Alan Green
Alan's musical adventures began with the Headmistress of his School giving recorder lessons when he was six. Those early lessons are so ingrained upon his soul, that today Alan still talks about Bars, Quavers and Minims, and twitches visibly whenever the name Mrs Bailey is mentioned. Later escapades included Mother's Ruin, Block A and more bands that nobody has ever heard of. Eventually, he arrived in the Classical Guitar world where he lives to this day (actually, he lives in Essex in England but that part of Essex is really unromantic).
Articles by Alan Green
Making a Living as a Guitar Teacher Part 3
Alan has been teaching guitar full-time for two years now. In his latest blog post he reveals more about what he has learned in that time.
Making a Living as a Guitar Teacher Part 2
Longtime Guitar Noise contributor and Forum Moderator Alan Green continues his column about how to go about becoming a guitar teacher. While his narrative deals with the nuances of teaching guitar in England, there is still plenty of help for those of us living outside the British Isles!
Making a Living as a Guitar Teacher Part 1
The first time Alan went looking for students he had to wait eight months for the first one to call. Recently he took a less casual approach to finding work.
Ahmond – A Boy You Once Knew
Nine songs that blend influences as diverse as Inglesias and Madonna. This is a thoughtful, soulful CD with many standout tracks.
John Scott Evans – Above the Sun
Wonderful melodic finger style guitar from someone who’s played with artists as diverse as Chet Atkins and the Atlanta Chamber Orchestra.
Asteria EP
The latest release from a young, ambitious five-piece band out of Crown Point, Indiana who definitely know how to rock.
Natasha Borzilova – Cheap Escape
Natasha Borzilova, formerly of Grammy-nominated Bering Strait, originally from Russia and now living in Nashville. This is her first solo outing.
Andre Marins – Internal Dive
Andre Marins began studying classical guitar at eleven, and went on to study Jazz improvisation. This album is a fusion.
Rush: R30 – the Rush 30th Anniversary World Tour DVD
A terrific DVD of Rush’s 30th Anniversary Tour, taken from shows at the Frankfurt Festhalle. Top rate sound and video quality!
An Interview With Dave Sanderson
Dave Sanderson sat down with Guitar Noise staffer Alan Green to discuss his new CD, Songbook, as well as all sorts of aspects of songwriting.
Flowerbed – Songbook
Flowerbed is David Sanderson’s long awaited CD of original songs. It’s a fascinating collection, a showcase of Dave’s many talents as songwriter and instrumentalist.
There’s a Hound Dog barkin in the yard
Alan Green’s latest piece walks you through a traditional blues turnaround, all done in a great fingerstyle. Alan has also been kind enough to furnish some MP3s to aid you with this lesson.
Well I woke up this morning – Study in Blue
Let’s practice the blues with this simple Study in Blue. We’ll use only three chords for this simple twelve-bar blues song in the key of E major.