I had another lesson this weekend, this time with Gerry Hogan in Newbury. He organised the late:'(, great Newbury Steel Guitar Festival. In so doing has got to know the likes of Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day, Jeff Newman, Paul Franklin, …
I’ve been recording myself recently. A painful step to take but a great way to hear what you’re doing wrong. My Volume Pedal use was glaringly horrible in a number of ways: Overuse – everything was a fade in Consistency …
on a blogging roll today, but i’ve felt :idea:inspired:idea: on the psg recently. not good at it, but inspired! another thing I’ve found really helpful to my practising is playing really really slowly. just taking a phrase and really slowing …
One of the things that Winnie Winston suggests is trying to play with your eyes shut. I’ve started doing that and it’s brilliant. Very frustrating to begin with, not least for my neighbours, but pays dividends. In my opinion it …
Another thing that BJ Cole pointed out in my playing was that my vibrato stopped and started whenever my concentration was taken up by something else: pushing pedals, lever, picking. even just moving the bar. He encouraged me to try …