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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.
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Being able to deliver exactly what a student wants to learn is a skill that will give any teacher an edge over the competition. Few guitar educators have developed this set of chops as well as Happy Traum. Pioneering the concept of selling audio lessons on cassette tapes in the early ’70s, Traum continuously followed the technological trends, making his offerings available on CDs, VHS videos, DVDs, and most recently, his own YouTube channel. Similarly, when Traum realized that there was a market for lessons in more playing styles than his own country-blues-infused fingerpicking, he looked to his community of musician friends to build a catalog that now includes everything from folk to rock. In this issue of GuitarPro News, Traum discusses some of the secrets to his success and offers valuable advice for how to produce a pro-level teaching video.
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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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TEACH: HAPPY TRAUM
The Homespun Tapes founder discusses what it takes to produce a great video lesson. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers [more]
GIG: CINDY CASHDOLLAR
The dobro virtuoso and road warrior reveals her secrets for being a successful backup musician. By Andy Ellis [more]
RECORD: COLLABORATING ONLINE
How to hire online session pros for your CD project. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers [more]
CREATE: HOW TO MAKE RINGTONES
How to turn your music into cell phone ringtones you can sell. By Dale Miller [more]
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2008 Guitar Foundation of America Convention and Competition
The 2008 Guitar Foundation of America Convention and Competition is coming to San Francisco August 5–10. Hosted by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, the convention will feature concerts, masterclasses, competitions, and instrument exhibits. Many of today’s leading classical guitarists are among the scheduled performers, which include Thibault Cauvin, Duo Melis, Gyan Riley, Hopkinson Smith, David Tanenbaum, Xuefei Yang, the San Francisco Conservatory Guitar Ensemble, and more. www.guitarfoundation.org
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KEEPING YOUR BAND TOGETHER
How to develop a lasting relationship with your band by making sure that all members have similar expectations and are compatible musically and personally. By Paul Kotapish
Starting a band is all too easy. You don’t even need a gig. One good jam session plus an inspired name and you are in business. Keeping that band together is a different story altogether. “Run it like a business” is a mantra that is often repeated in the music industry, but band longevity isn’t necessarily tied to commercial success. Plenty of bands never make it out of the garage but are still happily rehearsing 20 years down the road, while many groups that do catch a bullet to the top disintegrate as soon as they see the limelight. Checking whether everyone has similar goals and expectations for personal and financial rewards alike can go a long way to avoiding friction down the road. [More]
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