Warming Up: Finger Exercises, The 3 T’s And The Necessity Of Mistakes
Pedagogical Errors Were Made One of the first lessons that guitar students are taught is the 1 note per fret 1-2-3-4 chromatic alternate picking exercise. While this is typically presented as an initial exercise to gain coordination – it has a very limited long run value. As a static exercise, it should be discarded from … Read more
The Myth of Prince Charming or Music Business Managers 101
I was reminded recently of a conversation I had with a friend of mine who was so excited to tell me about The Manager who wanted to represent him. And wasn’t that a great thing? To not have to worry about all the drudgery of the nuts and bolts of doing things? To not have … Read more
Rough Hewn Trio
I just wanted to take a second to announce a new project I’ve been working on with Chris Lavender and Craig Bunch. Rough Hewn Trio is a project that mixes through composed ideas with heavy doses of improvisation. We have our first gig this Thursday @ CalArts where we’ll be accompanying Germaine Dulac’s La Souriante … Read more
Laptop Guitar Setup Or Notes From A Live Show
For the Onibaba show last night, I decided to use only the laptop rig that I’ve been working with and not use the typical Atomic/Pod X3 rig that I use. The short of it is that from a technical standpoint – it worked without a hitch. I don’t think that anyone noticed that there weren’t … Read more
Onibaba Live Video Now Posted Online
Daren Burns (bassist, composer and procrastinator extraordinaire ; ) ) has posted the 1st set of the Onibaba gig @ Royal T’s from August of this year. I remember liking this gig but having a hard time w. volume and hearing Daren. I think the guitar sounds got sorted out more in the second set. … Read more
Building Blocks – or more examinations of a laptop guitar setup.
If you’ve ever seen the American dubbed version of Mad Max (the whole movie plays very differently with the original voices – I’m just so used to the original American release’s versions of Night Rider, Toecutter and the Goose – that that’s the only one I can watch), there’s a moment where The Goose realizes … Read more
Tech Limbo (Neither Heaven nor Hell R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio)
So I’m packing, moving and simultaneously trying to get some stuff ready for the Cha’ak’ab Paaxil Festival in Yucatán, México June 3-5th. My plan is to leave the amp here and to use a combination of Line 6 gear and a guitar to play the shows. After playing with Wael Kakish and the Middle Eastern … Read more
Early April Update – new lesson – more content coming
Just some quick updates here. There’s a new lesson is posted on the online lessons page with some mp3s posted as well. I’ve tracked a series of short recordings for the Ultrasonic review which will get posted this week. Duodenum news: I’ve started mixing recordings from the last session. Some Quicktime excerpts will get posted … Read more
