I haven’t had time to read the whole article yet but it looks interesting.
Entries from May 2008
May 30, 2008
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.
May 30, 2008
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 [...]
May 28, 2008
A different perspective of a Master Class
This shows Aaron Shearer attending as an auditor a master class conducted by Manuel Barrueco.
May 28, 2008
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.
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May 28, 2008
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.
May 28, 2008
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).
May 9, 2008
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 [...]
