Surprise set at BCMFest 2024 - Sat Jan 13!

Can’t seem to keep myself away from fine guitars! Some new demos from The Music Emporium.

FAQ video! Minimalist gear and editing secrets for making great acoustic music videos.

If you follow me on Instagram you might already know this, but one of my favorite contemporary guitarists is the wonderful Bryan Rahija, so I learned a bunch of his tunes!

The “most intuitive” music notation software available, Flat.io turned me from a reluctant and procrastinating transcriber into an enthusiastic and competent one.

On this round of Brouwer Etudes I come to my favorite…and biggest challenger.

Slowly but surely I’m working on getting all my Celtic tune arrangements transcribed and available to learn via Flat.io!

The Brouwer Etudes Simples have been key for me in developing my right hand technique.

Gigs, tabs, and songs in the pipeline now…

Bouzouki/mandolin/cittern folks, Zoukology 2024 is on the books for February 1-4!

An inspiring and virtuosic fingerstyle player, Matt Thomas is also deeply knowledgeable and passionate about the world of boutique luthier-built guitars.

CVE goes on the road to the Artisan Guitar Show in Harrisburg, PA!

“I’ve always operated under the principle that if you can build a guitar, you can do anything.” – Jeff Jewitt

“With acoustics, I find there's a lot more levels to it, a lot more details you can refine and tweak...it's all down to you, really, to get the best out of a piece."

“I always thought that making guitars and listening to them, having the guitar experience, is multi-sensory." Michel Aboudib's approach to guitar-making feels almost synesthetic.

"It feels appropriate to me that when you’re open to other arts, other things in the world, your own creative output is going to be richer and more dimensional because of that.”

With a family steeped in both traditional music and violin making, Zach Lefebvre’s journey into guitar building was so natural, it almost sounds inevitable as he tells you about it!

J.W. Gallagher’s achievements as one of the first boutique guitarmakers in the mid-20th century are carried into this new “Golden Era” by David Mathis and his team.

Wherein I delve half-blindly into vintage guitar territory for TNAG’s Connoisseur V1E6.

My personal favorite “Behind the Songs” interview, featuring three Boston friends!