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My Afternoon Lesson With Tosin Abasi of Animals As Leaders

Friday, July 30, 2010

Getting older is a funny thing. “You just wait and see” must be on an endless subconscious loop in the minds of my parent’s generation. The younger you are, the more you think you know, and the more the older generation can’t wait for you to grow up a little bit and see the expression [...]

Derivative or Ripoff?

Friday, July 9, 2010

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There’s a fine line between inadvertently paying homage to the musicians you respect and blatantly (even though perhaps unknowingly) ripping off their ideas. Unless you don’t listen to music at all, you probably cannot help but let other people’s ideas seep into your gray matter and have some sort of influence over your originality. The [...]

Kapsalis and Ivanovic – Guitar Duo

Monday, May 3, 2010

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It’s hard to be original these days. Market over-saturation, media reluctance to buck the trend, lack of guitar heroes… lots of factors seem to keep the carbon copy guitarists at the forefront while many of the truly exceptional players languish in coffee shops and book stores. Every time I get a CD from an independent [...]

5 Guitarist Collaborations I Would Like To See

Friday, February 12, 2010

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Supergroups come along every once in a while. Them Crooked Vultures and Chickenfoot certainly come to mind as two of the latest. It's always interesting to hear what creations they make, especially when they come from diverse backgrounds and musical styles. What's interesting, however, is that most of the time the music just comes out sounding average; certainly less than the sum of its parts. With that in mind, I've assembled a list of five guitarist collaborations that I would like to see happen. Who would you like to see?

11 Ways To Overcome Writers Block

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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What could be worse than trying to work on your craft but get no results? What could be more creatively stifling than not wanting to pick up the guitar for fear of having it reject your musical advances? What is more destructive to a musician's being than hating everything you write?