Guitar Lessons & …

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year of guitar lessons.
Members of the 2007-2008 Brendan Burns GUITARMY:
Austin Cohen
Myra Johnson
Helen Huang
Coco Wallace
Parker Wallace
Charlie Guerra
Neil Jones
Kavoi Mutisya
Christopher Zarins
Shaan Shivdasani
Sam Roffman
Masaki Norton
Isabel Wallace
Hadassah Stanhill
Olivia Siegal
Max Josef
Gabriel Mininberg
Daniel Getz
Nick Page
Alvin Taylor
Sarah Simon
Shani Breiman
Nico Jochnick
Claire Chin
Keir Shields
Elana Shlosman
Sophia Spirounis
Sam Mills
Aaron Corn
Micaela Corn
Greg Smith
Abby Fink
Maria Meletlidis
Vincent Webster
Eleni Papadopoulos
Yanni Papadopoulos
David Cohen
Tommy […]

TuneFoolery received a nice article in the Cambridge Tab last week:
Cambridge - Tunefoolery Concert Ensembles from Cambridge, a group of 50 musicians living with mental illness, has a simple yet powerful message: Emphasize people’s strengths and focus on abilities, not disabilities.
In May, Tunefoolery members will share their music with the release of a new CD, […]

I’m a little behind on my updates, but better late than never:
I had a wonderful time at my Faculty Recital last month. Vessela Stoyanva, Valerie Thompson & Will Dick all provided themselves as great musicians and amazing associates for the evening. Thank you to all my students who attended. I’m so happy […]

It’s that time of year again. Time for recitals! Excitement and nerves meet, and then we play. To honor my students dedication and hard work I will be having a recital of my own.
Last year I showcased music for the WAlbum, this year I will be featuring music that I’ve been studying, […]

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 […]

A week has past since I finished the WAlbum project. With what little distance I have from the experience, here are some thoughts:
OBSERVATIONS:

This was a lot of work.
I’m proud of some things and embarrassed of others.
I learned a lot about myself and how I work.
It was great fun and very satisfying to create work […]

Some Highlights:

The Gamelan: Learning a new piece from Alit changed the way I think about music. Playing the Museum of Science with Robots, Kresge Hall with Alit, & an outdoor concert at Copley Square were all memories I will cherish.
Tim Miller: I had a great year studying with Tim. He helped out a […]

Guitar Player Magazine has a new feature they call: Guitar Player TV. I’ve only looked at a couple videos, but it looks pretty good. The design is a little clunky, but it’s a start. Check it out.
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Consider this my official push for Powertabs.net: This is a site with midi encoded […]

Saturdays start early for me and I usually stay up too late the night before, so after my morning and afternoon lessons, I’m ready for a nap.
Last night, I took that nap during the World Series around 8:30pm. I set my timer for 10 minutes and let the words of Joe Buck lull me […]