Monthly Archives: December 2011

[VIDEO] Robots versus Stylists: the Battle Continues

Hi everyone. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Epic Kwanzaa, Fabulous Festivus, Happy New Year, and all that.

Santa playing a telecaster guitar

Lots of time off means lots of guitar playing. So we come to the epic battle between robots and stylists.

What? Continue reading

Google, YouTube, Record labels, and you getting screwed

I am already greatly unimpressed with the music industry.

Photo of a music contract, record deal,

I learned a lot about cost breakdowns while negotiating my last record deal, and the Victory Records whistleblow that came out a few years ago further illuminated the subject. But this takes the cake. Continue reading

On being a bad guitar player…. again

Years of poor technique have had some unfortunate ramifications upon the well-being of my body. So, today I started physiotherapy.

I’ve also started working on Jamie Andreas‘s The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar. If you’ve never heard of Jamie Andreas, she is a brilliant classical guitarist and adamant proponent of tension-free guitar playing. Continue reading