Saturday, November 21, 2009

Frank Gambale on Why it's Important to Learn Blues

I have a lot of teenage guitar students who understandably want to be rock stars. I did too. If you want to be a rock star the best way is to learn the blues. It allows a relatively easy way to understand the foundation of all our popular music. I came across this video recently that explains why very well I think.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Roland Dyens

French guitarist Roland Dyens seems to have it all. Great technique and the feel that it takes to put that technique to good use. As one reviewer put it, "Roland Dyens is more than a classical guitarist. He's a great musician too." This one is a tango, played masterfully. And oh, by the way, he composed it too. It's called Tango en Skai: