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Guitar Lesson: Solo Phrasing

Guitar Lesson: Solo Phrasing

Posted August 5, 2015 at 7:34 pm | No comments

Phrasing is probably the most important thing to understand when it comes to soloing. Without it, your music will probably just sound like a complete mess of notes.

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The Biggest Gospel Music Festival – 47th Brumley Gospel Sing Begins Tomorrow

The Biggest Gospel Music Festival – 47th Brumley Gospel Sing Begins Tomorrow

Posted August 4, 2015 at 2:29 pm | No comments

The 47th Annual Brumley Gospel Sing remains one of the industry’s most recognized and highly anticipated Gospel Music festivals in the world and beginning tomorrow the Brumley Music family will host the 47th installment of the annual event. This marks the tenth year the Brumley Gospel Sing takes place in Lebanon, Missouri.

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Al Basile Creates New Roots Music Masterpiece with B’s Expression, Due September 18 on Sweetspot Records

Al Basile Creates New Roots Music Masterpiece with B’s Expression, Due September 18 on Sweetspot Records

Posted August 3, 2015 at 5:40 pm | No comments

Singer/songwriter/cornetist Al Basile announces a September 18 release date for B’s Expression, the new CD from the, “Bard of the Blues,” distributed nationally by City Hall Records.

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Montana’s Crown Guitar Workshop Raises Game with Dweezil Zappa and LA Guitar Quartet Intensives

Montana’s Crown Guitar Workshop Raises Game with Dweezil Zappa and LA Guitar Quartet Intensives

Posted August 3, 2015 at 3:18 pm | No comments

Forty-two years after Frank Zappa sang about “moving to Montana soon,” his son Dweezil has found a creative home at Crown Guitar Workshop & Festival in Bigfork, which takes place this year from August 30 to September 6.

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Cynosure Guitars Cynosure Guitars Invited to Bloodstock Open-Air Festival Aug. 6-9

Cynosure Guitars Cynosure Guitars Invited to Bloodstock Open-Air Festival Aug. 6-9

Posted August 3, 2015 at 2:01 am | One comment

Bloodstock Open-Air Festival (BOA) was inaugurated in 2001, by renowned fantasy artist, Paul Raymond Gregory and run by the Gregory Family, respectively.

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Folk Singer Bryan Cahall Debuts with A Gate City Songbag

Folk Singer Bryan Cahall Debuts with A Gate City Songbag

Posted August 1, 2015 at 5:45 am | No comments

Along the quiet paths of the American folk music scene is a tall dark haired singer-songwriter named Brian Cahall who travels around the country with his acoustic guitar, harmonica and a satchel carrying his worldly goods.

Posted in: Folk, Folk News, Guitar News, Singer Songwriter News

GI Exclusive – Matthew Curry at Chicago House of Blues

GI Exclusive – Matthew Curry at Chicago House of Blues

Posted July 30, 2015 at 4:29 pm | No comments

Guitar International just received this exclusive video that Fender Guitars took of 20 year old guitar phenom Matthew Curry while he was featured at Chicago’s House of Blues as part of the “Fender Accelerator Tour.

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Bret Michaels Makes Third Appearance of Fox & Friends Concert Series

Bret Michaels Makes Third Appearance of Fox & Friends Concert Series

Posted July 25, 2015 at 4:41 am | No comments

The Bret Michaels Band made their third straight appearance on Fox & Friends All American Summer Concert Series on July 10th.

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Bob Brumley Takes Young Guitarist Under His Wing

Bob Brumley Takes Young Guitarist Under His Wing

Posted July 20, 2015 at 4:02 pm | No comments

What happens when a young man from Powell, Missouri, (population 15) named Ben Wiseman gets up enough courage to walk into Brumley Music Company unexpectedly to meet one of the biggest names in Gospel Music, Bob Brumley?

Posted in: Acoustic News, Guitar Events, Guitar News, Uncategorized

John McCutcheon Presents His Highlander Center Songwriting Camp

John McCutcheon Presents His Highlander Center Songwriting Camp

Posted July 18, 2015 at 10:36 am | No comments

With its panoramic view of the Smoky Mountains, the Highlander Research and Education Center in Tennessee was a magical spot for multi-instrumentalist, John McCutcheon, to present his songwriting camp that immersed a group of songwriters deep into the heart of lyrics, melody and soul.

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