Id like to share my arrangement of “Summertime” with you. In my opinion, Summertime is one of the best known and most important songs of all time…it may be the most covered also. George Gershwin, who composed Summertime, has a really interesting story as does the song itself. Gershwin’s parents were both Jewish and migrated …
When I did the lessons for Australian Guitar Magazine that I called “AC/DC The Bon Scott years” I wanted to accompany the lessons with an interview. Mark Evans had just launched his book “Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside & Outside of AC/DC” so it seemed the perfect and logical pairing. Evans was the bass player …
Exclusive Interview – ACDC’s Mark Evans (RARE Australian Guitar Magazine Archive) Read More »
I’d like to share another lesson I did for Australian Guitar Magazine in the series “AC/DC The Bon Scott Years”. I break down 2 of AC/DC’s classic songs in this lesson. Firstly “Highway To Hell” then “Baby Please Don’t Go”. These 2 songs really bookend the Bon Scott years. Baby Please Don’t Go was one …
ACDC Guitar DOUBLE Lesson “Highway To Hell” Baby Please Don’t Go” Read More »
Learning Improvisation Techniques From The Greats I’ve worked hard and spent a lot of time trying to learn to improvise. I’d hear great guitar players create excitement on their records with their solos so I wanted to learn how to create that excitement myself. But also what was behind those great musicians that gave them …
How To Play The 11 Slick Led Zeppelin Licks In “Stairway To Heaven” Read More »
Samba Pa Ti And The Guitar Heroes Album I’d like to share my recording and video clip of the Santana classic guitar instrumental “Samba Pa Ti” with you. I recorded it on my “Guitar Heroes Vol 3” CD and it was a real highlight for me, although, pretty much everything about “Steve Flack’s Guitar Heroes” …
The Evolution Of Spanish Culture The Guitar If the question is “which piece best represents the Spanish Guitar”? For me it’s Capricho Arabe. Its composer, Francisco Tarrega, was the quintessential Spanish guitarist, composer and Late Romantic figure. Tarrega did considerable research into regional Spanish music and so with Capricho Arabe he wanted to celebrate Spain’s …
Andres Segovia I recently relearned one of my favourite guitar pieces so I decided to film it – Arada by Federico Moreno-Torroba. It’s from a set of pieces called “Suite Castillana” and the pieces of a 3 movement suite will run fast,slow, fast. Arada is the middle movement so it’s the slow movement. Suite Castillana …
Classical Guitar Studies: “Arada” by Federico Moreno-Torroba (Suite Castillana) Read More »
There are so many great electric guitar players!… which is why it’s such a popular instrument. Names like Slash, Angus from AC/DC, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin are almost household names, they’ve inspired people of all ages to to want to play. It’s said that 10% of the world’s population …
What’s So Great About Led Zeppelin Anyway…? Do you remember the movie “Wayne’s World”? The scene where Wayne and Garth go into a guitar shop then as Wayne picks up a guitar and starts to play the beginning to “Stairway To Heaven” the salesman stops him pointing to a sign on the wall that reads …
This Guitar Piece Can Take Your Skill To the Next Level – This Is How – Here’s the lesson I filmed for “The Waltz” by Aguado. It’s a short 2nd grade piece and it is perfect for someone that hasn’t been playing all that long to learn. In turn,this piece will help us get ready …
Complete Guitar Lesson “Waltz” by Aguado (2nd Grade Trinity College Syllabus) Read More »
