Guitar, Ukulele and Music Lessons
I first met Amanda Ling over 20 years ago when we both played a show in Singapore. I was performing with a Malaysian singer-songwriter and Amanda played keyboards for a Singaporean band. Over the years, I ve been following her work off and on, and around the more recent years, noticed her shift into the world [ ]
I previously reviewed a book by Rodney Jones back in 2021 when he released Hip Guitar Lines. That was a really cool book with unique lines and ideas. With this release, we get a new book collecting 58 lines that are intended for detailed study over a year. The premise is if you really learned [ ]
I recently had the pleasure of attending a guitar clinic that felt less like a lecture and more like a conversational masterclass. Hosted by Bentley Music and Ibanez Guitars right here in the Bentley Music Auditorium in Petaling Jaya, Selangor Malaysia, the session featured the incredible Jack Gardiner. I’m a fan of Jack’s virtuosic, lyrical [ ]
I recently had the pleasure of attending Luca Mantovanelli’s online masterclass, and it was one of the most generous, no-holds-barred sessions I’ve attended in a long time. If you’ve been following my journey, you know I’ve been digging deep into the educational material of some of the best players out there. Following the amazing Greg [ ]
This 1966 book is an interesting and helpful book for jazz musicians who want to develop their swing rhythmic feel. This is the first of three books in this series. This book contains 12 jazz exercises that are moderately slow swing and 10 jazz tunes at moderate swing tempo. I remember studying this when I [ ]