The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar hit the stores, both online and in the physical world on Tuesday, October 5. And I’d like to pass along my thanks to everyone who’s bought a copy or preordered it. In case you didn’t know, Guitar Noise is having an ongoing contest to give away two autographed copies of […]
Hello to all! Today, October 5, my latest book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar, goes on sale. While my name is on the cover, this book is actually the direct result of my answering a “help wanted” link at Guitar Noise over eleven years ago, in September of 1999. Paul Hackett (who created and owns […]
It’s almost impossible for me to believe that The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar comes out Tuesday, on October 5. It truly seems like yesterday when I was looking at a desk piled high with scraps of music, books of Public Domain songs, scribbles on which keys would best suite a lesson idea and lots of bits […]
Today being September 15, we have a new winner to announce. We at Guitar Noise are having an ongoing giveaway contest and each month between now and December 2011, we’re giving away two autographed copies of my latest book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar, which comes out in just three weeks (!), on October 5. Where […]
A Happy First of September to everyone! As you undoubtedly know by now, we have a new giveaway contest going on at Guitar Noise. We’re in the process of giving away two  autographed copies of my latest book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar (which comes out on October 5), each month between now and December 2011. That’s […]
Hello to all! Here’s a relatively recent email – one that covers a topic many beginner guitarists bring up: I first noticed it on the sheet music “I Feel Fine” by the Beatles. it starts off with a open  A  on the fifth string, then it shows a D and I’m thinking open fourth string. […]
Hello again to everyone! As mentioned last time, we have a new giveaway contest going on at Guitar Noise. Between now and December 2011, we’ll be giving away autographed copies of my latest book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar, which comes out on October 5. To enter the giveaway, anyone who has bought a copy […]
Hello to all! In case you don’t read the Guitar Noise News (the free twice-a-month newsletter from Guitar Noise), we have a new giveaway contest going on. Between now and December 2011, we’ll be giving away autographed copies of my latest book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar, which comes out on October 5. To enter the giveaway, […]
Someone posted a question about sight reading on the Guitar Noise Forums fairly recently. And got some very good answers which led to more questions which, as often happens in this sort of case, led to a discussion of reading music in general which, again as often happens in this sort of case, led to […]
There’s an original song on Steinar Gregertsen’s first CD, Southern Moon Northern Lights (http://www.guitarnoise.com/review/steinar-gregertsen/), called “Will the Wind Ever Remember,†which could easily be considered a tribute to the late, great Jimi Hendrix. Steinar obviously has a great love of Hendrix’s style – not only as a guitarist but also as an arranger and a […]