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A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR, TEJA GERKEN
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Ask any touring music professional—being away from home for long stretches can inspire thoughts of a different way to make a living. Most of us love this business too much to give it up completely, so finding another type of music career is something we may face at some point. Perhaps this is how guitarist Jim Brunberg felt after several years of playing in Box Set. In this issue of GuitarPro News, Andrew DuBrock talks with Brunberg about the logistics of taking his experience as a musician and turning it into a thriving hub of musical activity in Portland, Oregon.
GuitarPro News is hitting the road later this month, traveling to the Newport Guitar Festival in Miami Beach, Florida (see Industry News below). I’ll be among a team of Acoustic Guitar representatives in attendance, so please feel free to stop by our table to say hello, check out our line of books and magazines, or give feedback if you’re making the trek yourself.
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Senior Editor Teja Gerken has been at Acoustic Guitar for ten
years. He is an accomplished fingerstyle
guitarist who frequently performs in the
San Francisco Bay Area and internationally.
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IN THIS ISSUE
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Dealing with the Unexpected
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By Stevie Coyle
Like any good adventurer, the performing musician needs to be ready for the unexpected, and being able to roll with the inevitable punches is as important as knowing your material. This article will look at some of the sources of what can go wrong, from issues with the audience to sound reinforcement troubles and booking misunderstandings.
Read the rest of the story on the Acoustic Guitar website
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SPONSOR: ACOUSTIC PRO MUSICIAN
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Newport Guitar Festival in Miami Beach
The Newport Guitar Festival is moving to Miami Beach, Florida. Held from April 11 to 13, the event will feature guitar exhibits, concerts, and player workshops. Unique in hosting both contemporary luthier-made instruments and vintage guitars, the festival will include modern builders such as Grit Laskin, John Monteleone, Julius Borges, and Mike Doolin, and dealers including Dream Guitars, Luthier’s Pride, Guitar Center’s Platinum Room, and Sam Ash. Scheduled performers and teachers include 2007 fingerstyle champion Don Alder, Muriel Anderson, Michael Chapdelaine, Woody Mann, Nina Gerber, John Jorgenson, and others.
www.newportguitarffestivalmiamibeach.com
Edirol R-09HR
Roland’s Edirol division has announced an addition to its line of portable digital recorders. Expanding on the capabilities of the successful R-09, the new R-09HR ($450) is capable of recording in WAV or MP3 formats with resolutions of up to 24 bit/96kHz. The unit includes an onboard mini-speaker for instant audio playback, an upgraded stereo microphone, and the ability to record to SD or SDHC cards of up to 32 GB in size. A wireless remote control allows operation from a distance.
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ESSENTIAL GEAR |
SansAmp Para Driver DI
Supercharged preamp tone shaper for acoustic and electric guitar, bass, violin, keyboards, drums, vocals, etc. 100% analog circuitry, parametric equalization, variable gain. Also in rackmount: SansAmp RPM.
$275 MSRP
Tech 21 USA, Inc.
(973) 777- 6996
www.tech21nyc.com
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Explore bluegrass guitar with one of today's master musicians
Bluegrass Guitar Essentials
By Scott Nygaard
Bluegrass Guitar Essentials provides a thorough grounding in the essential musical elements of bluegrass guitar. Scott Nygaard’s concise and well-written lessons cover all the traditional aspects of bluegrass guitar, from a primer on bluegrass rhythm guitar, fiddle tunes, the blues, and crosspicking to more contemporary approaches to flatpicking, including unusual chords and solo flatpicking.
In each lesson you’ll find exercises and licks to play in both standard notation and tablature, along with chord diagrams and fingerings. You’ll find 13 full songs in the book. Includes CD with complete guitar transcriptions.
$19.95, 72 pp., Book and CD, 9" x 12", HL695931
For single copies, shop acousticguitar.com/books
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