Category: Music Evolution

Digging into Rhythm

I’ve often considered myself a rhythm guitarist, compared to lead. In a basic rock band, one guitarist is lead and the other is rhythm. I got the sense rhythm guitar was like second chair compared to the more epic rock star lead player. However, I also sensed there was something more to it and took a lot of pride in considering myself a rhythm guitar player. Listening to Richie Havens play “Freedom” at Woodstock ’69Continue reading

Announcing Video Series: #guitarjourney

The past few years have been full of guitar evolutions, and I want to share some of that with you! Inspired to get into the video studio and track some of my guitar journey, I played a dash of Elizabeth Cotten’s song “Freight Train.” The finger-picking style is new to me; and I saw a video with the guitarist Tommy Emmanuel where he broke it down into some steps, and that got me started. ThisContinue reading