Newsletter Vol. 3 # 110 – March 15, 2010

Greetings,

Welcome to Volume 3, Issue #110 of Guitar Noise News!

In This Issue:

  • Greetings, News and Announcements
  • Topic of the Month
  • Guitar Noise Featured Artist
  • Exploring Guitar with Darrin Koltow
  • Event Horizon
  • Emails? We Get Emails!
  • Random Thoughts

Greetings, News and Announcements

Hello and welcome to the March 15 issue of Guitar Noise News. This issue has to be a bit short and my apologies in advance for that. For whatever reason every deadline in the universe seems to be today, so I’m trying to finish up everything at the same time which means, of course, that nothing is getting completed.

Actually, quite a lot is getting done. As you read last time, “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing Rock Guitar” is now out in bookstores and online booksellers everywhere. And we’re celebrating the release by giving away fifteen copies of it between now and the end of May – five copies each month.

And we’re not simply content to just have one contest – even as I’m putting on the finishing touches of the all new “Complete Idiot’s Guide to Guitar,” which will be out this fall (figure late October or November), we’re having a giveaway for this book, too, even though it’s not totally written yet!

Topic of the Month

With Saint Patrick’s Day two days away, we’re already getting into the mood by having our Guitar Noise topic of the month be “Celtic Music.” When you visit the home page, you’ll find a link to the Guitar Noise articles and lessons on Celtic music, including some great song lessons from Doug Sparling as well as an interesting Celtic arrangement of a Lynyrd Skynyrd song! Plus we’re due for a few new song lessons featuring some traditional tunes from the Emerald Isle in the upcoming weeks.

Guitar Noise Featured Artist

Even Gordon Sumner’s mother and kids call him “Sting” so I guess we will, too! Especially since he’s the Guitar Noise Featured Artist for the month of March, 2010! You can the bio about this Rock Hall of Fame and Songwriter’s Hall of Fame artist over at the Guitar Noise Artist Profiles page.

Exploring Music With Darrin Koltow

Tip for March 15 – Practicing Modes (Part 26)

Staying in one place is a sure sign of stagnation, both in life and making music. We’ve stayed in one place, fret V, as we worked through exercises for C phrygian. Now it’s time to move to different frets, starting with this three-note distillation of C phrygian, played in a run that spans most of the fretboard’s possible positions.

|-----------------|----12--------------|----------|
|---------------8-|-11----11-8---------|----------|
|-------------9---|------------9-------|----------|
|---------5-8-----|--------------8-5---|----------|
|-------7---------|------------------7-|----------|
|-0-3-6-----------|--------------------|-6-3-0----|

Thanks for reading.

Copyright 2010 Darrin Koltow

Event Horizon

If you’re in the Cincinnati area, do your best to try to catch Joe Hempel, who’ll be playing his first show ever (in support of his first CD, no less!). He’ll be at the Borders Book Store at 5873 Deerfield Boulevard in Mason Ohio (phone – (513) 770-0440) on Saturday March 27th at 8 PM. If you can, stop by and say hello from me!

And if you can’t make the show, do check out his CD, which you can pick up on CD Baby (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/hempel)

Emails? We Get Emails!

Although sometimes, they can be about all sorts of thing –

Hi David

Where’s Charley? When’s he coming back to do a newsletter?

Charley has been taking it easy most of the winter but I’m sure he might be persuaded to step in and write up an issue or two of Guitar Noise News. I think he was only kidding when he mentioned putting together a Facebook page called “If Charley gets 10,000 fans, he’ll take over writing Guitar Noise News forever…”

Random Thoughts

Much as I hate to do so, I’ve really got to put together some other stuff for the time being. But it’s all done this week except the recording and that’s getting done next week. It will be nice to sit back and relax a bit.

Until our next newsletter, play well and play often.

And, as always…

Peace