Guitar Lessons & …

Ok, now how cool is this?  Bob Vutolen, of Sweeden, added my guitar pick to his online collection.  I’m right between Bon Jovi & Jeff Beck!

I’ve been a little preoccupied with moving the past couple of weeks. Here are some things that have happened since we’ve last blogged:
I had a wallet made for me… Paddy Hartley, a visual artist in the UK, makes handmade, limited-edition wallets that use illustrations from atomic civil defense and public information films, experimental […]

The 5th (now semi-annual) Student Concert will be held on Sunday, June 10th at 4pm. All students are welcome to perform and attend. These are always a lot of fun and a great way to get some performance experience. If you are interested in performing, please contact me during a lesson or […]

What: Voltaic Vaudeville
When: May, 05 2007 - 3pm & 8pm
Where: The Regent Theatre - Arlington, MA
Who: The Beat Circus Vaudeville Orchestra, Uncle Shoe, Ben Matchstick, Bony Lil, Jason Escape, Miss Aventure, Karen Webb, The Legacy Dancers.
Valerie asked me to play on her score for Bony Lil’s film: Creation earlier this year. Creation is an […]

This is an unusual post for this blog, but I think this is pretty cool. From the iTunes website:
“With the new iTunes “Complete My Album” service, music fans can now upgrade their singles into complete albums and get full credit for the songs they have previously purchased from iTunes. “Complete My Album” is a […]

Here are two Beatles related upcoming events from the wonderful people at Brookline Music School:
BMS PERFORMS THE BEATLES:
Tickets on Sale Now!
In honor of the 40th Anniversary of The Beatles’ album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, almost 100 Brookline Music School students and faculty will perform all 13 songs from this groundbreaking record on May […]

The saga of online tablature continues with Musicnotes.com new site: MXTabs.net. The New York Times had an article in yesterday’s paper mentioning that Musicnotes has reached an agreement with the Harry Fox agency to publish music in tab format on MXTabs in exchange for a portion of ad revenue.
The MXTabs website describes their new […]

Valerie & I had some fun this week. We put together a semi-elaborate April Fools prank and launched her new website. I’m really excited about her new design and proud that I could help make it happen. After learning so much about Wordpress for her site, I think I’m going to do […]

Here are a some things I’ve been working on:
Webcam Lessons:
That’s right! Now you can enjoy Guitar Lessons with Brendan Burns from the comfort of your own home!
I started teaching Guitar Lessons Online last month with a new student in Bangalore, India. We’ve been using Skype with a very basic microphone setup. […]

I’ve never liked the idea of the “Desert Island Discs” question. It always seemed too silly and hypothetical for me.
Well, something changed inside me this evening. I was listening to Bill Frisell’s “Have A Little Faith” album, and thought about how much I loved this album. For the first time, I realized […]