Getting Out of a Repertoire Rut
We have all found ourselves in a repertoire rut, when we keep practicing and playing the same pieces but don’t seem to make any progress. This happens with individual pieces, that seem to get...
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We have all found ourselves in a repertoire rut, when we keep practicing and playing the same pieces but don’t seem to make any progress. This happens with individual pieces, that seem to get...
Initially I wasn’t going to write a separate post for girls attire on stage, but after the surprising feedback I got on Facebook for my Stage Etiquette post, I decided that I’m going to...
I have to admit, I’m one of those self-professed perfectionists. I like things to be done perfectly and I demand as much from myself. However, I’ve come to the conclusion that in music, striving...
The inspirational flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia has died today in Cancun, Mexico aged 66. Said to be holidaying with his family, he suffered a heart attack and died before he reached the hospital....
It’s difficult to know how we come across on stage or what we look like, until we watch our concert in its entirety, not just the pieces we played, but how we walked on...
As performers, we spend a lifetime practicing and improving our playing, which is the most important, without that we wouldn’t even get a chance to walk on stage. However, rarely do we learn the...
UPDATE February 18 2014 Well, sometimes some things are too good to be true. I was alerted to this article by Joan Lowy which contradicts the information I had been told. To follow up...
So, you have accomplished the huge task of recording and manufacturing your CD. Congratulations! Next step is to distribute them as much as possible. Gone are the days of Tower Records and Virgin Records,...
It seems that lately, more and more guitarists are taking on the task of self-producing their CD’s. Even some of guitar’s greats have abandoned the big labels and created their own. There are advantages...
As guitarists and musicians in general, we soon find ourselves having to do things that are the farthest away from practicing our instruments. One of the things on top of that list is recording...