“I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday and take it in front of other people.” -James Taylor

“I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday and take it in front of other people.” -James Taylor

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Video Pick of the Week: Curtis Institute Quartet Plays Eric Sessler’s ‘Shift and Riff’

Here’s something a little different: A quartet of highly talented students from the highly regarded Curtis Institute of Music guitar program in Philadelphia playing a very interesting and attractive recent piece composed by Eric Sessler. The ensemble consists of (right to left in the video): Alec Holcomb (guitar I); Xiabo Pu (guitar II), Yunxiang Fan...

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Derek Trucks, Charles Lloyd and the Language of Improvisation

Why is that? It’s because rock improvisation is not the same as jazz improvisation. When you listen to Trucks scattering notes over the chugging beat of Eric Clapton’s “Keep on Growing” on the new album, you can’t help but be impressed by the way...

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Epiphone DR-100 Acoustic Guitar

The Epiphone DR-100 Acoustic Guitar is a nicely crafted acoustic guitar that sports a select spruce top and mahogany body and neck. This guitar epitomizes Epiphone's focus on affordable quality. Epiphone builds the DR-100 Acoustic Guitar with chrome...

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Obsessive Progressive: How to Decode Advanced Polymeters

Bands like Opeth and Meshuggah are known for their warped take on ear-bending rhythms. Here are a few ways to break through the theory and learn how they do it....

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New ‘Yardbirds ’68’ Album Featuring Jimmy Page to Be Released

A new album that includes previously unreleased Yardbirds material from 1968 will be released later this year. Yardbirds ’68 is divided into two parts: “Live at Anderson Theater,” a concert recording, and “Studio Sketches,” a collection of...

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“Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything.” – Joe Pass

“Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything.” – Joe Pass

— GuitarMusicInstitute (@guitarandmusicI) August 28, 2017

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