Missy Raines Interviews Mark Schatz

Wed, 01/17/2018 - 11:26am
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*UPDATE* Part 16 & 17 of Missy Raine interviewing Mark Schatz is live now! Her students can watch here.

Missy recently had the amazing Mark Schatz over to her home studio!

Bluegrass All-Stars Live at RockyGrass

Fri, 09/08/2017 - 2:44pm
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bluegrass allstars live at rockygrass

Good News: We have some exclusive new videos for anyone in our bluegrass schools. It's the ArtistWorks Bluegrass All Stars performing live at RockyGrass 2016!

The two songs are played back to back: "The Puppy Belly Dance" and "Fox Chase". We also uploaded their performance of "State Line".  There's a fun impromptu dueling guitar portion between Michael Daves and Bryan Sutton in that one, very entertaining! After that Mike Block leads the gang in "Johnny B. Goode".  Next we have their performance of "Chief Sitting in the Rain". For anyone who plays mandolin, Mike Marshall teaches a great version of this in his school. 

We added "I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome", a classic bluegrass tune that Bill Monroe wrote with Hank Williams a long time ago. Michael Daves teaches how to sing both the lead and tenor vocal parts in multiple keys in his intermediate curriculum for those interested in adding this to your jam list. 

Next we added another classic: "Way Downtown" by Doc Watson*. It's sung here by Bryan Sutton and Michael Daves in this lively performance. For the fiddlers out there, Darol Anger teaches this tune in his Beginner and Intermediate curriculum. For Mandolin pickers, Mike Marshall teaches this in his Beginner curriculum.

Then Darol Anger kicks off a great fiddle tune titled "Cherokee Shuttle". There's some fantastic soloing by Darol, Mike, Tony, Bryan and Andy in this installment and another all around team effort from the All Stars as they rock another tune with only minutes of prep time before taking it live to a full house. Next we added the classic "John Hardy" - don't miss it!

Update: Thought the show was over? Not yet! After the crowd erupted in cheers and a standing ovation, the begging for one more tune convinced the Bluegrass All Stars return to the stage for this awesome encore performance of "Deep Ellum Blues" lead by Andy Hall on vocals (who also teaches this tune in his Intermediate Dobro lessons). 

You can find all this great exclusive content +Music section of the Learn area!

Advanced Bass Lessons with Paul Kowert Now Available

Mon, 01/11/2016 - 4:12pm
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advanced bass lessons with paul kowert

As bass player for Punch Brothers, Paul Kowert shares the stage with a lot of top notch musicians. He recently recorded a special series of bass lessons that are specifically aimed for advanced bass players at ArtistWorks.

In the sample lesson we've included below, Paul talks about the classic bluegrass tune "Whiskey Before Breakfast" and introduces the idea of playing pizzicato solos. This is just Part 1 of a three part series Paul recorded on this topic. Other lessons include:

advanced bass lessons with paul kowert

As bass player for Punch Brothers, Paul Kowert shares the stage with a lot of top notch musicians. He recently recorded a special series of bass lessons that are specifically aimed for advanced bass players at ArtistWorks.

Upcoming Summer Bluegrass Festivals

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 3:42pm
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The summer is fast approaching, and there's no better time for outdoor jamming than some of that nice warm weather. We hope everyone finds some time to sit back and play some music this summer. Whatever style or instrument you play, the important thing is to enjoy it for all that it's worth. If you're in any of these areas, check out some ArtistWorks bluegrass teachers playing live at these upcoming event