Episode 8 – Interview With JamStack Creator Chris Prendergast.
JamStack ... The Most Amazing New Amplification Product In Years!
Chris Prendergast is the inventor of a new portable guitar amplifier that attaches onto the vast majority of electric guitars. Working with your smartphone it's a guitarists dream. Funded via an Indiegogo campaign, it's funding from guitarists around the world has been simply overwhelming. In this podcast GMI talks to Chris...
Episode 7 – We Need To Talk About Improvisation.
A Talk About Improvisation & How You Can Develop Your Creativity.
Learning to improvise is the Holy Grail for a most musicians. For some, however, it's a never ending source of frustration. If you work hard on your technique, how can you then transform this into improvisations that you feel are from the heart and not just a bunch of...
Episode 6 – Interview With Music Producer Calum Malcolm.
Calum Malcolm Has Recorded Some Of The Biggest Names In Music. Hear What He Has To Say About Music, Tech., Education & More.
Calum Malcolm is without doubt one of the finest recording engineers/producers in the world today. From his work with "The Blue Nile", to "Fish", Mark Knopfler, Aly Bain, his numerous orchestral recordings and more, Calum's thoughts on the recording industry, technology,...
Episode 5 – Interview With Joseph Alexander Founder Of Fundamental Changes.
Joseph Alexander Of Fundamental Changes - The Guitarist Who's Sold 300,000Â Guitar Books!
Joseph Alexander, the founder of Fundamental Changes is an amazing person and not only because he has sold a million dollars of guitar books. He is amazing because he found a gap in a market using new publishing technology and worked tirelessly to create a new way of...
Episode 4 – Interview With Classical Guitar Maestro Phillip Thorne MBE.
Phillip Thorne MBE Discusses His Life Of Guitar & Music
Phillip Thorne MBE is one of Scotland's most significant guitar players of the last forty years and not just within the realm of classical guitar. His commissioning of new music for guitar and orchestra, his work within the field of performance and education have been a beacon of light for...
Episode 3 – Interview With Virtuoso Jazz Guitarist Nigel Clark
Nigel Clark Jazz Guitarists - A Performing Musician
Nigel Clark is one of Scotland's finest jazz guitarists. His incredible musicality and amazing technique have made him one of the most sought after players not only in his native Scotland, but in Europe and beyond. Find out more about his career, view on music education and how to create an individual...
Episode 2 – So You Want To Be A Professional Guitarist
How Does Someone Become A Professional Guitarist?
So if you are starting out, or perhaps you've been playing for some time and you want to make the jump to full time becoming a professional guitarist full time, how do you go about this? What does it entail? More importantly, what is the probable reality compared to the dreams that you...
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...