Guitar Lessons & …

Have a guitarist on your gift list?  Here are a few items (mostly from Musician’sFriend.com) that I recommend: Digital Voice Recorder: I use the SONY IC Recoder (ICD-SX46) ($150) for recording quick ideas, practice & composing. It’s a great tool for any musician. DocZac Handmaster Plus Exerciser ($10) Designed for anyone who wants to maintain [...]

I’ve been waiting for this day for a while: Plus, iTunes also has Malicorne’s Catalog.

Heather Hughes, my good friend, poet, & housemate, has two poems up on Prick of the Spindle this month.  Check them out: Contact love, occasional

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 aircraft [...]

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 drop me note. [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]