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 stre...

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 bee...

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 L...

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...

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 grou...

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...

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 Li...

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...

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 B...

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...

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 Be...

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 Anno...

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://w...

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 Co...

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'. S...

(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...

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 discu...

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 w...

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...

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 yo...

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 inspir...

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 righ...

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...