Happy Halloween from Creative Spark Guitar Instruction! Who doesn’t love a holiday built around candy and dressing up—which is also very rock and roll. To celebrate, here are the masters of “Halloween rock”, Oingo Boingo, with “Dead Man’s Party”. The riff…
Month: October 2012
Featured Guitarist Video: Brian May
It’s no wonder Queen’s Brian May is high up on Rolling Stone’s list of the greatest guitar players of all time. May combines a rare combination of disciplined playing techniques and original composition, gear, and arranging that made him extremely…
Guitar Quote of the Week: Andrés Segovia
“The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice.” — Andrés Segovia
Featured Guitarist Video: Andy McKee
Andy McKee describes himself as “Just this guy from Topeka, Kansas, who kind of blew up on the Internet about a week before Christmas.” Andy seemed to come out of nowhere when a number of simple videos of him playing…
Guitar Quote of the Week: Pat Metheny
“Listening is the key to everything good in music.” — Pat Metheny
Pirate Guitar[rrrrrrr]!
Many months ago I did a post on Teye’s gorgeous guitars—unique handcrafted instruments made by a craftsman and guitarist who puts a lot of love and inspiration into his work. And now, it’s even better. He’s introduced “The Scallywag”, a…
Featured Guitarist Video: David Gilmour
In the mid 1970s, music changed forever with the outbreak of Pink Floyd’s innovative and completely unprecedented Dark Side of the Moon. For nearly 10 years the band would continue their evolutionary musical direction and sound. It’s almost impossible to imagine…
Guitar Quote of the Week: Jimi Hendrix
“Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you’ll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you’re gonna be rewarded.” — Jimi Hendrix
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass & More Fun
Hopefully you made it to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass last weekend, but if you were too busy with Fleet Week, the America’s Cup World Series, watching the Giants, and all of the other obligations in life, you’d be forgiven. I managed…
Free Songwriting Lessons: Songs from Nothing
Songwriting Challenge: Songs from Nothing Required Equipment: Guitar (or another instrument you can play) Any recording device Required Skills: Be able to play two notes Description: Songs from Nothing is one of the easiest ways to start writing a song right…