Tony talks with Peter Rowan: next installments
Tue, 12/27/2016 - 5:50pm
The next couple parts are now available which include a discussion the Beatles as well as a fun performance of "Please Don't Bring Your Banjo Back." Check it out in the Special Guests area of +Music tab in the Learning Channel!
New Peter Rowan Videos Available
Fri, 12/09/2016 - 5:42pm
Good news: we've just added the next two installments of the Peter Rowan session. In these new episodes Tony shows off his new custom Deering banjo to Peter who was intrigued by all the "bling." They also jam through the tune "Crossing the Cumberlands." Check it out in the + Music area or just click here to jump to where we left off at Part 5!
Tony Interviews Danny Barnes at RockyGrass 2016
Wed, 12/07/2016 - 5:23pm
This is a really fun interview Tony did with highly acclaimed banjo player Danny Barnes in the ArtistWorks RV at RockyGrass 2016. Danny Barnes is a banjo player, singer, and composer whose music is influenced by country, jazz, blues, punk, metal, and more. He has been described as a "banjo virtuoso" and is "widely acknowledged as one of the best banjo players in America. In September 2015, Barnes was awarded the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass, in recognition of his role as "one of bluegrass music’s most distinctive and innovative performers." This interview series is in 3 parts and runs about 24 minutes in total including Danny performing some original tunes.
Find in the +Music area of the Learning Channel or just click here!
New Intermediate Lessons + More Peter Rowan
Thu, 12/01/2016 - 1:13pm
We've added more of Tony's discussion with Peter Rowan, find it in the +Music Area (or you can just click here). Also, there's a new lesson series in the Intermediate lessons: 20,000 Leagues Under the Banjo. Filmed here in the ArtistWorks studios recently, Tony shows you how to use the low end of the neck and lower octaves to add variations to common tunes and breaks. The first 2 lessons are available now and have slow motion performance isolations in both overhead and side views as well as tablature. Find them in the Learning Channel or just click the images below!
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