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- NEW ALBUM: Joe Bonamassa “Driving Towards The Daylight”
- Slow Jam The News with Barack Obama & The Roots: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
- Guitarist Magazine Launches Deluxe Edition iPad App
- Bert Weedon, Play In A Day Author, Dies Aged 91 RIP – 1920-2012
- Tom Petty’s Guitars Stolen From Tour Rehearsal
- Axl Rose Publicly Declines His Induction Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame In Open Letter To All
- RIP Jim Marshall OBE ~ 1923-2012
- MonkeyFest 2012 Cancelled
- Rockschool Launches Version 4 Guitar Syllabus on May 1st!
- Introducing: Phoenix Pro – The Guitar Plugin That Turns Hacks into Shredders
- SONISPHERE CANCELLED!
- 2012 G3 European Tour feat. Steve Vai, Joe Satriani & Steve Morse
- Slash performs the Allman Brothers classic ‘Jessica’ on BBC’s Top Gear show
- John Mayer forced to take “indefinite hiatus” and cancel US tour
- Eric Johnson announces first ever UK tour!
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- Just been working from the @Rockschool grade 5 book with @iisBigD for his exam later this year. Alka Sezter, All Funked Up and Bust Up. 8 hours ago
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- @NOWBath - I'll be teaching guitar to little rockers at @KESBath Pre-Prep today. Rock N' Roll! \m/. .\m/ 16 hours ago
- Happy Birthday, Paul Weller! The modster turns 54 today. Check out 1993's 'Wild Wood'from the album of the same title: youtu.be/A9_ffgwLVCs 16 hours ago
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Monsters of Rock #5
This past weekend saw 17 of my budding Bath Guitar School students gather together for the fifth Monsters of Rock band workshop. The group were backed by a full band of vocals, drums and bass and honed their live performance … Continue reading
Posted in Monsters of Rock, Music, News, Uncategorized, Video, Website, Workshop
Tagged 1972, 1991, Band Workshop, Bath Guitar School, Bath School of Rock, Bob Dylan, Deep Purple, Guns N' Roses, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Machine Head, Monsters of Rock, Richard Perkins, Smoke on the Water, Use Your Illusion
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Bath Bluegrass Orchestra | Sat 21st May 2011
The first ever Bath Bluegrass Orchestra was assembled as part of a free workshop for the Bath Americana Festival (18-22 May 2011). The workshop was held at Hayesfield Girls School in Upper Oldfield Park, Bath in their brand new and … Continue reading
Monsters of Rock #4
This past weekend’s Monsters of Rock band workshop was a huge success, with 16 young rockers taking part and culminating in a rocking performance to an audience of family and friends. This, the fourth workshop of its kind, included learning the … Continue reading
CofBC tutor play through #2
As part of the students learning at City of Bath College the instrumental tutors perform to the class presenting them with a close look at the structures, techniques and musical approaches that different genres of music demand. This term we are … Continue reading
Posted in City of Bath College, Lesson, Music, Video
Tagged Bath Guitar School, City of Bath College, Clive Stocker, Duncan Kingston, Free Guitar Lessons, Guitar, Guitar Lesson, Guitar Tuition, Lee Risdale, Motown, Performance, Richard Perkins, Stevie Wonder, Superstition, Tom Gardiner
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CofBC Pop 1 graded play-through #2
This was the second opportunity for my CofBC Pop 1s to perform solo to the class. Building on the lessons learned from their previous play-through, the students chose a song to perform in front of what will be one of their … Continue reading
Posted in City of Bath College, Music, Video, Website
Tagged Bath Guitar School, Castlevania Theme, City of Bath College, Classical, Dan Streeter, Decadence Dance, Extreme, Gus Hackett, Jack Baker, Joe Downes, Josh Boniface, Lee Snow, Play-through, Pop 1, Richard Perkins, Ryan Strudwick, Sam Davies, Tom Burton, Zack Mapp
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The E A D G C F Tuning For Guitar | An Introductory Guide
The guys over at Jam Track Central recently interviewed Alex Hutchings, a long time collaborator with JTC and a great jazz/rock/fusion guitarist from the UK, who is local to the South West and I have seen him play in Bath … Continue reading
CofBC tutor play through #1
As part of the students learning at City of Bath College the instrumental tutors perform to the class presenting them with a close look at the structures, techniques and musical approaches that different genres of music demand. During this term … Continue reading
CofBC Pop 1 graded play-through #1
My Pop 1 guitar students at the City of Bath College were set a task to learn a song to performance standard for a play-through to a classroom of their peers on their return to college this term. The class … Continue reading
CAGED System: Arpeggios
This post is for my students at the City of Bath College. This is the third installment of the CAGED system and like the CAGED chord and scale shapes in my previous blog posts this CAGED arpeggio system creates five … Continue reading
