Entries from August 2008

Are You Willing to Do What it Takes to Be Successful?

August 10th, 2008 · No Comments

One thing that really stood out to me after reading an insightful review about The National Guitar Workshop on Guitar Boomer, Tips and Tricks for aging wannabe rockers who need to make up for lost time, was a quote from guitar great, David Grissom. In case you don’t know, David is one of the top [...]

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Tags: Guitar Player Zen

Featured Artist of the Week: Dusty Ciggaar And the Rhythm Chiefs

August 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This post was written by Anne who writes her own blog on My Guitar Buddies Much has been said on the blogsphere about this young phenomenal guitar player,and at the risk of being mundane and boring – I am going to say it again: Dusty Ciggaar Must have been kissed by god when he was [...]

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The Tonal Cycle

August 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Cycle of Fourths & Cycle of Fifths It’s easy to find any diatonic major scale based in this short cut I’ll give to you. It’s not necessary even to know the basic structure of a major scale, you just have to know the name of the musical notes as well as the accidental forms (sharps [...]

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Guitar Player Zen: Mozart

August 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Writing 600 pieces of astounding music before age 36 ain’t too shabby. Mozart’s legacy is legendary. Over 200 years after his death, his name is still synonymous with great Classical Music. Do you think Jimi Hendrix or Van Halen’s name will be remembered this long? I sure hope so! I recently came across an outstanding [...]

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