Dec11
I had a great conversation with some old friends for their Shifting Perceptions Podcast. Hosted by surf art mogul Jay Alders and his wife Chelsea, we discussed what I do in the background to help keep the lights and food in bellies with a guitar in my hands. We covered a lot of ground in 45 minutes including networking, the concept of being a “slash” and more. Give it a listen, share it, write a review.
Nov19
I’m honored to have been invited by Rick Toone & Steve Sjuggerud to be part of a recording project called Magnets and Wire. For a two and a half days I was hunkered down on an estate northeast Florida that was nothing short of surreal. I was there alongside a wide ranging cast of fellow guitar players who are lucky enough to play guitars built by Rick Toone. With a rhythm section on hand and with just one day to make it happen, we recorded an album made up of nearly all one take performances – many of which were freely improvised or arranged the night before. The entire experience was captured on video and made into a documentary. There was also copious images captured by the amazing Adam King.
Starting from the top right hand corner and going clockwise: Ede Wright, Todd Haug, little ‘ol me, Killick Hinds, Steve Sjuggerud, Dan Ostrowski (drums), Ken Kinter (bass) & Gabriel Levi.
DOCUMENTARY: View & download files at:
https://vimeo.com/373623201
It was a fantastic hang. The vibe was killer and intentions were true. We were gathered by common threads Rick, Steve and SB could have only made possible.
Nov19
Earlier this year I released two new TrueFire courses bringing my total output with TF to 40! First, there was Trading Solos: Funk. Here you and I jam together over five super funky grooves I put together along my low end partner-in-crime, Steve Jenkins.
Just recently there was the game-changing Sight Reading for Guitar Players: Level 1. In this one TrueFire and I set out to give you a whole new way to learn to sight read from the very beginning stages. After learning about a bite-sized concept I take you through what I call “practice sessions” where we play the music, not just read it. This is the video reading course you’ve been waiting for!
I can’t believe how fast 11 years has gone by, however, as you can see we’ve been busy. Head over to my Mini Store and grab these new titles. If you’re new to TrueFire and want to really dive in click here for a 90 day free trial as an All Access member. You will also get 25% off all my courses as well as recommended titles.
Enjoy!