Come gather 'round peopleWherever you roamAnd admit that the watersAround you have grownAnd accept it that soonYou'll be drenched to the bone.If your time to y...
If you Google “G, C, D Songs” you get 325,000,000 results. Now I don’t know if that has anything to do with how many songs there are out there comprised of just...
nyone who has ever dived into the deep waters of songwriting will emphatically agree that it’s a highly personal, introspective and complex craft. One can learn...
I didn’t get into writing music for advertising, documentaries and television until I was nearly 40. Up until then I’d done a typical freelance plate-spinni...
There are many things that make us happy, but the ultimate source of joy and fulfillment as a human being comes from the creative process. The ability to create...
Imagine you were told that some day you will be a caricature in a cartoon. You would probably say "Yeah right"! Well, that's exactly what happened to me…
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As a working musician for over twenty years (blimey, has it already been that long?), I am not overly thrilled with the way the music industry has changed in re...
Yvonne de Villiers was the visionary, co-founder and designer for Luna Guitars. Alex Morgan is a freelance designer based in the UK who partnered with Yvonne on...
This time, I’ve been thinking about how we learn and some of the challenges we face as students and teachers. Specifically, I have been trying to remember how I...
One of the highlights of every summer and winter NAMM convention is Muriel Anderson’s All Star Guitar Night benefit concert. Each event features a variety of 12...
I made my first European trip when I was two years old, just as my two older brothers had done before me (although I believe I was in the womb on one of our fam...
Behind every commercially successful artist is someone you’ll never see in the spotlight — the manager. They won’t make the cover of Rolling Stone or Time Magaz...
I spend a lot of time thinking these days. In fact, I have been thinking about this article almost a month before putting any words on paper. I believe that...
he advice I’m about to give is probably not what you’d expect to hear from a devoted guitarist and guitar-based educator, but I hope you’ll take heed ...
