Jamming with Greg Howe

Sat, 11/12/2016 - 1:29am
Written by PaulGilbert

Greg Howe opened the show at my recent concert in Tel Aviv. I invited him to jam with me on "Little Wing." A few choruses in, I had the idea to trade guitars. I've always like Greg's playing, and he sounded great at our jam. In this photo, I like that his thumb is way over the neck. Proof of... ROCK!

Resosummit 2016

Mon, 11/14/2016 - 7:03pm
Written by Andy Hall
Topics: andy hall, dobro

resosummit 2016

This past weekend I had the opportunity to teach at Resosummit. I’m sure many of you are familiar with it. 120 reso students and 10 teachers descend on Nashville TN for a weekend of learning and jamming. I’ve taught a lot of camps, but this one is special obviously as it’s only Dobros. It’s 3 full days, and the students can choose different classes with different teachers. They do limit class size though so students don’t get into everything that they want. But all the classes are beneficial in some way. Preparing material for the camp gave me a number of quality lesson ideas that I can record and share with you guys, so even if you couldn’t go, you’ll be seeing some of the benefits here shortly!

There were quite a few ArtistWorks students in attendance this year, which was cool. And many other familiar faces. I highly recommend doing one of these music camps if you ever get a chance. There’s a lot of learning that goes on, but there’s more! Fun concerts from the faculty and students. Jams. And you can’t overstate how rich the social and networking opportunities are. Great people, all there for the Dobro!

There were some new faces, but many of the folks I knew. This leads me to think I need to continue to up my game in letting people know about our little world, and the joy of playing slide. One really important observation I made, is in the quality of the playing by the students. Since I taught my first resosummit, the median level of the playing has gone up quite a bit. This is a great sign. It shows that sites like Artistworks are really having an impact on peoples playing! 10 years ago there were almost no online resources available for Dobro. Now we have the most comprehensive Dobro teaching site in the world! And many other fantastic sites and resources. Makes me proud to be able to share everything I’ve learned with you guys, and for you all to be able to share with each other. Let’s keep it up! As always let me know if you have any questions. See you in the video que. 

Another Nr 1 placement on the Global Album Chart

Tue, 11/15/2016 - 12:41pm
Written by andreas

Hey all,

Hoping u're having a nice month so far. On the latest Global Album Chart (a weekly chart rankning the most sold albums in the world) I contributed with songs on two albums at Nr 1 & Nr 4.

I co-wrote "Two To Tango" on Arashi's album "Are U Happy". This song was co-written during my trip to Japan in May this year together with Kevin Charge & Harajuku Kidz. On this song I'm also featured on acoustic guitar, doing a few solo lines in the style of Django Reinhardt. The album has continue to sell really great also after this chart was released and is currently up at around 750k physical copies sold.

I also co-wrote the song "One in a Million" on the new Twice-album "TwiceCoaster Lane 1". Twice is currently the most popular girl group in Korea, reaching total sales of approx 200k physical copies.This song is a tribute to their loyal fans and I co-wrote it with the Thott Bros & Dani Senior. I'm playing acoustic guitar on this one, mainly rhythm & chords.

Make sure to check out the updated design/platform of this site coming in a few days. Keep swingin'!

Regards Andreas

3 New Lap Steel Guitar Lessons Added

Tue, 11/15/2016 - 7:01pm
Written by ArtistWorks

We've just added 3 new lap steel guitar lessons, check them out in the Learning Channel or click on the images to jump right in!

lap steel lesson - drop e tuning

Drop E Tuning - This is an alternate tuning lesson with a cool sound to try out and experiment with.

lap steel guitar lesson - setup

Andy's Lap Steel Setup - Andy goes through the pickups and tone knobs then runs through his pedal board and demos the effects and settings. This online guitar lesson is a new VE submittable topic so you can use this if you want advice on your own setup.

Lap Steel Guitar Lesson - Free Form Improv

Free Form Improv -  2 unique takes of Andy freestyle jamming on the lap steel.

That's all for now, hope you enjoy the new lessons! 

New 12 Part Interview & Jam with Keith Wyatt

Fri, 11/18/2016 - 10:16am
Written by ArtistWorks

Paul Gilbert and Keith Wyatt jam and talk guitar

Well then, we made it to the other side! Welcome... Now that the gang's all here be sure to check out an all new 12 Part ArtistWorks Session with Keith Wyatt! You can find it in the +Music tab which is located in the Learning Channel, or just click here to jump to Part 1.

Holiday Shows In New England with Darol Anger and Tony Trischka

Fri, 11/25/2016 - 7:52am
Written by DarolAnger

Darol Anger’s 5th Annual Keepin' It In the Fam Holiday Show with Tony Trischka,

Emy Phelps, Ethan Jodziewicz and Grant Gordy

What better way for some of the country's most prominent string musicians to celebrate the holidays than to play some shows with family and friends?

Acoustic Music legend Darol Anger joined rising singer-songwriter Emy Phelps in organizing some of the country's best string musicians in a multigenerational musical experience focusing on the spirit of Midwinter and the turning of the year.  Anger and Trischka’s experience with years of holiday shows from Windham Hill Winter Solstice Concerts through Newgrange to Yulegrass, his quirky humor, and his genius for organizing exciting bands will be utilized at full bore… and his old friend and Artistworks musical colleague, banjo genius Tony Trischka, will be on board as this year’s Very Most Special Guest Possible.

New Guitar Lessons: "Fireball Mail"

Tue, 11/29/2016 - 3:35pm
Written by ArtistWorks

new guitar lessons - fireball mail

Greetings, we've added some new guitar lessons online on the classic bluegrass song "Fireball Mail". Bryan recorded different versions for each level in the curriculum, find them in the Learning Channel or click the links below!