Today, April 3, the Monterey General Store is closing its doors. It’s been an honor (and my pleasure) to have been a part of the music scene there these past seven years since moving to the Berkshires and I’m going to miss playing there. Even though I performed at the Monterey General Store more times than I […]
Time to dip into the “email bag” once again! Today’s question concerns two of the song arrangements from The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar: Hi David I want to tell you that I’m enjoying your book, a lot, and making some headway in the difficult but fun voyage of learning to play. It sat on […]
Hello to all! Here’s another recent email of interest: Dear David I want to learn to play the guitar.  But I play left-handed. Any comments about a “lefty†learning to play guitar. Do you play left-handed?  Your pictures show you playing left-handed. Does any of your books have instructions for playing left-handed. And I prefer […]
It may not seem like it at the moment, but spring’s a-coming! and for some of us, that means tending to the garden. Ian from the Canadian province of Alberta has decided it’s also a good time to read up on playing his electric guitar: And what better way to wish him even more success […]
Hello to all! Here’s a question from a recent email: Hi. I am curious if you can answer this question with a reasonable degree of certainty or if not direct me to someone who can. I tuned one guitar to drop D and one to open G. I have gotten a 50/ 50 mix of […]
 A belated Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone! And a hearty to congratulations to Mitch of South Carolina, our February 15 winner of an autographed copy of my latest book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar! As you hopefully know by now, Guitar Noise is giving away two autographed copies of my latest book, The Complete Idiot’s […]
As you know Guitar Noise is giving away two autographed copies of my latest book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar each month throughout the rest of 2011. To enter this giveaway, just get yourself a copy of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing Rock Guitar and simply take a picture of yourself, with the book, someplace relatively […]
Some of you have written me since the first of the year asking how Charley is doing, not to mention what he’s doing with his time now that he isn’t writing the Guitar Noise News anymore. Well, he seems to be doing a little be of adventure travel, as evidenced by this photo: Looks rather peaceful, […]
Throughout this New Year of 2011, Guitar Noise will be giving away two autographed copies of my latest book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar each month, usually on the first and fifteenth. If you’d like to enter this giveaway, just get yourself a copy of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing Rock Guitar and simply take […]
Welcome to 2011 and to our first winner of an autographed copy of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar! In case you happened to miss all the excitement, Guitar Noise has been giving away two autographed copies of my latest book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar, each month since last August and we’ll continue to do so […]