Adult Guitar Lessons-Beginners, Intermediate & Advanced

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Published Aug. 14, 2010 at 9:20 a.m.

No matter what I look at, TV, the newspaper, a magazine, beginner guitar lessons adults, I notice the adds and content are mostly targeted for the younger generation, from 20 to 30 years old. Except for some medicine adds or doctors commercials, the older generation is going out of style. Our focus is then the [ ... ] ...

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Slide guitar legend Derek Trucks talks about technique and influences

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Published Aug. 13, 2010 at 5:39 p.m.
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Thanks to MusicRadar.com for sharing this great video of Derek Trucks talking about Slide guitar, his eastern and blues influences and showing some examples of these influences. I could listen to Derek talking guitar all day, shame it’s only 12 minutes! ... Learn to Play Guitar Online ... Follow Guitar Noize on Twitter (@guitarnoize) ... This rss feed is the property of GuitarNoize.com ...

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What Choice Research Can Tell You About Practicing

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Published Aug. 13, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.

I’ve been reading a lot about choice lately. Specifically, I’m interested in how and why people make choices. And a lot of it has applications to practicing and playing a guitar (or any instrument). Satisfice for a While In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz spends a lot of time talking about maximizing and satisficing. [ ... ] ...

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Chapman Guitars introduce the ML2 - collaboratively designed

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Published Aug. 12, 2010 at 4:39 p.m.
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Rob “Chappers” Chapman affectionately known as “The Monkey Lord” (his band is called Monkey Lord) is an interesting fella, I wasn’t aware of him until he ran a YouTube solo contest that sparked a lot of interest so I subscribed to his YouTube channel to see what else he was up to. Now Rob is much more than just a YouTube personality Rob is a very talented guitarist and clinician who has been endorsed by ESP Guitar and Orange Amps in the past but he cleverly used his internet presence

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Pete Thorn Fractal Audio Axe-Fx demo

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Published Aug. 12, 2010 at 6:09 a.m.
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Not sure how this one slipped under my radar seeing as I am a big fan of Pete Thorn and the amazing Fractal Audio Axe-Fx but this is a great demonstration of what this product can do in combination with the Fractal Audio Atomic Amp series ... Learn to Play Guitar Online ... Follow Guitar Noize on Twitter (@guitarnoize) ... This rss feed is the property of GuitarNoize.com ...

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DunlopTV checks out Joe Perry’s epic guitar rig

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Published Aug. 11, 2010 at 6:01 p.m.
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When you have been around as long as Joe Perry from Aerosmith you earn the right to have an epic guitar rig, Joe’s guitar tech Trace Foster takes Dunlop’s Brian Kehoe through the monster rig and guitar collection. Joe actually seems to take some rare and collectible amps and guitars on tour with him, gear that most of us would probably be too afraid to take out of the house but and I love that, guitars and amps aren’t meant to be played! ... Thanks to DunlopTV for sharing this great video.

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Blue Noize blues solo contest update

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Published Aug. 11, 2010 at 4:48 p.m.
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The competition is in full swing with nearly 50 responses at the time of writing and that is in just 8 days! So far there have been some great entries so keep them coming and remember you can enter more than once. I thought I would post a couple of my favourites so far, not that it really matters as Andy Wood, Rick Graham and Tom Quayle are going to make the decision who the winners are ... Lyle Watt - this one came in very early in fact I think he uploaded his entry within 24 hours of the

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Smithsonian Channel Dives Deep on The Evolution of Electric Guitar (Video)

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Published Aug. 11, 2010 at 2:31 p.m.

This month the Smithsonian Channel is broadcasting a series of specials called “Inside the Music” on the “unsung visionaries and change-makers” of modern music.  As part of this series, this month the Smithsonian Channel will be broadcasting “Electrified:  The Guitar Revolution.”  The show will detail the history of the electric guitar which the Smithsonian Channel [ ... ] ...

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Using Cello Suite No. 1’s Motif for Improvisation

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Published Aug. 11, 2010 at 10:18 a.m.

If you like this and would like to do webcam guitar lessons drop me a line.In this video Yo-Yo Ma plays the popular Cello Suite No. 1 by JS Bach. The most recognizable part in my opinion is the opening motif which is based off of a major chord. If we look at the first [ ... ] ...

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Review: Feared’s debut album - Feared

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Published Aug. 10, 2010 at 4:34 p.m.
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One of my favourite pastimes is scouring YouTube for gear demos and one of my favourite channels is fearedse, run by a guitarist called Ola Englund from Stockholm in Sweden. Ola’s gear demos are not your traditional videos that show every knob and switch, instead Ola lays down brutal multitrack guitars over his own compositions. Ola demonstrates high gain amps as he is in a couple of very heavy metal bands, Feared and Scarpoint. I saw on his recent demo video above which is a track called

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