Category Archives: Guitar
Becoming Abnormal
It’s my considered opinion that Bumblefoot’s album “Normal” is the finest rock album of the 21st century so far. Nick mentioned how he’s been playing the Alter Bridge album constantly, and that’s exactly how it was for me when “Normal” … Continue reading
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Finally… bluesjamtracks.com
I’ve been occasionally alluding to a “new project” on here for a while now, so it’s a great relief to come clean at last… bluesjamtracks.com In an ideal scenario, the site would have gone live last March… that’s when we … Continue reading
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Burble with Key Changes
This should have appeared sooner, but an air-conditioning failure at 34sp‘s datacentre put a temporary spanner in the works. Anyway… In the continued absence of Exciting New Musical Concepts (not that I’ve tried particularly hard) I decided to spend more … Continue reading
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Slow Gilmourish Jam
Lacking any concrete musical ideas recently, I decided to try and resurrect my atrophied improvisation abilities. A recurrent trait in my playing is that, after periods of less-than-diligent practice, I tend to “burble”. The technique is there, but the mental … Continue reading
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The notWigan that nearly wasn’t
So, last weekend marked the sixth annual uk.music.guitar national get-together. I’ve been to four of the six and find myself developing an almost complacent expectation that the event will be exciting, amusing, interesting and inspiring in equal measure. A number … Continue reading
In praise of talented friends
As you know, I always like to support people who Do Their Stuff independently of the corporate mainstream. And when those people are my friends, hey, they even get free advertising here! Jon Boyes is a classical and flamenco guitarist … Continue reading
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www.custom-transcription.com
I had been intending for a couple of years to make a more formal statement of my availability as a freelance transcriber. After all, the brief mention on the “Who?” page of this site wasn’t really going to drum up … Continue reading
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No Sleep ’til notWigan
I was in Albrighton, Shropshire over the weekend, the occasion being the fifth annual UKMG National. As usual, a lot of people got together to play a lot of guitar, while drinking a lot of beer and generally having a … Continue reading
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No Sleep ’til Wigan
Apologies for the lack of content just lately… The main task last week was to prepare for my weekend trip to Wigan, that unassuming little town on the outskirts of Manchester which has become the traditional location for the annual … Continue reading
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It’s cool to be a control freak
As you probably know from previous ramblings, I’m very keen on seeing how people find ways to sidestep the mainstream, avoiding the homogenising effects of big business by remaining independent. There’s something so satisfying about seeing someone create a product … Continue reading
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