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Voltaic Vaudeville – May 05, 2007

Published on April 16th, 2007 in News, Projects & Performances | Comments Off

Voltaic Vaudeville – May 05, 2007

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. [...]

Upcoming Events

Published on April 4th, 2007 in News | Comments Off

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 [...]

Sketch 01

Published on February 20th, 2007 in Projects & Performances | Comments Off

Download Link: Sketch01 (mp3) Welcome to the first “Sketches” post! This first “doodle” started out as a recording test for my new Godin guitar, and ended up as a totally valid song idea. It’s a simple vamp: |C|Ab#11|C|Ab#11|C|Ab#11|Gsus4|Gsus4| I was playing around with idea of improvising over the vamp using C major and then the [...]

Announcements!!

Published on February 19th, 2007 in News | Comments Off

Announcements!!

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. The [...]

New Layout

Published on February 9th, 2007 in News | Comments Off

Wow! I’m honestly a little surprised I could do this: Welcome to the new Blog layout! Before I get too full of myself: I’m very new to PHP and I kinda hacked my way through this, so if you notice anything quirky, PLEASE let me know. I can use all the help I can get. [...]

MusicNotes.com Coupons

Published on January 19th, 2007 in News | Comments Off

I’ve been getting my sheet music from MusicNotes.com for a couple years now. Last year I started an affiliate program, and now I’m offering coupons for any purchase. “Yeah, Discounted Sheet Music!” They are located at my Recommendations page. Enjoy!

Johnny %

Published on November 8th, 2006 in News | Comments Off

Johnny %

I’m usually pretty upset when I see rock stars play their guitar on TV or pose for pictures in magazines. Most often they play way too low, and thusly make my job as a guitar teacher an uphill battle when I try to explain the “proper” way to hold the instrument. But then there is [...]

Chip, Chip Away..

Published on November 7th, 2006 in News | Comments 3

The Projects page now has working audio links. Yeah! Sorry it took me so long. I’m working on learning Expression Engine right now. It’s difficult for me, but it will be a powerful tool for the future of this website. When I figure out how to do everything (probably by January), I’m going to move [...]

Name That Riff:

Published on October 30th, 2006 in News | Comments Off

Name That Riff:

A little Halloween riff for you. It’s a repeating groove in C# minor. Think: Scary 80′s music

Free Guitar Clinic With Jude Gold

Published on October 6th, 2006 in News | Comments Off

I got a postcard in the mail today: Guitar Player and First Act present a thrilling Full-Contact Guitar seminar by GP Associate Editor Jude Gold at the First Act Guitar Studio. Jude will detail his renegade art of percussive performance, as inspired by players such as Marcus Miller, Les Claypool, Michael Hedges, and Eddie Van [...]

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Brendan Burns | 857.540.2523 | mail@brendanburns.com