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Whoa!!! Viv and Scarlatti

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Gerald

Alexi and Roope do their thing with ease and concentration. Bet the Katonas wish they played electric guitars! Compare and contrast the (hair)styles of these bad boy duos!

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Posted in Guitar, Media, Music, Thoughts, Video | Tagged Alexi, COB, electric guitar, Katona twins, Laiho, Roope, Vivaldi

FGS

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Gerald

JFCAHBBH!? Another acronym?

More guitarists playing together – in this case, 50 of them, from different guitar societies across the UK. The Federation of Guitar Societies

I had the privilege of meeting these dedicated souls,

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Posted in Guitar, Media, Music, Society, Thoughts | Tagged Alison Bendy, Blue Nose, Eric Hill, Federation of Guitar Societies, Guitar ensemble, Guitar societies, Nova Scotia, Nuttall, Oxford, Rule

BYGO

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Gerald

Not some fancy way of saying to bring your own drink on a party invitation, but this is the Berkshire Youth Guitar Orchestra, whose genial conductor, Steve Christmas, invited me to their Wigmore Hall recital in London today.

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Posted in Guitar, Music, Society, Thoughts | Tagged ensemble, group, Guitar, Guitar ensemble, team, youth

Forging Perseverance – Focal Dystonia and Loving Patience

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Gerald

Here is an article I wrote some time ago now – it may resonate with some guitarists who have suffered from a non-painful but debilitating syndrome called “focal dystonia”.

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Posted in Guitar, Music, Thoughts | Tagged Alexander technique, Body Mapping, Focal Dystonia, medicine, patience, practising, symptoms

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