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Website Launched

I have launched a personal website about my teaching and performing career as a classical guitarist. Check it out Here.

New Classical Guitar Web Series

There is a great new site called "The Plucker Report" with lots of original content on classical guitar.

Check it out here.

Interesting Article on the Current State of the Guitar

The great guitarist Marcelo Kayeth recently wrote an article which mirrors many of my own ideas on the guitar. Its worth a read

http://guitarsalon.com/blog/?p=1412

Great Baden Powell Arrangement

I had never heard of Alfredo Muro until I stumbled upon this video. It is a really great arrangement, not to mention well performed. It really brings out that distinct afro samba rhythm which makes Baden Powell so infectious. Alfedo Muro is from Portland, Oregon.

Alice Artzt explains Ida Presti's right hand position

This is the first in a really interesting series of videos which examine the fundamentals of guitar technique. It is worth watching all four videos, even if you are a very experienced guitarist. She provides a different perspective on technique than the common, modern school of guitar playing. Alice Artzt was a student of Ida Presti, and is now a guitar teacher in NJ.