Episode 38 – Jamie Akers Renaissance Man
Jamie Akers Has Realised A Dazzling Career As A Multi-Instrumentalist Of Historical Stringed Instruments Including Early 19th Century Guitars, Lutes and The Amazing Theorbo. Ged Brockie Of GMI Find Out More About This Fascinating Musician & His Instruments.
Once the instrument of choice for those with plucked string leaning, the Lute is now a distant second to the guitar...
Episode 1 – Guitar Sight Reading – How & Why
Learning Guitar Sight Reading On Guitar
Learning to read traditional music notation on the guitar is usually not the first thing that guitarists consider unless they come from a classical guitar background. Due to the fact that guitar players get scales, chords, arpeggios and ultimately songs together quickly, by the time that they get round to thinking about getting their...
Episode 46 – Wristruments – A New Way To Learn Guitar With Your Watch!
A New App Which Makes Use Of The Apple iWatch To Learn Guitar Is Arriving Soon...
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Heard of Wristruments yet? If not, check out this podcast which details the app, work and company set up by Joe Corcoran which helps people learn to play guitar by using your watch! Interested? Thought so, click for more...
Joe Corcoran takes part in this...
Episode 44 – Musicians & Live Streaming With Andi Lippi
As the pandemic continues to prevent most musicians from performing is live streaming a possible alternative for you? Live streaming expert Andi Lippi, possibly the most outwardly positive man on the planet right now, explains why and how you can reach a huge new audience
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Ged Brockie has undertaken several podcast interviews with musicians who are dealing with the effects...
Episode 34 – Interview Rewind & Update With Andy Squires
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In September 2017, Andy Squires was interviewed for GMI's "Musician's Moving Online" series (episode 20) as Andy planned the release of his first album under the name TercelVoice. Fifteen months later, we hear how his first release has fared and what advice he has for other singer songwriters.
If you are...
Episode 37 – Haftor Medboe of Copperfly Records
Haftor Medboe is a highly regarded Scottish based composer, guitarist and educator. In this podcast interview, Ged Brockie of GMI discusses these areas of his work but also finds out about his new music label, Copperfly.
Anyone who has had any dealings with the Scottish jazz scene will no doubt have come across Haftor Medboe. Haftor has been at...
Episode 41 – Musicians Living In Lockdown with Honza Kourimsky
We are just starting to come out of one of the strangest times that any of us will possibly ever face with the Covid 19 pandemic. Ged Brockie of GMI talks with up and coming guitar maestro Honza Kourimsky about being a musician in these lock down days.
Most people agree that it is a hard life being a...
Episode 43 – Musicians Living in Lockdown with Jean Johnson
This podcast interview is with renown classical clarinetist Jean Johnson. Jean discusses everything from odd auditions to lock down to her new ensemble Metamorphoses.
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Jean Johnson is in heavy demand as a performer, teacher and as the leader of her own ensemble named Metamorphoses. The pandemic has put the brakes on a huge amount of work as well as the...
Episode 45 – Professor Adam Ballif And Private Music Studio 2 App
For teachers looking to keep track of student work & assignments a new lightweight Apple App may just fit the bill.
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Private Music Studio 2 is for music teachers who want to track the progress of their students taking private lessons. Student information may be organized by semester including weekly lesson assignments, grades, and notes about student performances, accompanists, and...
Episode 48 – Help Musicians: A Pandemic Lifeline!
It Is Not An Overstatement To Say That The Charity "Help Musicians" Have Made The Difference Between Many Musicians Surviving Or Going Under Across The UK.
The pandemic has hit so many people in all walks of live very hard. For many in the arts, the actual foundations that underpin their lives has been taken away; the opportunity to perform...