Music and math

I haven’t had time to read the whole article yet but it looks interesting.

Secrets of a “guitar hero”

Eddie van Halen: How did you start playing guitar? What were the first songs you learned to play? Etc, etc… Sorry I’m not a big Van Halen fan but the Rolling Sone intrview is still interesting.

The Ventures friendly lead guitar war

When you’re talking about an instrumental group, like The Ventures, the term lead guitar has real significance. The late Ventures drummer, Mel Taylor, described it this way (paraphrasing): The Venture sound is rhythm–bass, rhythm guitar and drums– overlayed with a lead guitar melody, usually all the way through (at least one exception to this is [...]

A different perspective of a Master Class

This shows Aaron Shearer attending as an auditor a master class conducted by Manuel Barrueco.

High drama of a Master Class

It is high drama, and nerve wracking. I attended a master class a few years ago  (though not as a player). I don’t have a video of it but I got these two old ones off of Youtube, from I think 1965 and 1986 respectively. They both were taught by Andres Segovia.

Thumb picks

If you’re a guitarist who uses a thumb pick in conjunction with your fingers (Chet Atkins, Gerry McGee of The Ventures) here’s a lot of types to choose from.

Remembering classic guitarist Arron Shearer

A short rememberance on the significance of classic guitarist and teacher Aaron Shearer by the Guitar Foundation of America. His two volumes of Classic Guitar Technique are probably the finest classic guitar method books out there. There is also Aaron Shearer’s two volume set, Learning the Classic Guitar (Mel Bay Publications).

Plight of the guitarist

Sad. How many guitarists end up this way?

The Ventures

It’s amazing the amount of publicity you get when you’ve been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Ventures have been performing for about fifty years now, and they’ve never been as famous as now.
On the Fox News Channel (Fox & Friends)

Post Inducted*

Some sites of interest:
Nokie Edwards (long time lead guitar for [...]