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This is Not Goodbye, More Like Au Revoir....

This is Not Goodbye, More Like Au Revoir….

  Hello my dear readers. And dear you are to me. And so it is with some heaviness of heart that I write this post to you. The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noted that I’ve not posted in a while, and things have been a little intermittent for some time. Well, life has some new and interesting challenges for me that I am eager to pursue whole-heartedly – some lifestyle, some musical, some work…

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Album Review: The Ben Verdery Guitar Project: On Vineyard Sound - a bold and adventurous offering, pushing the repertoire envelope!

Album Review: The Ben Verdery Guitar Project: On Vineyard Sound – a bold and adventurous offering, pushing the repertoire envelope!

Wow. Wow, wow, wow. No, I’ve not gone all Kate Bush. I’ve just been listening to and reviewing one of the most incredibly adventurous and beautifully presented (both aurally and visually) recordings of entirely new repertoire I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing in the last five or so years of writing this blog. First a little about this recording I’ve been privileged enough to review for you, dear…

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Approaching Different Versions of a Piece on Your Learning Journey

Approaching Different Versions of a Piece on Your Learning Journey

I was having an email conversation recently with a reader on a topic that I thought may be of interest and potentially helpful to others, so I thought I’d share the crux of it with you today. Said reader was interested to know my thoughts on two differing transcriptions for guitar of Granados’ repertoire favourite, La Maja de Goya, having read my post from nearly three years ago (eek- time…

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Guest Post from Daniel Nistico, The Resourceful Guitarist!

Guest Post from Daniel Nistico, The Resourceful Guitarist!

I’m so excited to be able to present on the blog today a guest post by the fabulous US-based, Australian guitarist Daniel Nistico. I’ve featured Daniel a few times over the years on the blog and it’s so great to be able to feature some of the fantastic work he’s been putting in to exploring lost parts of the repertoire and artists we’ve seemingly forgotten about (and this one today is…

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Album Review - Ascension by Yuri Liberzon

Album Review – Ascension by Yuri Liberzon

Another album review for you this week folks, and another fantastic recording. The debut offering from US-based guitarist Yuri Liberzon, an incredibly talented young man. So who is Yuri Liberzon? Russian-born and Israeli-raised classical guitarist Yuri Liberzon has been recognized for his impressive technical ability and musicality (in fact gaining US permanent residency because of it – not too…

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#bach #classical guitar #Guitar #music #recording #Scarlatti #Yuri Liberzon

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Album Review - Enchanted Guitar Forest by Alex Lubet & Maja Radovanlija

Album Review – Enchanted Guitar Forest by Alex Lubet & Maja Radovanlija

Once again I have been highly privileged to sit and listen to some wonderful original music – this time with a bit of an Eastern European flavour – presented by some equally wonderful guitarists. But before I leap in to the review, some info for you on who these wonderful guitarists are Alex Lubet A native of Chicago, composer, multi-instrumentalist, author, and educator Alex Lubet has lived in…

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Selecting Classical Guitar Studies and Études

Selecting Classical Guitar Studies and Études

  I’ve had some questions recently (and not so recently that I’ve not fully responded to as yet – apologies) with respect to the selection of studies and the role they play in your practice. So I thought I’d put a few words together for you on my thoughts There’s no doubt that studies, for the beginner, intermediate and even advanced classical guitarist, can be very helpful indeed. But like…

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Andrew Rubin Interview -Part Two

Andrew Rubin Interview -Part Two

If you didn’t catch the first part of my interview with young up-and-coming guitarist/ composer/ multi-talented young musician, Andrew Rubin, then be sure to head here: Introducing Andrew Rubin and a New Guitar Concerto! Interview – Part 1 Here’s the second and final instalment of my inspiring interview with Andrew – I promise you it’ll make you want to go grab your guitar and do something new…

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Introducing Andrew Rubin and a New Guitar Concerto! - Interview Part 1

Introducing Andrew Rubin and a New Guitar Concerto! – Interview Part 1

I had the most fantastic pleasure last week to speak with an exceptionally talented young guitarist, composer and orchestrator by the name of Andrew Rubin. Californian-based Rubin has recently released, in digital format, his first full-scale classical work – Guitar Concerto – written with rock legend Jon Anderson, along with a live concert film and recording of Rubin on guitar performing the…

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Album Review - Solo Flight: The Music of Django Reinhardt & Lenny Breau

Album Review – Solo Flight: The Music of Django Reinhardt & Lenny Breau

Hello readers! I have the very first cab off of the 2017 review rank here for you today (and I’ve got more lined up already for the next couple of months!). Today’s review has somewhat of jazzy flavour, a flavour that’s always so nice to mix up into the classical stuff. Solo Flight: The Music of Django Reinhardt & Lenny Breau is the debut solo album from New York City-based classical guitarist…

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Observations on becoming familiar with a piece - sheet music, shapes and movements

Observations on becoming familiar with a piece – sheet music, shapes and movements

I thought I’d share with you some brief thoughts today on an observation I’ve had in recent days. In the last couple of months or so I’ve been practicing, working out niggles and challenging little transitions and fingerings and generally burnishing up a piece of music that I had originally learnt to about a 90% level a couple of years ago. The piece is the Fugue from Bach’s Lute Suite in A Minor…

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, my dear dear readers! I had hoped to post before the end of 2016, but with an unusually and unexpectedly busy lead up to the Christmas holidays with work, preparing to move and other things that scuppered that plan somewhat. Oh, that and a huge tree falling on part of my house and car last week! Fortunately no one was hurt (and all guitars were safe too!), but might not have been…

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Album Review - From Her Source To The Sea by Matthew Fish

Album Review – From Her Source To The Sea by Matthew Fish

  Well this is the final album review of the year I for you today folks, and we’re wrapping up 2016 with a beautiful recording from US-based guitarist Matthew Fish. This recording clearly demonstrates that Matthew is a very talented guitarist and musician. His biography is testament to this fact also, having received his Bachelor’s of Music Degree from CSU, Chico and then his Masters of Music in…

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A New Project for 2017 - My First Book! And it’s Designed with You, Dear Readers, in Mind

A New Project for 2017 – My First Book! And it’s Designed with You, Dear Readers, in Mind

  Hello All! As I alluded to in my last blog post I have a bit of an exciting project underway. And let’s get real here, it won’t be late 2016 as I guessed it could be, timing-wise. Who am I kidding! Besides I want to do it properly as I’m working on it with you folks in mind. It will be something to look forward to in the New Year. So what is it?! I hear you exclaim! Alright, alright. It’s a…

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Getting Back into Playing After a Break - My Recent Approach

Getting Back into Playing After a Break – My Recent Approach

  Well, I’m writing this post a little later in the year than I had perhaps first anticipated, first planning it back in July, and mentioning in my “She’s Back!” post that I’d like to talk about my approach to getting back into playing after a break. However, the couple of additional months (OK, more than a couple – a couple of couple) has meant that I’ve also been able to reflect on my approach…

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Album Review: Vast Expanse by Gidi Ifergan

Album Review: Vast Expanse by Gidi Ifergan

Well, dear reader, once again I have been very privileged to wrap my ears around another utterly fabulous recording – Vast Expanse by Melbourne-based guitarist Gidi Ifergan. And this recording is quite a special one, as far as I’m concerned, as aside from the fantastic playing (more on that shortly) it’s by a very talented guitarist that I used to share a teacher with (the marvellous Ben Dix, who…

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Xuefei Yang in Melbourne Next Week!

Xuefei Yang in Melbourne Next Week!

If you’re in Melbourne or thereabouts and not up to anything on the evening of Thursday 3rd November, I highly recommend you get yourself along to the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Melbourne Recital Centre) to catch one of the world’s finest classical guitarists, in the form of Xuefei Yang. Xuefei will be playing a varied program entitled “From Bach to Brazil” as part of the Melbourne Recital…

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