Posted in Guitars, Live Performance, guitar, guitarists, performing on January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I mentioned in a previous post that I played for an audience of 750+ folks. What a rush! Anyway, there was a great photographer flitting about the place, and he happened to get some shots of the The Dawg playing, so I thought I’d share them to put a face to the name. Based upon [...]
Posted in Live Performance, guitar, performing, playing live on January 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On Monday night, I performed solo in front of 700+ people; just me and my guitar. It was probably the largest crowd that I’ve ever played for as a solo act, and it was a totally cool experience. I did a lot of covers in my set ranging from James Taylor to the Beatles - [...]
Posted in GarageBand, Guitars, Live Performance, Music, Studio/Recording, Worship Music, catholic music, christian music, christian worship, church, guitar, musicians, recording, songs on August 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In my latest GarageBand project, I just finished recording a song that I wrote back in 2004, but never managed to record it until now. The song is called “I Will Sing (of Your Salvation).“
While the song is very special to me, the recording was actually a bit of an experiment as I wanted [...]
Posted in GarageBand, Guitars, Live Performance, Music, guitar, iMac, mac, musicians, performing, recording on August 17, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been a gigging musician for several years, playing in all sorts of venues. 90% of my gigs are just me singing and accompanying myself with a single guitar and keyboard, which has worked for me for a long time. But as of late, the artist in me has yearned to stretch his wings and [...]
Posted in Guitars, Live Performance, Music, guitar, guitarists, musicians, performing, playing live on August 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I read this great article by Tom Hess at Modern Guitars (thanks go to IG at igblog for turning me on to this online mag!) about the “little voices in your head” that talk to you when you’re playing, and it prompted me to write on something that I’ve never covered in any of my [...]
Posted in Effects, Guitars, Live Performance, Tone, amps, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, pedals on August 2, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been searching for a decent compression/sustainer for a long time, and I’ve tried out a bunch over the last year. Surprisingly enough, it wasn’t until recently that I decided to check out the MXR DynaComp. The DynaComp has been around for a long time, and has several faithful followers. Unfortunately, I’m not one of [...]
Posted in Guitars, Live Performance, Music, Tone, guitar, guitarists on July 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Like many guitarists, I have fantasies of playing guitar with a big name, like Sting for instance. I also have dreams of having technique like Hendrix, Satch, SRV, Eric Johnson, or Vai. But the reality is that I’ll probably never achieve their level of technique. So short of that, the best I can do is [...]
Posted in Guitars, Live Performance, guitar, guitarists on June 15, 2007 | 4 Comments »
In my life, “The Police” have been one of my most favorite bands. I’ve got every album they produced - including the really early punk stuff. But until recently, I really didn’t count Andy Summers as one of my guitar heroes. Sure, he was solid, he created some lasting licks (think: Message in a Bottle), [...]
Posted in Guitars, Live Performance on May 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
For the last several years, I’ve led a band at my church. It’s a great group of folks, and I love them all dearly. They’re not only dedicated musicians, but they also share my passion for worship music. Outside of church though, I do solo gigs all over the local area. I have a regular [...]
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