two-time Grammy nominee and one of the greatest musicians in the world today. His love and dedication to the guitar, shows why he is one of the greatest players in the world. Emmanuel’s professional career has been going on for over fifty years and he continues to play over three hundred concerts a year. It is no small fact that this man is referred to as being the greatest acoustic guitar player alive with musicians such as; Steve Vai, Chet Atkins, Martin Taylor, Eric Clapton, and even Les Paul…
Snow has arrived on the east coast. It’s cold. I’m sitting in my house wearing a snowsuit and drinking hot chocolate. The outside is a mess of fallen branches and frozen roads, and so I can’t replenish my dwindling soup supply. Now would be a great time to get on a plane and fly to California, the land of non-cold. I welcome you to join me. For the trip, I’ve built a playlist of nine grooving songs to put us in a California state of mind. You may be wondering why I have chosen nine songs to…
comes, it goes, and the Blues flows right along with it. When the rivers gone, I’ll be gone, so lets help the river along. Do you know how to play?” “Well, I’ve been trying for five years, so I probably can strum along,” said Jed, picking up his guitar. ‘Ok, then, let’s start in the key of E,” said the old man as he started to play and sing: “Let it rain, let it pour, let it rain a whole lot more 'Cause I got them deep river…
the band didn’t need a drummer or guitarist, but needed a singer. So I tried out for the band as a singer and they accepted me. In that group we have six boys and nine girls and have two teachers. We have one drummer who is a girl , two acoustic guitar players who are men, two piano players--one student and one teacher, one Electric guitarist who is a boy ,one bass player who is a boy , and lastly nine singers. We have two sopranos, two altos, three tenors, and two basses. The singers are…
Hearts Club Band (1967) by the Beatles and Pet sound (1963) by the Beach Boys raised the stakes. The two groups had rare abilities. Bob Dylan was engaged in a different strategy wherein 1965 he was engaged in a controversial experiment moving from acoustic to amplified recordings as well as performances. He did not abandon the rough and raw rock ‘n' roll and had initially stated that his…
the lyrics gave a beautifully depressing vibe, especially the end of the song, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Our Lady Of Sorrows- The fast paced guitar solo grabbed my attention, along with Gerard’s profanities,…
still some metaphors. Another difference is that rock music has, from its start, been influenced by electric instruments. However, jazz music started without this type of instrumentation, therefore being more confined to playing live with a certain acoustic range and then later becoming more influenced by electric sounds in the fusion period. Another…
friends doing so. I have never had the urge to go out and have fun at night, as I have always found there is something more productive I can do. Instead of spending my tax return money on several different things, I have decided to buy a very nice guitar, and learn to play it. I have always just wanted to educate myself on different…
encompass each of the various derivative genres of rock and roll. Usually interpreted, among many other instruments are added occasionally, with guitar, drums, and bass. Many styles of the genre also use keyboard instruments, for example, saxophone, piano, Synthesizers. This platform usually has a strong obstacle, and mostly focuses on guitar, electric and acoustic. The primitive rock is derived from a lot of sources, for starters blues, rhythm and blues and country, traditional pop, jazz and…
The relationship between McCartney, Lennon, and Dylan is something that changed the way of music for good. Besides the fact they were all good songwriters apart, when Lennon met McCartney, they were the start of a song writing movement in the industry that changed how people saw artists and song writers – because for once they were one and the same. I think what made their songs so innovated for the time, was how they mixed opinions and sounds through their separate lives, and came together to…