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Bebop Guitar Solos: An Interview with Michael Kaplan
If you play jazz guitar, you are sure to appreciate Michael Kaplan’s new book of meticulous transcriptions, Bebop Guitar Solos (Berklee Press, 2014). Michael is the director of the American Guitar...
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Gary Burton Talks Shop
Gary Burton is a seven-time GRAMMY-award winning vibraphonist, bandleader, and educator. In his recent autobiography Learning to Listen (Berklee Press, 2013), he talks about his life and his...
View ArticleMaking Music Easier: An Interview with Author Jonathan Feist
As we musical folk gain experience, we develop practices to make our work go more efficiently. Commonly, we learn about or develop templates, charts, checklists, letters, and other types of documents...
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Why Rhyme? An Interview with Pat Pattison
Pat Pattison was one of the founders of Berklee’s songwriting program, and he has mentored and inspired many thousands of songwriters at Berklee and all over the world—even before his 170,000 recent...
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Better Shred…. An Interview with Professor Joe Stump
Common superlatives generally used to introduce Joe Stump are typically along the lines of “among the top 10…” (Guitar One magazine) or “one of the top 20″ (Guitar Magazine) fastest shredders of all...
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Double Trouble: An Interview with Henrique De Almeida
Adding a second bass drum (other other pedaled instrument) to your kit can greatly expand your creative possibilities. Henrique De Almedia is a master of multi-pedal technique, and as a Berklee...
View ArticleBoards of Canada and Participatory Marketing
I spoke with NPR’s Sami Yenigun last week for a piece he was working on about Boards of Canada’s pre-release marketing campaign. You can hear the full interview here: Morning Edition – Boards of Canada...
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Phrasing Drums: An Interview with Russ Gold
Russ Gold’s recent book Phrasing (Berklee Press 2014), with online video and audio, is a series of lessons focused on improving drumbeat musicality through practicing various rhythmic phrases in the...
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Teaching Music Privately: An Interview with Mike McAdam
Mike McAdam has taught guitar to thousands of students since 1994. He is director of two North Main Music schools, in Nashua and Bedford, New Hampshire, and also runs the guitar department at Rivier...
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The Music Industry’s New Savior: EPs
Pick up any music industry trade publication and you’ll see the same types of headlines. Vinyl is (apparently) the record industry’s saving grace (though oddly enough, we’re lacking enough vinyl...
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Jazz Meets Fiddle Music: An Interview with Matt Glaser
Matt Glaser’s new book, Fiddle Tunes on Jazz Changes, presents a brilliant juxtaposition of two quintessentially American musical genres, both of which Matt has been a champion of for many decades....
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[…] Matt Glaser’s new book, Fiddle Tunes on Jazz Changes, presents a brilliant juxtaposition of two quintessentially American musical genres, both of which Matt has been a champion of for many decades....
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Gary Burton Talks Shop
Gary Burton is a seven-time GRAMMY-award winning vibraphonist, bandleader, and educator. In his recent autobiography Learning to Listen (Berklee Press, 2013), he talks about his life and his...
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Get a Job in the Music Industry! An interview with Keith Hatschek
Keith Hatschek’s book “How to Get a Job in the Music Industry” has helped thousands of people follow their dreams and find work helping to create more music in the world. If you are looking for a...
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Start Playing Jazz Guitar: An Interview with Jane Miller
Introduction to Jazz Guitar, by Jane Miller If we believe what she wrote in her book’s introduction, Jane Miller’s office should get quite a bit neater and more organized soon. Since the early 1990s,...
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Contemporary Horn Arranging: An Interview with Jerry Gates
Arranging for Horns, by Jerry Gates Jerry Gates’s work as an arranger, orchestrator, composer, and producer have been featured worldwide, on the concert stage and for TV shows and commercials. He has...
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Belting It Out: An Interview with Jeannie Gagné
Belting: A Guide to Healthy, Powerful Singing Jeannie Gagné has trained thousands of vocalists to sing with healthy technique and deep expression. In her new book Belting (Berklee Press, 2015), she...
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Simplifying Jazz Harmonic Theory: An Interview with Suzanna Sifter
Suzanna Sifter is author of Berklee Jazz Keyboard Harmony: Using Upper Structure Triads, an extraordinary book that helps pianists organize and understand tensions in an intuitive and practically...
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Fresh Ideas: An Interview with Jon Damian
Professor of Guitar Jon Damian is one of Berklee’s most creative and revered educators—a consummate out-of-the-box thinker and sage, who has inspired thousands of students over the years, including...
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Songwriting from All Directions: An Interview with Mark Simos
Mark Simos is a songwriter, educator, and author, who has written for Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury, Laurie Lewis, Jimmy Barnes, and so many others. His book “Songwriting Strategies”...
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