Entries from May 2008

Be an “I” Instead of a “Me”

May 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Just got finished reading a blog post from Michael Michalko, one of the most highly acclaimed creativity experts in the world. As an officer in the U.S. Army, Michael organized a team of NATO intelligence specialists and international academics in Frankfurt, Germany, to research, collect, and categorize all known inventive-thinking methods. His team applied the [...]

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Tags: Guitar Player Zen · Mental & Creative Lessons

Featured Artist of the Week: Tobias Hurwitz

May 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I began playing guitar in 1977, and have stuck with it steadily ever since. For the last 20 years I’ve made my whole living from guitar, which means playing live, marketing my original music on itunes and as physical CDs, writing for the major guitar magazines, doing session work, publishing instructional videos, teaching private guitar [...]

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Tags: Guitar Player Zen

Promote Your Music by Commenting on Blogs

May 26th, 2008 · No Comments

A great thing about commenting on blogs is that you can put a link to whatever website you would like to represent on your commenting name.
It can boost your credibility, bring in more music sales, and increase your revenue. A well-placed, well-written comment gets fellow readers interested in you, and they’ll follow you to your [...]

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Tags: Mental & Creative Lessons · Music Business

Remembering our Fallen Guitar Heroes

May 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

With it being Memorial Day weekend, we figured why not remember some of our fallen guitar heroes?
God Bless all the great music that came out of these guys! Here is a short list along with their WikiPedia bio pages for all you guitar players to visit and pay your respect:
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie [...]

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Tags: Artist Reviews · Uncategorized

Featured Guitar Player of the Week: Reza Manzoori

May 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments

Reza Manzoori was born in the year of the fire horse in Shiraz, Iran, a city famous for its wine, rose gardens, and poetry. He remembers an early affinity for music and rhythm, but didn’t begin playing until rather late in life at 17 when he found an old guitar belonging to his sister in [...]

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Tags: Guitar Player Zen