The Guitar Hour Podcast

Changes afoot at TGHQ. Beebs sits-in on The Book of Mormon show. Tom, Jake and Beebs answer listener email before diving into a deep discussion on achieving consistency of performance. Episode Links Jake's Practise Toolkit Tom's Modern Legato Part 3 Beebs' Pathways To Jazz Vol 1 Tutorial Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Quayle www.tomquayle.co.uk Tom - Instagram Jake www.jakewillson.co.uk Instagram

Beebs & Jake are joined by the immensely talented Tommy Emmerton. They discuss Tommy's working life as a professional guitarist on The Book Of Mormon in the West End of London. They also talk about his work as Jazz harmony teacher at Guildhall, his original projects and what it's like to play the 'Beat It' solo for Quincy Jones' on tour! This is a great episode and touches on everything that's been discussed during recent shows. There are some deep dive side quests into modal harmony, chord scale theory, technique, and they even ponder the nature of what it means to be a 'jazz musician'. Strap in and nerd out! tommyemmerton.com Tommy's Quartet On Bandcamp Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Jake Willson www.jakewillson.co.uk Instagram

The guys take a break from ear training, crack a open some orthentik Brewdogs and get ranting about the Gibson 'Play Authentic' video, it's backlash, latest response and most importantly, the sweet memes. To quote a true hero - "These are the headlines. God I wish they weren't." Episode Links Original 'Play Authentic' Deleted Video Gibson Follow Up Statement Levi Clay's Rage Take The Memes Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Jake Willson www.jakewillson.co.uk Instagram Quayle www.tomquayle.co.uk Tom - Instagram

Beebs and Tom welcome back Martin Miller to give his thoughts on audiation, playing what you hear and the ear training beast of recent episodes. Tom and Martin compare and contrast different aspects of their aural skills and also shed a bit more light on the visualisation in the process. It was nice to catch up with Martin again, and a really interesting episode - there's some truly great info in this one guys! Episode Links Martin On Youtube Martin On Patreon JTC Instructional Material Ibanez MM1 Show Links TGHP Facebook discussion group www.theguitarhour.com Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Quayle www.tomquayle.co.uk Instagram Ibanez Guitar TQM1 Wampler Pedals Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Jake Willson www.jakewillson.co.uk Instagram JTC Instructional Material

Beebs returns from Budapest and talks to Jake Willson about getting out of practise slumps. They discuss some of the positive and negative mindsets that can set in when working through practise problems before getting onto guitar setups and their new axes that are in the works. Episode Notes Jake's Practising Toolkit Masterclass on JTC Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Jake Willson www.jakewillson.co.uk Instagram

Beebs recovers from an inner ear infection (irony?). Dan dances in Denmark. Do amp modellers struggle at gig volume? And why does Beebs' wife have good ears?! Short but sweet this week! Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube

With our beloved David Beebee away sick this week, Dan and Jake have a breif catch up and then answer your questions from the Guitar Hour Facebook Discussion Group. Questions include, sightreading, jazz studies, learning lots of songs, technique and more! Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars Jake Willson www.jakewillson.co.uk Instagram Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks https://jtcguitar.com/store/artist/jake-willson/

The guys are joined by recurring rogue, Jake Willson to drill deeper into solfeggio ear training and effective practise. Beebs reports on some breakthroughs and Jake has a new JTC masterclass out. (We had some problems this week, both technical and logistical, so apologies for the lack of show notes and if the audio sync drifts at times! Back to normal next week! 🐝)

Dan gets brutal revenge on Beebs with a surprise test & Tom Quayle returns to give his thoughts on ear training. The guys follow up on last week's show - probing the wax filled mess that is aural development in education. Episode Links Shawn Tubbs Functional Ear Trainer Desktop iOS Android Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Old live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Quayle www.tomquayle.co.uk Tom - Instagram

The boys answer listener email - and in the process, start a new run of episodes exploring ear training, connecting the ear to the fretboard, improvisation and playing what you hear. They share their history and frustrations (mostly Beebs' ranting) with formal ear training, ponder the nature behind vague instruction, the difficulty teaching ear training and start exploring what can be done. Evil Beebs then springs a surprise listening test on Smith! Mwuhaha. Definitely follow along in your podcast app artwork to see images of what is being talked about. Strap in! Episode Links Dan's Beyond The Lick SeriesNorthern Guitar Show HaydockA Bag Of Strymons - The Worship Twofer Functional Ear Trainer Links Jeff Schneider's Video Recommending Functional Ear TrainerFunctional Ear Trainer Desktop (Software by Alain Benbassat)Functional Ear Trainer (iOS) Functional Ear Trainer (Android) Jeff Schneider Video On Ear Training (Part 1) Articles Referenced Re: Perfect Pitch Prevalence In Tonal Language Speakers Absolute Pitch, Speech, and Tone Language: Some Experiments and a Proposed Framework Absolute pitch among American and Chinese conservatory students: Prevalence differences, and evidence for a speech-related critical period (L)a) Show Links www.theguitarhour.comTGHP Facebook discussion groupOld live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.comInstagramYouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk InstagramYoutube

This Week The boys are joined by friends of the show Bobby Harrison and Phil Short. Its Bobby's first time on the show and he tells us all about his current gig playing guitar for Cliff Richard as well as his previous experiences on big touring shows. Phil returns to the podcast for a second helping and fills us in on landing an arena tour with Westlife. We chat about getting the gig, the audition process, gear and what its like to be a guitarist for shows on such an enormous scale. A great insight from both guys this week. Enjoy! Bobby Harrison Instagram https://www.absolutebluesguitar.com https://www.eternal-guitars.com/endorsers Phil Short https://philshort.com Instagram Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars

The guys cross the streams and conjure one half of the #Guitarsoles podcast - Levi Clay back to the show. They discuss Levi's recent video review of the Steve Vai book Vaideology, critiquing ideas and changing one's mind. They also crack open the mail sack answering email, and follow up with some suggestions on where to start with modal harmony. Episode Links Artur Menezes TGHP Spotify Playlist Berklee Book Of Jazz Harmony Tom's Modal Tutorial Frank Gambale Books Levi's Vaideology Video Tom Monda - Thank You Scientist Levi's Youtube Channel The Guitarsoles Podcast Levi's Patreon Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram

Beebs & Smith follow up on last week's Vaideology episode before discussing the latest big announcement from Fractal Audio. This weeks deep dive chat is on ways to practise guitar effectively, and in particular, motivating the discipline for the hard things that make long lasting change in playing. Episode Links Order An Amazing Cake From Cheryl :D Levi's Video On Vaideology Fractal Audio FM3 Announcement Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram

This week the boys are back with a an emotionally charged and confusing discussion about a particular section in Steve Vai's long awaiting music theory book for guitar titled 'Vaideology'. They go back into the misty modal mines and talk modes and modal chord progressions as well as delving into some classic guitar magazines for the early 90s. This could get controversial... Vai Book https://www.stevevaistore.com/products/vaideology-basic-music-theory-for-guitar-players Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars

YouTube are enforcing some pretty awful (and sketchy) copyright restrictions on big guitar and music channels. The guys chat this over, and muse on what a good thing it is that there's no 'YouTube' for podcasts…..yet. Deep dive topic this week is all about depping (subbing for our American friends). The culture, etiqutte, skillset, and various pro's and cons. Episode Links Paul Davids YT Vid On Copyright Policy Rick Beato's YT Vid On Blockers Show Links TGHP Facebook discussion group www.theguitarhour.com Live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube - Hahaha Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube - hahaha

With the boys still trying to put their mind holes back together after the last inspiring visit from Andy Wood, he returns and this time brings with his his good buddy and partner in crime 'Uncle' Ben Eller. After a rowdy catch up and a thorough southern hazing from both barrels of the wily Knoxvillians the two git slingers take us through Andy's most recent guitar instrumental album 'Junktown'. Strap in for a track by track walkthrough including insights into the writing, recording and production process as well as some deep chat on the creative journey as a whole. Links Andy Wood www.andywoodmusic.com Junktown: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/junktown/1450417109 IG: https://www.instagram.com/andywoodmusic/?hl=en YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/andywoodmusic FB: https://www.facebook.com/awoodshreds/ Andy's Suhrs : https://www.suhr.com/instruments/andy-wood/ Ben Eller IG: https://www.instagram.com/benellerguitars/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/BenEllerGuitars FB: https://www.facebook.com/unclebeneller/ Dead And Lovely Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dead-and-lovely-horror-movie-podcast/id1225725051?mt=2 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BenEllerGuitars Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Live stream on Tom's YT channel Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube

(Beware: This episode contains hardcore legato nerdery!) Beebee and Tom Quayle are enroute to the Jonathan Kreisberg/Nelson Veras gig and turn on the mics to pass the time. They discuss, guitar duos, legato technique, phrasing, seismic changes in technique, and also follow up on last week's episode, getting Tom's thoughts on right hand technique influencing vocabulary. Please excuse the car engine noise, it does reduce significantly about half way through! Episode Links Kreisberg Meets Veras Ben Eunson - 50 lines package Mark McKnight Show Links TGHP Facebook discussion group www.theguitarhour.com Old live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Quayle www.tomquayle.co.uk Tom - Instagram

This week the guys are joined by Australian guitarist Greg Stoff. They discuss how the role of the in-person guitar teacher has changed during the online/YouTube age and how picking technique can influence, help or hinder vocabulary and line development. Episode Links: Greg Stott www.gregstott.com.au Greg on IG Recommended Players James Muller Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube

Beebee, Smith and Tom Quayle catch up with the phenomenal modern blues player Josh Smith during his 2019 UK tour. Episode Links www.joshsmithguitar.com Josh on Instagram Josh's Truefire Course Truefire Live Stream Flat V Josh's Studio Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Quayle www.tomquayle.co.uk Tom - Instagram

This week the guys catch up with Keven Eknes to talk about Berklee, LIPA, Instagram, social media, Strandberg and the Nashville scene for guitarists. Keven Eknes keveneknes.com Keven on Instagram Keven on Youtube Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram

In their final leg of the trip Smith and Beebs catch up with Gabriel Wareing. They talk about his recent move to NY, studying jazz at the Royal Conservatoire Scotland, cruise ship guitar work and his involvement with Sky TV's Guitar Star competition. This should be the last of the dodgy audio quality episodes for a while as we resume normal podcast service and start to roll out big updates to the show. As always, thanks for listening! Episode Links Miles Okazaki - Fundamentals of Guitar Mick Goodrick - The Advancing Guitarist Gabriel Links Gabriel Wareing | Guitarist, Composer and Educator Instagram Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube

Beebee & Smith sit down in an empty (yet noisy!) NY coffee shop with the legendary Wayne Krantz to dig into practise, improvisation, artistry, ears and more. They discuss the background to Wayne's book 'An Improviser's OS', it's legacy and the upcoming 2nd edition/revision. Apologies for some background noise and a few jump cuts, the location based recording wasn't quite as clean as hoped! Hope you enjoy :) Wayne's Links www.waynekrantz.com Wayne On Bandcamp Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube

Beebee, Smith and Willson reconvene to discuss how tone can positivley and negativley affect performance and the difficulties being 'on it' when playing unfamiliar or rental gear. They also ponder the romantic ideal of being able to sound comfortably like oneself through any rig in any situation. We also follow up on the New York Fibenare clinic and how the events of the last few weeks have inspired the guys. Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Jake Willson www.jakewillson.co.uk Instagram

Casual check in from a sub-zero New York City. It's post namm, pre-Fibenare clinic and Beebs, Smith and Jake huddle together on a sofa (for platonic body warmth) to chat through the namm show and the upcoming Rudy's event. As ever, they accidentally stumble into some meaty musical areas such as time feel and counting in difficult performance environments, rhythmic subdivisions with legato and right hand picking technique. Part 1 of our New York series. We have some seriously cool stuff coming over the next few episodes! Episode Links Sim 1 Pedal White Whale Guitars Boss Tube Amp Expander Music Reading For Guitar - David Oakes Mike Moreno - Picking Technique Lesson Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Jake Willson www.jakewillson.co.uk Instagram

This week is another 'experimental' episode as the guys attempt to record an episode of the show at 37'000 feet on the way to California for the namm show. Inevitably the audio is poorer than usual (although Izotope RX worked it's magic to make it listenable) and invariably this is a gear related (and gin fuelled) episode where the guys discuss the airport drama getting their axes onboard, flying as a musician in general, the upcoming namm show gear and answer questions.

Friend of the show Jake Willson returns for a reet banga! Smith and Beebs have nothing planned so they call in the big guns: Jake '2 L's in Hell' Willson. They talk about the hit musical he's depping on 'Hamilton' before embarking on what is the longest intro detour the podcast has ever had. A passing comment about a movie trailer sends everyone tumbling down a discussion on 'music films', and how harmony and chord progressions, whilst toxic and uncool in the Top 40, routinely set the box office alight with recent chord-stuffed hits like The Greatest Showman, La La Land and A Star Is Born. The guys ponder the philosophy of art and its historical context, and Beebs can't stop banging on about Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. When things get back on track discussion turns to the upcoming NAMM show travels and prep the guys are doing for the Fibenare clinic all 3 are giving at Rudy's Music in NY. Jake and Beebs also reveal details of their incoming signature Fibenare models. The guys will be travelling for the new few weeks, so the usual schedule might be a bit skewed, but the intention is to keep the wheels on the podcast with new episodes. Fibenare Clinic Rudy's Music New York TGHP Spotify Playlist Of Mentioned Music Hamilton - Soundtrack A Star Is Born - Soundtrack Plini - Electric Sunrise Will We Ever Run Out Of New Music - A Finite number of CDs Show Linkswww.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Live stream on Tom's YT channel Rogue LinksBeebswww.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smithwww.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Jake Willsonwww.jakewillson.co.uk Instagram

In the first guest episode of 2019 the boys get their January Blues on with the outstanding blues guitarist, Seth Rosenbloom. They talk about Seth's career so far, working with Josh Smith, and his upcoming album Keep On Turning. Then it's off the deep end exploring improvised music in the studio, how much is sketched out vs totally free, song writing in the blues, and the impossible task of innovating yet simultaneously pleasing blues traditionalists. They also talk about social media, community credibility and much more. Thanks to Seth for coming on the show, check out his album Keep On Turning. There's also a new TGHP Public Spotify Playlist, updated weekly with artists and songs that we appear or are recommended. Links all down below in the show notes! Episode Links Seth http://www.sethrosenbloom.com Seth On Spotify Seth On Apple Music Instagram Show LinksTGHP Facebook discussion group www.theguitarhour.com TGHP - Spotify Playlist Of Mentioned Music TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Live stream on Tom's YT channel Rogues Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars

Happy New Year! A groggy start to the new year for the boys as life quickly kicks off again after the holiday season. The boys give you a little history of how the podcast came to life, as well as looking back over the past year and discussing favourite moments as well as lessons learned along the way. They also get on board with the new year, new you mantra and dicuss their non year resolutions and goals for the coming year, both personal and podcast related. Enjoy! Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars

Ho ho ho it's TGHP Christmas special! Well, when we say special, we mean a casual show where we invite a bunch of friends around for beers and turn the microphones on. Apologies for weaker than usual audio quality and edit (everyone had coughs), however there's a lot of fun content flying around so hope you enjoy it :) I hope everyone out there has had plenty of festive fun, and normal service will resume next week! Episode Links Wayne Krantz Berklee Masterclass - Posted in the discussion group by Rodolpho Amarel de Almeida Wayne Krantz - An Improvisers OS Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars Quayle www.tomquayle.co.uk Tom - Instagram Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar Wampler Pedals Dave Brons www.davebrons.com Dave Brons Bandcamp Neil Jones www.neiljonesmusic.com Neil - Instagram Neil - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Wampler Pedals

Following a hot potato of a Jazz article written by Ethan Iverson Dan, Beebs and friend of the show Tom Quayle sit down aroudn the microphones to have a good old jazz rant.... ahem... discussion. They discuss the idea of recieved wisdom, how to develop an understanding of jazz harmony and improvisation and equally how to pass the information on. Of course there is a little bit of a rant about elitism in there for good mix. Enjoy! Show Links Original Article https://ethaniverson.com/received-wisdom-jeff-goldblum-chord-scales-the-ireal-book-and-kamasi-washington/?fbclid=IwAR3_sMTbqJ0pVIYyA3FUloB_PXzAPovJh9AGi9MH8HjRbBpvDOTi_U2gKMg #11 Transcriptions https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyDW--JiQ31af4zPaNqKotQ Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars Quayle www.tomquayle.co.uk Tom - Instagram Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar Wampler Pedals

This week Smith and Beebee sit in the virtual arm chairs with UK modern jazz monster Ant Law, for one of the most banterful episodes yet. They discuss Ant's career, new album 'Life I Know', and his experience studying at Berklee. The guys trade Beat It Solo horror stories and of course, Ant's unorthodox 4ths tuning (yes different to TQ!) results in Beebs dragging up THE question... Despite no alcohol being involved, things all get a bit Stella Artois' By Starlight…Ant takes over the 3 Questions We Ask Everyone turning things into a game of Snog, Marry, Avoid...tune in to find out who Beebee would lock headstocks with. Episode Links Ant's Warez www.antlaw.co.uk Ant Law Bandcamp Trio HLK Ant on YouTube Ant on Instagram Ant on Spotify Ant's Recommended Players Mary Osborne Ben Monder Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars

This week Dan and Beebs are joined by fellow guitar bro Phil Short. The boys discuss Phil's Guitar Idol 1st place win in 2016 including the process of getting the final and jamming with the Quayle on the night. The chat also turns to the inevitable 'Guthrie' comments online, teachint at BIMM, what is a lick and having that eureka moment when it comes to playing changes. Enjoy! Phil Short https://philshort.com https://www.licklibrary.com/store/phil-short/57492/51-modern-jazz-funk-rock-licks http://www.guitaridol.tv Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars https://www.licklibrary.com/tutors/dan-smith

TL:DL - Hardcore Harmony Reflections. Dan handles something terrible and has a fancy new purple helmet. Beebee busts his string and stomps on a model. Tom buys a house and also a graphics card lit enough to power Pixar productions. Together however, the guys combine to reflect on the difficulties of politely & robustly discussing ideas in public. Tom then takes us even deeper down the theory hole for another massive episode discussing the organisation of jazz harmony both in the mind and on the fretboard. Have they stumbled across the most compact answer to the "HOW DUZ I JASS?" equation? Btw. Don't be fooled if things occasionally sound heated, this is an intellectual pleasure playground for all. The real heat starts at TGH curry evenings when politics and religion are the usual debate! 😂 Once more, a big old disclaimer, this is NOT a lesson! Just friends mulling over ideas and differing opinions, but if you want to follow along with the nonsense, check out the charts to the tunes the guys use as examples. So strap in and fill your earholes with more TGHP goodness. Episode Links Last weeks show with the awesome Jens Larsen Dan's Purple Helmet Line 6 HX Stomp Tom's Harmony & Modal Tutorials Beebee's Pathways To Jazz Tutorials Girl From Ipanema Very Early Isn't She Lovely Autumn Leaves Mark Levine - The Jazz Theory Book The Berklee Book of Jazz Harmony - Joe Mulholland & Tom Hojnacki Chord Scale Theory - Barry Nettles & Richard Graff Show Links TGHP Facebook discussion group www.theguitarhour.com TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Live stream on Tom's YT channel Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars Quayle www.tomquayle.co.uk Tom - Instagram Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar Wampler Pedals

This week Beebs, Smith and Quayle welcome back YouTube jazz educator Jens Larsen to discuss their approaches to harmonic analysis, chord scale theory and tonal centres. This episode is not a lesson, much more of a discussion of ideas and gets pretty heavy into the weeds with the considerations of jazz harmony - but we know you guys love this deep nerd stuff! So grab yourselves a massive coffee, a chart for the standard There Will Never Be Another You (if you want to follow along with some of the back and forth) and smash that play button! Episode Links & Pictures: Jens' Warez www.jenslarsen.nl Jens - YouTube YT Jazz Guitar Insiders Facebook Group Modern Jazz Guitar Concepts - Jens' New Book Useful Links Tom's Jazz Harmony Tutorial Beebee's Pathways To Jazz Tutorial The Jazz Theory Book - Levine Berklee book of Jazz Harmony - Mulholland & Hojnacki Chord Scale Theory - Graf & Nettles Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars Quayle www.tomquayle.co.uk Tom - Instagram Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar Wampler Pedals

This Week the boys sit down with cheerful Aussie and monster jazz guitarist Ben Eunson. Ben grew up in Melbourne Australia but moved to New York to study jazz and as a result has become a household name in the New York jazz scene. We chat about his move from down under to the US and the educational differences, about his upcoming album and its current kickstarter crowdfunding project as well as discussing how to find your voice in modern jazz versus walking the traditional path to obtaining jazz language. Ben also answers a few listener questions as well as 'the 3 questions we ask everyone but have only asked Andy Wood'. Big thanks to Ben for coming on and there is still time to contribute to his Kickstarter. The link is below. Lets get his music out there! Enjoy guys! Ben Eunson ACE Album Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beneunson/ben-eunson-ace Website: http://www.beneunson.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beneunsonmusic FB Artist Page: https://www.facebook.com/beneunsonmusic Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks

This week Beebs and Smith catch up with the incredible Mark Lettieri. Funk, jazz, rock, (baritone even!) you name it Mark pulls from a diverse range of influences, bringing his own unique voice on the instrument to grammy award winning super group Snarky Puppy, a whole host of session credits and of course his fantastic solo albums. Mark's also a lovely chap to boot and the guys had a great time chewing the six string fat for an hour or so. They get into the weeds about writing, working out parts, fretboard visualisation, instagram, identity and living in the cracks between rock and jazz. Enjoy Guys! Episode Links www.marklettieri.com www.snarkypuppy.com Mark's Instagram Mark's Soundslice Lessons Spark And Echo The Fearless Flyers Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars

This week the guys get deep and personal, discussing some of the mental health issues that can affect musicians and their guitar playing identities. Beebs candidly shares his experience of the last several years dealing with depression and anxiety and how it relates to his musical history and guitar playing. He also reflects on how he met and got involved with TGH boys, falling back in love with guitar and how after strongly resisting for 13 years, he finally caught the jazz bug. They also talk about confidence, ego, the importance of community, musical friendships and seeing people IRL, not just online. Other stuff: Dan has joined the Boss Katana club, and they also tweak the show format rounding off answering listener questions from Instagram. Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars

This week Beebs and Dan are joined by recurring characters and good friends of the podcast Dave Brons and Jake Willson. The guys discuss the process of crowdfunding an album and the triumphs and pitfalls along the way. After a 3 week journey down the CAGED rabbit hole Beebs and Dan reflect on what they have learned and put the subject to bed… for now. Jake reveals his brand new self-produced phrasing masterclass for JTC, and talks us through what it's like taking on the role of cameraman/producer. Episode Links Dave Brons - Album #2 Campaign Jake Willson - JTC New Release Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars Jake Willson www.jakewillson.co.uk Instagram Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Jake Willson - JTC Bronsy www.davebrons.com Indiegogo Crowdfunder

Beebs is on location in Shanghai at the China Music 2018 show. After day two, and a night of eating Hairy Shanghai Crab Sperm, Beebs sits down with Smith to record an intercontinental episode. The guys talk about the guitar/trade show experience and then how gear can inspire creativity. Excuse the somewhat muffled whisper in Beebs' sound quality. This was recorded in a hotel room at 3am Shanghai time! Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links BEEBEE www.davidbeebee.com Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks SMITH www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars

While Dan is away gigging Beebee catches up with Tom Quayle and Martin Miller in the midst of their UK run of Ibanez Clinics. They discuss the touring life and Martin's upcoming projects before delving into the differences and similarities between their visualisation methods, in what is the epic conclusion to the recent run of episodes on CAGED and fretboard visualisation. Episode Links 5 Out Of 7 Martin's Improvisational Masterclass Tom Quayle's Visualising the Fretboard Tutorial Beebee's - Pathways to Jazz - Tools For (re)Learning the Fretboard Martin's Warez www.martinmillerguitar.com Jamtrack Central Products Youtube Live Band Session Videos Ibanez Martin Miller MM1 Signature Guitar Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Tom www.tomquayle.co.uk Tom - Instagram Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar Wampler Pedals Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars

This week the boys sit down with Levi Clay to chat about his work as a professional transcriber, and also continue the CAGED discussion. They attempt to find the differences and similarities between CAGED and the root note/geometric interval mapping as used by Quayle, Beebs and (for the most part) Smith. This has unintentionally become part II of an epic trilogy on CAGED and fretboard visualisation. Although Beebs can't promise this is last time he will utter FV.....it does conclude next week with another super special guest! It'll be like Return of the Jedi but less Ewoks and more music theory. Also they do a news.. Fender are advertising with citywide blockbuster movie billboards?! Whaaa? Episode Links Fender Advertising With City Billboards!? The Guitarsoles Podcast Levi - Youtube Levi - Patreon Levi - Books Levi - Tuition DVDs KC Roberts Buddy Emmons Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links www.davidbeebee.com Beebee - Instagram Beebee - Youtube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Smith - Instagram Smith - Youtube Fibenare Guitars

Another early morning podcast recording the the boys. So much so that we discuss time management and the plate spinning of being a self employed guitarist working in multiple fields. There's a deep dive into the pros and cons of the CAGED system, a brief trip to greggs and some talk of playing mindset and what works for the individual.

Tom, Smith and Beebs follow up some of the points raised in Andy Wood episode with a deep (and at times very personal) discussion about what makes an artist today. Oh yea..and the problems of male moose knuckle. Episode Notes German music reviews: Manu & Davide Tom Melodic Minor Improvisation Tom & Martin UK Ibanez Tour Dates Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links BEEBEE www.davidbeebee.com Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks SMITH www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars QUAYLE www.tomquayle.co.uk Instagram Ibanez Guitars Wampler Pedals

Beebs & Smith break their rule again and briefly talk about gear before Beebs shares a specific legato technique problem accidentally discovered since the Everest break. This weeks trip down the rabbit hole is all about deciding what to practice and developing those squishy creative skills like aural, phrasing and writing etc and how to nurture them in ourselves and others. Beebs does not die during this episode! Episode Links Kreisberg & Veras Duo In Leeds Dan's New Guitar - Bigsby On A T-Type Boss Katana 50 Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebee www.davidbeebee.com Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars

Strap in guys, this might be the longest, deepest and best show yet! Beebs & Smith sit down with the face and heart melting Andy Wood to discuss his musical journey, mandolin vs guitar fretboard visualization, telling stories with your art, philosophy of improvisation, integrity, and a million other inspirational things. Everyone had a blast recording this episode, huge thanks to Andy for coming on! Links Mentioned Sam Bush - mandolin pioneer Bill Munroe - bluegrass pinoeer Matteo Mancuso/SNIPS Joey Landreth/Kirk Fletcher TPS Rory Hoffman Andy's Wares & Soshulz A Disconcerting Amalgam Caught Between The Truth And The Lie Live At The Bijou Jamtrack Central Packages Cracking The Code Feature On Andy www.andywoodmusic.com Andy's Instagram Andy's YouTube Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram The Rogues BEEBEE www.davidbeebee.com Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks SMITH www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars QUAYLE www.tomquayle.co.uk Instagram Ibanez Guitars Wampler Pedals

This week the guys experiment recording whilst on instagram live. What could possibly go wrong?! Content wise, they finally make sense of the podcast numbering system, Dan has a new axe on the way whilst Beebs is shaking virtual maracas dressed as Batman. In other news they talk about how to play with a piano player in a duo/trio situation, re-imagining tunes you've played a million times, old vs new vocab and just what/how should we approach it. Finally they take some live questions and try to put music theory in some kind of order to learn! Things are a little shorter than usual as Beebs had to nip-n-tuck to save the edit ;O Episode Links & Pictures: Dan's New R56 Batman VR Maracas Matt Munisteri - The Roots of Jazz Course Gilad Hekselman - Jazz Heaven Lesson Ant Law Ben Eunson Show Links Live stream on Tom's YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links BEEBEE www.davidbeebee.com Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks SMITH www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars

With a very hairy Beebs returning from Mt. Everest the guys talk about taking a break from playing guitar. Can it be a useful thing to get space, recharge ideas and rebuild enthusiam? Things then turn to practising through the basics of a Jazz Standard, before Dan reads out a very strange Facebook 'guitarist wanted' ad that has him all triggered. Episode Links Matt Munisteri - The Roots of Jazz Online Course Show Links www.youtube.com/tq105 - the live stream show on Tom's channel www.theguitarhour.libsyn.com - the podcast feed www.facebook.com/theguitarhour https://www.facebook.com/groups/1951269681550337/ - TGH Facebook Discussion Group BEEBEE www.davidbeebee.com Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars SMITH www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Fibenare Guitars

Hi Guys. Dan here truly wearing the Daddy pants as Beebee is finishing up his mountain retreat but the team will reunited next week. This week however I invited my good friend Mr. Danny Short on the show. I have depped for Danny on a couple of shows recently and wanted to get him on to talk about his work as a reading guitarist in London on the west end as well as other things. Its a really insightful chat about the work ethic and world of a reading guitarist today so I hope you enjoy it.

After the excitement of the Michael Dolce interview just minutes before, and the looming departure of Beebee's mountain holiday... Dan and Beebee meander through some loose ends and talk about Beebee's new guitar, Dan's experience depping on Dusty Springfield The Musical and how to gain experience for those kind of situations. The boys also discuss whether you should work for free, going professional as a guitarist and the balancing act that comes with it as well Dan overhearing some horn players discussing their stylistic work ethics.

Dan and Beebs sit down (remotely) with Aussie guitarist Michael Dolce to talk all things guitar. Michael is an incredible tasy and melodic player with various guitar projects in the works. Perhaps most notably playing guitar in the band for The Voice Austrailia. We pick his brains about what it's like working in that high pressure world as wel as maintaining his own original music and improvisational skills. Disclaimer - Beebs is away at the time of editing and the resonsibility has fallen upon the manc shoulders of Dan. He has one job. See podcast intro for full story...