A few weeks back, I wrote a post about a guitar repair shop finder on the web, mentioning that I purchased the book “The Acoustic Guitar Adjustment, Care, Maintenance, and Repair,” so I could get a better idea of the inner-workings of my post about a guitar repair shop finder on the web, mentioning that I purchased the guitars. I have become a firm believer that the more you know about your instrument, the better you will play. At least that’s one reason why I feel I have improved. First Thoughts: After I started reading this book, I began to think that I might have went a bit over my head. With some chapters like “Disassembly and Reassembly of Guitar bodies,” “Pearl Inlay Technique” and “Finishing and Refinishing”, I was wondering whether I would be able to use any of this information. This book was definitely meant for someone with some experience in woodworking. What I Found Useful: After getting over the initial intimidation, I did find some chapters that I could use for myself. I was able to utilize “String Action and Tension Rod Adjustment” and “Intonation and Bridging” to tune up and lower the action on my Seagul …
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Just got this message from Tommy Emmanuel camp. In case you haven’t listened Bob and Tom, they love practical jokes and are pretty funny. Their energy and Tommy’s should be quite interesting. Tommy will be on the top rated National morning radio program BOB AND TOM atsomewhere around 8:30 am EDT on May 20th – from Indianapolis, Indiana.It is LIVE in 150 cities.Some cities delay it (Pacific & Mountain time) so they can air astheir morning drive show.Here is their affiliate list:http://www.bobandtom.com/gen3/affiliates.htmAlso, here is a pass to their VIP website so you can listen to the show on your computer if Bob and Tom is not broadcast in your city.Just go to www. bobandtom.com .. and select VIP top right tab.USER NAME: airheads05PASSWORD: airheads05This is a great opportunity to expose Tommy and his music to America. Please pass this information on to others, and if you can…Listen in!Regards,Linda So set your calendars and alarms so you can wake up in time for a listen.
If you have read Guitar Musings for the past couple of months, you might have noticed that I’ve been on a huge Tommy Emmanuel kick. When I listen to the “Live One” CD’s, I get inspired/motivated to keep plugging away and keep working hard at guitar and wanted to learn all about him and his playing. However, you can get too much of a good thing. What do I mean by this? I was so focused on T.E. songs, that my playing narrowed to a point where it has been a bit stagnant. I neglected my theory and exercises that helped me take my playing just a level higher. This isn’t the first time this has happened. I have had Bruce Cockburn, Eddie VH and Eric Johnson obsessions as well. What happened in the past, is that I would stop playing for anywhere from week to many months but not anymore. So I’m taking step back and pulling out my chord progression book and scales book and remember to work on those more. I recall reading an interview with studio musicians where they talked about how they didn’t work on learning songs but theory and progressions when practicing. This was …
I started Guitar Musings because I have a passion for music that I wanted to share to all that are willing to read. I know and appreciate that I can write pretty much anything I want with the knowledge that I will not be hauled away to jail for writing something not approved by the government. Therefore, I want to dedicate this post to fellow Bloggers in China who are risking far more than embarrassment or a reputation in posting their passion. Truly humbling and inspiring! Links: YouTube Video on Chinese Blogger Jailed for blogging criticisms against his government. Acoustic Guitar Blog’s take on “Bloggers Unite” Bloggers Unite web page
Been working on Tommy Emmanuel’s Dixie MacGuire for some time and thought I finally had it performance ready. So much so, I’m attempting to record it and post on YouTube, thinking I would give this Internet performance thing a try. Anyway, two tries and and an hour and a half later, I find out that I don’t know the song as well as I thought. If you read my last post on learning a song, you will see that I’m stuck on step 3. This setback is a bit frustrating but I think these past two recording sessions have also been very productive. With the camera on me, I have to focus a bit more and those little mistakes I ignored earlier can’t escape the camera and I must bite the bullet and work it out. It’s making me a better player but I’m impatient and want to get something worth posting. Hopefully soon so keep an eye out for me YouTube debut! Sidenote: If you are Posting to YouTube, what are you using to record? I’m using the Flip Video portable video recorder. It’s a solid unit for a starter but will want to upgrade sometime because I would …
