Tony Trischka with Peter Rowan - Part 1

Tue, 11/22/2016 - 6:44pm
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Tony Trischka with Peter Rowan

The much anticipated interview series Tony did during his last studio visit with Peter Rowan is now available in it's first installments. The first 4 parts of this interview are up in +Music  / Special Guests. This first batch includes a duet performance of "Rain and Snow" followed by the first 20 minutes or so of discussion covering many interesting topics and anecdotes. We'll trickle more pieces out each week till the end of the year (this was a long interview with many parts to it.) Click here to check it out

Interview with Tony Trischka & Peter Rowan Coming Soon

Mon, 06/20/2016 - 10:03am
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Tony Trischka was in the ArtistWorks studio recently filming new banjo lessons and for some of them he was also joined by longtime friend and collaborator, the legendary Peter Rowan

Here's some of the topics they covered in the new lessons: tunes, techniques (more on hammer-ons and slides), modal study, picking and pick placement, banjo rolls (including an exercise to practice "all roll combos" together as a warm up), a Stravinsky classical piece, useful licks, methods for expanding your solo/improv range, how to blend Scruggs & Melodic style playing to your advantage, and more!

And if that wern't enough, there's also an exlusive interview with Peter and Tony where they discuss all sorts of fun things (including some entertaining stories about Peter's time playing with Bill Monroe as a member of the iconic Bluegrass Boys). We'll upload all the videos soon, in the meantime you can see a short clip of them recoding together in the studio which we broadcasted live from our Facebook page.

February Artist Feature

Fri, 02/05/2016 - 11:39am
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Read on below to see what some of our teachers are up to in their ever-exciting careers. Also for a limited time, we're offering 4 months of learning for the price of 3! Simply use the code FOUR4THREE at checkout when you sign up for a 3 Month Membership before Tuesday, February 9 at midnight PST.

New Content from Keith Wyatt, Tony Trischka, and Eric Marienthal

Fri, 01/29/2016 - 10:32am
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We are excited to tell you about some new content we've just released from a few of our artists. First up, we we were lucky to film Keith Wyatt playing guitar with the Blasters last month in downtown Napa, CA. The band delivered a power packed set which Keith's students can now find in the Music+ area, and we've also uploaded a new lesson on the classic Blasters song, "Dark Night" which can be found in the "Beyond Classic Blues" section.