, Updates · Tagged with 8 string guitar, Beyond Baroque, Blue Whale, Daren Burns, Daren Burns' Onibaba, Extended range guitar, FnH Guitar, laptop guitar, Mark Trayle, news, Onibaba, onibaba blue whale, Rough Hewn Trio, Scott Collins, SooperLooper, Tribal Cafe, Ulrich Krieger, updates, Vinny Golia, Wadada Leo Smith
