On becoming a composer
Customer Inquiry A customer of Gyre Music recently ordered several of my more serious works for solo guitar. And so, being pleased I might have a new and serious fan, I wrote directly to him to thank
Creativity – Rest Deeper
Creativity as rest What I failed to note in a recent blog post, The Daily Rebound, is the need for creativity. Creativity is easily the deepest and most profound type of renewal. It is in a simple
Single String Etude #3 – vibration in the top
Vibration is all Why do we play guitar – or music in fact? To feel vibration. That’s all it is. No vibration equals no sound, no feel, no emotion, no joy or sorrow. Nothing. So what matters
The Daily Rebound
You missed the rebound! OK, you’re a guitarist, not a basketball player, yo-yo master or poker player. But you missed it, what now? Take a break and rest? Or play more hard defense, more scrambling for the
Shifting melodically on the guitar | Single String Etude #2
Shifting to Learn Shifting is a technique that I believe should be taught very early in a guitarist’s studies. Fear of upper positions is created when we get stuck playing chords and arpeggios in first and second
Elegant 1927 Simplicio guitar
Watch this elegant 1927 Simplicio guitar in action by clicking on this YouTube link. To read the lovely comments on Aaron Green’s Facebook post, click on the logo in the upper right corner. Aaron comments on the
Original Composition on Video
Recording Original Composition As I mentioned in a recent blog, I am setting out to record all of my compositions. Many of my solo works are on Gyre CDs, but much work is left to be done.
Lessons from Sketches I – Single String Etude #1
Hi – I present here a series of videos to talk about my compositions and my approach to the guitar – mini lessons, if you will. They will be short, and to the point. If you want
Recording Vintage Classical Guitars
Recording Guitar Videos My ongoing recording project with Vintage Classical Guitars, owned by Aaron Green, keeps getting more satisfying. The video below features one of the many great guitars I have played there, a 1970 Daniel Friederich.
Derelict Hands plays Duo Sonata #1 by Frank Wallace
Russ Callison and Calum Borthwick form Derelict Hands. I had the pleasure of meeting them last summer in Glasgow Scotland to coach their performance and recording of my Duo Sonata #1. It is the first recording and forms
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