Welcome to my blog!
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What you’ll find here is information about GuitArchitecture (which deals with a pedagogical/performance approach to applied sonic visualization on the guitar), links to media, lesson material and various related music projects that are ongoing.
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This blog is a place I post things GuitArchitecture-related as well as things related to other areas of interest of mine: practicing, pedagogy, gear (and laptop/ios based guitar in particular) and music business. (Please note: You’ll find a number of posts on areas related to the intersection of music business and personal development on my other blog: guit-a-grip.com)
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I’ll try to keep this area updated but I’ve sorted various blog posts here by subject in chronological order (newest to oldest). There may be multiple listings if things cross categories.
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Please Note:
All of the lesson and practicing material has been moved to the LESSONS Page.
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An important note:
You’re free to download and distribute any of the material here but I maintain the copyright on the material (so it doesn’t show up in someone else’s website uncredited (or worse – their book) which happens more often than you might think.)
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Books:
Symmetrical Twelve-Tone Patterns
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Music Business, Personal Development And Motivation
(Please note many of this content can be found on guit-a-grip.com)
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Let’s Stop Blaming File Sharing And Start Building B(r)and Loyalty
Notes From A Lecture
On Education: Learning And Knowing
All Opinions Are Not Equal
Detriment Versus Determination
Be Wary Of The “To Kill A Mockingbird” Production Model
“It Only Takes One Apple” Or Why Customer Service Matters
A Holiday Thought That May Help The Whole Year
Some Observations On Inertia And A Cool Online App For Getting Things Done
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Circumnavigating The Wall You Just Hit
Keeping Your Ego Out Of The Song’s Way
Survivng The Gig
The Power Of Inertia Or Know Your Flow
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The Double Edged Sword Of “Fix It In The Mix”
Lessons For The Self Employed Musician
“Common Sense Is Not So Common” or Why The Internet Is Probably Wrong
Focus, Music And The Marathon Mentality
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Laptop Guitar Rigs
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Mas Modeling!! POD FARM, POD HD, Scuffham Amps and a Whole Tone Lick
Hardware VS. Software – Or Praises and Perils In Live Laptop Use
AU LAB/POD FARM 2.0/Live Laptop Rig Tutorial Part 6 – Dual Rig Distorted Tones
Laptop Guitar Setup Or Notes From A Live Show
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AU LAB/POD FARM 2.0/Live Laptop Rig Tutorial Part 5
AU LAB/POD FARM 2.0/Live Laptop Rig Tutorial Part 4
AU LAB/POD FARM 2.0/Live Laptop Rig Tutorial Part 3
AU LAB/POD FARM 2.0/Live Laptop Rig Tutorial Part 2
AU LAB/POD FARM 2.0/Live Laptop Rig Tutorial Part 1
Setting Up “Testing Environments” Or Multi Layered Tones in AU Lab
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An Observation From A Session
Building Blocks – Or More Examinations Of A Laptop Guitar Setup
A Quick Lick – And A Rig Du Jour Update From Ho Chi Minh City
Tech Limbo (Neither Heaven Nor Hell R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio)
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Other
Analysis Of A Film Score
Towards A Personal Improvisational Aesthetic
Festival Wrap Up
Articles for other Blogs I’ve written
Guitar-Muse Article Links
Gear and Gear Reviews
Antonio Hermosa AH-50 Acoustic/Electric Review
Zoom A3 Acoustic Modelling Effects Pedal Review
Positive Grid reveals a sneak peak of their BIAS iPad app
Line 6 Sonic Port and Line 6 Mobile POD Review
Getting More Definition From Your Dirty Guitar Tone
Mono Acoustic Guitar Hybrid Case/Gig Bag Review
Practical Advice On Buying A Used Guitar
ZT Amp’s Extortion Pedal Review
ZT Amps: Lunchbox Junior Review
Evolution of A Live Rig – Part 4: What To Bring To The Gig
Evolution Of A Live Rig – Part 3 – Tweaking The Frankentone (Or Models, Tubes and Match EQ)
Evolution Of A Live Rig – Part 2: Chasing Tone
Evolution of A Live Rig – Part 1 – Or How I Ended Up Going Home With The Model
The Pickboy Speed King – The Rarest Guitar Pick Ever?
10 Great Guitar Products From 2011
Interviews and Cd Reviews
Jonathan Wilson, Vahagni and Levante Guitar Duo Reviews
Interview With Ken Kantor At ZT Amps
Jason Becker “Not Dead Yet” Documentary Now Available For Streaming
Interview with Marco Oppedisano
Interview With Steve Vai – The Story Of Light
Andre LaFosse – The Hard Bargain / Do The Math Dual Release Review
Interview With Miroslav Tadic – Part Two
Interview With Ola Strandberg of .strandberg* Guitarworks
Interview with Miroslav Tadic Part I
Interview With Christian Hatstatt From Magneto Guitars
10 Questions with Rob Nishida and Lucian Tu from Origin Guitars
Interview With Mike Scuffham Of Scuffham Amps
Interview With Rob Balducci Part Two
Interview With Rob Balducci Part One
Interview With Scott Tournet of Grace Potter And The Nocturnals
Variax Talk: Interview With Rich Renken From Line 6
Christoph Kemper of Kemper Amps Talks About Their New Profiling Amp
10 Questions with Kathy Peck of H.E.A.R.
10 Questions with Will Kennedy Part 2
10 Questions With Will Kennedy Part I
10 Questions With Seth Mayer – Guitar Repairs and Builds
10 Questions with Jack Sanders
10 Questions with Jonathan Wilson of Togaman Guitars
Lessons/Player Profiles/Transcriptions
Melodic Minor Pentatonic Lesson
Lessons Learned From Relentless: A Memoir By Yngwie J. Malmsteen
The Ballad Of Cigar Boy – A Unison Tapping Lesson
Making Sense Of The Pentatonic Minor Scale
Guitar Notes From The Underground: eX-Girl
A Lesson On Getting Out With Twelve-Tone Patterns
Guitar Lesson On Hendrix’s “New” Track: “Somewhere”
Guitar Notes From The Underground: Jimmy Rosenberg
Guitar Notes From The Underground: Alex Masi Player Profile
Guitar Notes From The Underground: Vinnie Vincent
A Rhythmic Ear Training Lesson With Steve Vai’s “Velorum”
Tales From Video Game Recording Sessions (And Some Tips On Breaking Into The Scene)
Pragmatic Guitar Soloing: Tips That Are Actually Useful
A Farewell To Exercises And A Warm-Up Lick
9 Music Business Books Every Guitarist Needs To Read (If Not Own)
For Your Musical Book Shelf: 7 Books For Learning and Self Discovery
13 “Jazz” Books Every Guitarist Should Read (And Own)
Playing With Spiders Or Getting More From The 1-2-3-4
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Live-4-Guitar
Interview: FnH Guitars By Players For Players
Minor Pentatonics Sweeping
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GuitArchitecture.org 
Something MORE than the usual going on here, an amazing resource , thank you.