Stuff You Want to Know,
and Radio Interview

Speaker

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Here is a radio interview I did in 2014 that I want to share with you. I am also posting some answers to some questions that many of you have been asking me recently including answering the great questions and feedback I received from a questionnaire that I sent out a few months ago. And […]

Adam’s 7-String Guitar

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A lot of people have been asking me about my gear that I use and in particular, my guitar. Since most of the questions have been about my guitar, I thought I would create a video explaining a little bit about my baby!  This video was literally shot in one take a few minutes before […]

Jim Hall

Jim Hall

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One year Jim Hall was a guest artist at the now defunct National Guitar Workshop. I taught for the NGW at the time and traveled to Connecticut to hear Jim’s Masterclass. But before I get too ahead of myself, about twelve years prior, Jim was in Toronto (where I then lived) doing a duo gig […]

THE CREATIVE PROCESS

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I grew up in farm country. Life was simple. Nearly everyone drove a pickup. It makes sense that my earliest influences were Bluegrass and Country music. I literally grew up inside of a cornfield. There wasn’t much to do when you were young. I was lucky. I started playing guitar at seven years old.  Except for […]

WHAT DOES JOHNNY CASH AND CARLOS VIVES HAVE IN COMMON?

Carlos+Johnny

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Musically, Johnny and Carlos don’t really have much in common. Yes, they both come from folk music roots tradition to their respective home countries: US and Colombia. But what most certainly they DO have in common is FANS! Loyal fans. Even though Johnny Cash is no longer with us, he passed away in 2003, he […]

MY MOM & EDDIE VAN HALEN MADE ME PLAY JAZZ!

Guitar Hero, Eddie Van Halen

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I remember quite vividly the day that I announced to my parents I wanted to be a professional musician. I was 11 years old and I had been playing guitar already for 4 years or so. At the time, the great Chet Atkins was my inspiration. My first guitar hero.

My parents stood by me and before I knew it, at age 12, I was in the Musicians Union and getting paid to play gigs!…