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There have always been child prodigies, since, like forever!  But, the Internet has opened the stage for the world’s kids to come out of the woodwork - and show us all up! The likes of slide legend Derek Trucks and blues man Joe Bonamassa were both child prodigies, so I thought, but I wonder who is today’s Trucks and tomorrow’s Bonamassa? While researching for this blog I was aware that constant searching for videos of... read more.

Un-guitar Blog Before you all shout blasphemy and stone me for it let me tell you where I’m coming from with this blog title: Through the many different styles of music there are always going to be bands with no guitar. Strange though it seems to us guitar freaks there will always be non-guitar music, but this doesn’t have to be the travesty it first seems.  Many of our favourite players draw influences from different... read more.

Writer’s Block We all suffer from writer’s block at some stage, usually from going into a session unprepared, the pressure of a time constraint or just losing what we thought we had. Ultimately, it’s something all artists struggle with so in this short blog I’m going to look at what induces writer’s block and what can be done to alleviate it. Firstly, always go into a session prepared.  Write your ideas down or record/video yourself... read more.