With his self-published instructional book Hybrid Picking for Guitar, jazz guitarist and hybrid picking guru Gustavo Assis-Brasil lays out a full curriculum for developing this technique that is applicable to both beginning and advanced hybrid pickers. A fine player with numerous recording credits, Assis-Brasil is the director of the Jazz and Contemporary Music department of the Cambridge School of Weston, and is a Berklee College of Music grad.
Photo shots by Bill Bronson from Lollapalooza 2010 in Chicago.
Collection of photos by Bill Bronson from Lollapalooza 2010 in Chicago.
Like many Western musicians, the Indian rhythmic system known as Konokol has always been a bit of a mystery to me. I’ve heard the seemingly complex rhythmic-pattern language on many recordings, but as interesting as it sounds, the sometimes rapid-fire vocalizations (Takita, Taka Dimi, etc.) have always befuddled me.
The legendary Jeff Beck traces out the full spectrum of guitar on Jeff Beck Live! And if you’re a guitarist, this new album is a lesson plan on how guitar should be played.
Guitar Meditations is a collection of seven short pieces that were written in the “plectrum guitar” style, which is also called “flatpicking.” As author William Bay describes in the book’s introduction, the word Flatpicking is often associated with Country or Bluegrass music, but the solos in this book cover a wide range of musical styles, and are more related to the older use of the term, plectrum guitar.
Luthier John Page walks us through the end stages of building his 016 guitar.
Collection of photos by Bill Bronson from Lollapalooza 2010 in Chicago.
Collection of five reviews featuring albums by CCR, Randy Newman and more.
Review of Sharon Lawrence’s book Jimi Hendrix: The Intimate Story of a Betrayed Musical Legend.
