This is another Guitarise episode, explaining tips and tricks you can use for changing strings on your classical guitar. A few short tips from the lesson: Protect your guitar by taping a thick piece of paper or a bookmark onto the bridge Consider changing strings one by one to avoid any tuning problems Avoid making … Read More
This school year I’m teaching a class of 10 talented young students at Sežana music school. I finally got around to publishing some excerpts from our Christmas concert. At that point, the first year students had only been playing guitar for 3 months and I think they did an amazing job. Enjoy! 1st Year Students … Read More
As some of you may know, I’m using WooCommerce, a free eCommerce solution by Woo Themes, to power both my record label’s and my online guitar learning platform’s web shops. I’ve used other solutions like MarketPress before, but I think WooCommerce is by far the most beautiful, advanced and user friendly eCommerce solution for WordPress … Read More
Anders Norén is a very talented Norwegian web designer who has been developing WordPress themes for a few years now. His themes are beautiful, lightweight and well coded, unlike so many other themes that come with thousands of options that slow your website down. In particular I’m a fan of Hitchcock, Hoffman, Iwata and Fukusawa, … Read More
I just came across this great video series by Adam Westbrook – The Long Game. An essay about creativity, this series demystifies working in the long run vs. being called a “genious”, takes a look into some great artists’ lives and their creative process, our current distorted view of success and more. Enjoy these videos … Read More
This is my latest YouTube video featuring a beautiful prelude (BWV 999) by Johann Sebastian Bach. Recorded using two Oktava Mk-012 microphones with custom MJE K47H capsules. A camera is Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera used with the incredible Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 lens, Zhongyi Lens Turbo Ver II M4/3 focal reducer and Marumi UV-IR-cut filter. B … Read More
Three months ago I decided to pre-order Zhongyi Lens Turbo Ver II M4/3 focal reducer which started shipping a month later. What this adapter does is it lets more light onto the camera sensor and therefore increases the lens’ maximum aperture as well as makes the lenses wider (by factor 0.71). This is especially useful … Read More
I’m proud to announce a new release of my record label Baros Records – French Collection by renowned Scottish guitarist Matthew McAllister. French Collection is Matthew‘s third solo album featuring an all-French repertoire, including baroque transcriptions of Couperin’s harpsichord works, carefully selected 20th century guitar pieces (Françaix, Dyens, Lagoya, Samazeuilh) as well as beautiful arrangements … Read More
