by Allan | Mar 15, 2013 | Featured Post, Live Performance
I owe a lot to my cousin John. When I told my parents I wanted to get an electric guitar, they asked John to help find one for me. My dad was a piano player and John was his musical nephew – a guitar player. John is 26 years older than me – he’s at...
by Allan | Jan 21, 2013 | Featured Post, Guitar Lessons
There’s still a lot of guitar in modern pop music, despite the use of sequencers and programming. The folks over at TrueFire have just released a new guitar course called Pop Survival Guide featuring the talents of Massimo Varini. It looks like a great course...
by Allan | Dec 3, 2012 | Featured Post, Great Guitarists
I’m a huge Nile Rodgers fan – he’s one of my all time favourite guitarists. I’d always been aware of his music, but one day in the early 90’s my guitar teacher played me a song of the Chicism CD and I was hooked. I started searching out...
by Allan | Aug 30, 2012 | Featured Post, Song Lessons
How To Play Battle Scars Battle Scars Guitar Lesson : How to play Battle Scars by Lupe Fiasco and Guy Sebastian Battle Scars was released here in Australia a couple of weeks ago and went to the number one spot quickly. It was released in the US yesterday and is...
by Allan | Aug 24, 2012 | Featured Post, Promotion
The music industry has changed so much over the past 20 years. These days, thanks to the internet there are opportunities for any musician to have their music heard all around the world. One of the questions I’ve been asked a bit recently by other guitarists is...
by Allan | Jun 5, 2012 | Featured Post, Song Lessons
I’m a big Ed Sheeran fan and recently I worked out the chords to his song Lego House. In this lesson I’ll show you how to play the song and you’ll be able to access the chord chart and chord diagrams. Ed Sheeran – Lego House – Basic...