Interviews

“I took a lesson with Emily when she was living in Pittsburgh, and she was such a great teacher that everything she showed me that afternoon I still use everyday to this day. In preparing […]

“I’ve always loved teaching the guitar. It started for me back in high school helping the other guitarists in the jazz band. I was grateful for the chance to help them and they in turn […]

“It’s all about playing musical phrases, so the scale/chord approach is a beginning, but the goal is to shape up your musical discourse in an elegant way. In the end, the scale/chord approach must be […]

“I’ve been fortunate to have both forms of education.  I feel there is a kind of wisdom you get from both the “old school” and academic forms.  I’ve had very good teachers over the years […]

“Then you know what I’m talking about. That’s what happened…that’s where “Rejoicing” came from. Billy Higgins’ and Charlie Haden… man, come on! This is the real deal. It showed me a side of Pat’s approach […]

“I wasted a lot of time and didn’t spend enough time working on my ears when I was younger. I don’t practice very much but now I can learn more in 15 minutes than I […]

“Later on I got interested in George Benson, Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino. I copied each of their styles closely. I would transcribe their solos and practice them until I could play them […]

“I’ve always been drawn to the chordal aspect of the guitar but in an improvised way – not in worked out “chord melody solos”. Much like learning scales I love to build vocabulary of voicings […]

“Man, people were always saying “yeah, he’s telling a story, telling a story…” I don’t see or hear any story. It was always so ridiculous to me. And then one day I sort of got […]

“The most important elements are knowledge of the finger board and knowing how to construct chords. It’s amazing what you can do with basic theoretical knowledge. One of the common problems is that although theoretical […]