13th July 2008 |
Summer Classical Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Summer 2008 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for classical guitar, a student I teach at Southend High School for Girls achieved Grade 1 Distinction, 2 students I teach at the Southend Music School both achieved Grade 1 Distinction, and another student at Southend Music School achieved Grade 5 Merit. Well done! |
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23rd April 2008 |
Spring Classical Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Spring 2008 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for classical guitar, a student I teach at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School achieved Step 1 Merit. Well done! |
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27th February 2008 |
High School Musical |
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| I recently played guitar for 7 shows of High School Musical in Witham, produced by WOW. This picture shows the band in the orchestra pit in front of the stage. In left to right order: Martin Donald (1st guitar), myself (2nd guitar), Sue Lang (bass) and Paul Codling (drums). Not shown in this pic are Geoff Osborne (musical director & keyboard) and Phil Toms (2nd keyboard). It was a great show, really enjoyed it, and what a great bunch of people! |
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6th February 2008 |
"The Moment" reviewed by DPRP |
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| My solo CD, "The Moment", has received a review on the Dutch Progressive Rock Pages in the last couple of days. It's a bit of a mixed review, but overall reasonably positive, and IT IS my first solo album, so I'm quite pleased with the review. To read the review, please click here. |
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13th January 2008 |
Time Will Tell played on The Dave Charles show on HFM Radio |
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| Dave Charles, presenter on HFM radio, played "FosTed" from Time Will Tell's "There Is" CD on the "Live from Five" show on Sunday (today). He also announced his intention to play more tracks over the coming weeks. The show is every Sunday, 5pm til 7pm. To tune in on the web, click here. To listen on radio, if you live in the South Leicestershire and North Northamptonshire area, tune in on 102.3 FM. |
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22nd December 2007 |
Winter Electric Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Winter 2007 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for electric guitar, James Rensch, a student I teach privately, achieved Grade 8, and another student I teach privately achieved Grade 7. Well done to both of you! |
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11th August 2007 |
Martin Donald jammed with guitar legend Larry Carlton |
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| Martin Donald, my guitar teacher and mentor, recently jammed with the legendary Larry Carlton at a Gibson bash promoting Larry's new signature 335 (see pic below). The bass player in the middle is Travis Carlton, Larry's son. Fantastic! |
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17th July 2007 |
Summer Classical Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Summer 2007 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for classical guitar, a student I teach at Southend High School For Boys achieved Grade 6 Merit, Sean Stone, a student I teach at the Southend Music School achieved Grade 4 Merit, a student I teach at Eastwood Primary School achieved Grade 2, and a student I teach privately achieved Grade 1 Distinction. Well done to you all! |
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30th June 2007 |
"The Moment" CD now available from Cross Rhythms |
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| My latest CD, "The Moment" is now available from the Cross Rhythms web site. Please click here to buy the CD and to read a review. |
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6th June 2007 |
Student heading off to Guitar X |
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| George Denkmayer, a student I teach privately, has secured a place at Guitar X in London for the next academic year. Well done George! |
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4th June 2007 |
"The Moment" CD reviewed on Cross Rhythms web site |
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My latest CD, "The Moment", has received an independent review from Cross Rhythms, giving it 7 out of 10. To see the review, please click here. To listen to samples of each track and to purchase the CD, click here:
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5th May 2007 |
Spring Electric & Bass Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Spring 2007 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for electric guitar, James Rensch, a student I teach privately, achieved Grade 6 Merit, and James McEvoy, a student I teach at Southend Music School achieved Grade 5 Distinction. For bass guitar, a student I teach at Southend Music School achieved Grade 5. Well done to all of you! |
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31st March 2007 |
Spring Classical Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Spring 2007 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for classical guitar, a student I teach at Southend High School For Boys achieved Grade 4 Merit. Well done! |
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10th February 2007 |
"The Moment" CD for sale on the web |
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| My debut solo CD, "The Moment", is now available online. 4 or so years in the making, it's a concept album about some important moments in my life, and moments in time that have impacted me personally.
It's style is progressive/experimental rock. To listen to samples of each track and to purchase the CD, click here: |
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15th December 2006 |
"The Moment" CD officially released today |
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| My debut solo CD, "The Moment", is released today. 4 or so years in the making, it's a concept album about some important moments in my life, and moments in time that have impacted me personally.
It's style is progressive/experimental rock (no hit single for me, then!). It will be on sale via the web shortly, check back here for details soon! |
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13th December 2006 |
Winter Classical Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Winter 2006 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for Classical guitar, Sean Stone, a student I teach at the Southend Music School, achieved Grade 3 Distinction. Well done Sean! |
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13th December 2006 |
Winter Bass Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Winter 2006 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for Bass guitar, a student I teach privately achieved Grade 4 Distinction. Well done! |
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24th October 2006 |
I met Jon Anderson! |
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| I got to meet Jon Anderson of "Yes" and "Jon and Vangelis" fame when the "Anderson Wakeman" tour came to Southend on the 24th October. I've been a huge fan of Yes and Jon's for many years, and what a great guy he is! Thanks to Sue, my wife, for taking the pic. |
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17th July 2006 |
Summer Electric Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Summer 2006 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for electric guitar, Dan Johnson, a student I teach privately, achieved Grade 3 Merit. Well done Dan! |
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15th July 2006 |
Summer Classical Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Summer 2006 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for classical guitar, a student I teach at Eastwood Primary School achieved Grade 1 Distinction. Well done! |
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27th May 2006 |
Exchange Function Band |
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| I have recently joined a new band called Exchange as bass player. It's a band that's been set up specifically for parties and functions of all kinds, the music ranging from pop, soul, funk and jazz. Click on Exchange for more information. |
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5th April 2006 |
Spring Classical Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Spring 2006 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for classical guitar, Sean Stone, whom I teach at The Southend Music School, achieved Grade 2 Distinction, and a student I teach at Horndon Primary School achieved Grade 1 Distinction. Well done to both of you. |
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2nd April 2006 |
David Stanley on "That'll Teach 'Em", Channel 4 |
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| David Stanley is to appear in "That'll Teach 'Em", a series being shown on Channel 4 for 5 weeks, starting this Tuesday, 4th April at 9pm. I have played guitar for David in shows at the Eastwood Perfoming Arts College. |
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28th February 2006 |
Burning Trolleys win Battle of the Bands |
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| Burning Trolleys won "The Battle of the Bands" in Kelvedon, Essex on Friday 24th February. Well done to Steven Sterry (guitar) and Adam Ward (vocals), both students of mine. To learn more about Burning Trolleys, please go to www.myspace.com/burningtrolleys. |
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15th February 2006 |
Time Will Tell at The Mill |
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| Here's a pic of Time Will Tell playing at The Mill, Rayleigh, on 4th February. |
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9th February 2006 |
Time Will Tell pics on Phoenix FM website |
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| Phoenix FM have published photos of Time Will Tell performing last Saturday (4th February) at The Mill, Rayleigh. To see the pics, click here to go to the Alternate Times page on the Phoenix website and click on "Alternate Times goes to the Mill Rayleigh" on the left of the page. |
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7th February 2006 |
Time Will Tell to be played on Phoenix FM Show |
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| After a really successful gig last Saturday night, the guys from Phoenix FM really liked our set, and they plan to play a track from our "There Is" CD on the "Alternate Times" show this Thursday (9th February), 10pm until midnight. If you live in the Billericay area, you can hear Phoenix FM on 87.7FM, or click here to go to the Alternate Times page on the Phoenix website and listen to the show from there. |
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24th December 2005 |
Winter Electric Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Winter 2005 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for electric guitar, Dan Green, one of my private students and himself a guitar teacher, achieved Grade 6 Merit. Well done Dan! |
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17th December 2005 |
Winter Classical Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Winter 2005 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for classical guitar, 1 student I teach from Eastwood Primary School achieved Step 2 Honours. Well done! |
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12th November 2005 |
Time Will Tell's CD now available from Cross Rhythms |
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| Time Will Tell's latest CD, "There Is", is now available from Cross Rhythms, price £8. To buy the CD from Cross Rhythms, please click here. |
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5th November 2005 |
Time Will Tell's CD reviewed on Cross Rhythms web site |
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| Time Will Tell's latest CD, "There Is", has received a great review from Cross Rhythms. To see the review, please click here.To buy the CD, please visit the Time Will Tell Online Shop. The CD will also be available from the Cross Rhythms web site shortly. |
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22nd October 2005 |
Little Brother Website |
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| Adrian Egelton, one of my students, recently pointed out a really interesting web site, that has free acoustic blues video lessons on it.
If acoustic blues is your thing, you might want to check it out: it is called littlebrother.nlpd.com. Click on the "Free Lessons" link at the top of the main page, and try out some of the lessons. Enjoy! |
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29th July 2005 |
10 years of guitar teaching |
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It is 10 years to the day since I began guitar teaching. My very first student was Phil Thomas, on Saturday at 4pm on 29th July 1995. It was
amazing how it all started: about 2 weeks before, I had a feeling that I should start giving guitar lessons: this came completely "out of the blue". Shortly after this, Phil asked if he could have lessons! Word soon got around (I didn't need to advertise), I took on other students,
and it quickly grew from there, with me working in London and teaching part time on the weekend and in the evenings. After about 7 years, I went "full time", still doing some private teaching, but now mainly working in schools and music schools, and also gigging and
doing recording work.
So a big thank you to all of you who have been my students, I hope that the lessons and the skills developed have helped to make you more YOU! |
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25th July 2005 |
Summer Electric and Bass Guitar Grade News |
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| In the Summer 2005 exam session, I'm pleased to report that for electric guitar, Dan Green (a student I teach privately) achieved Grade 4 "Merit"; a student I teach from Southend High School for Boys achieved Grade 4 "Merit"; and Dan McEvoy, a student I teach from
Southend Music School, achieved Bass Guitar Grade 8 "Merit" (a really great result). Well done everyone, excellent results all round. |
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20th July 2005 |
Time Will Tell's CD is being played on Rock 3 Radio |
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| Tracks from Time Will Tell's latest CD, "There Is", are now being played on Rock 3 internet radio. To listen in, go to Rock 3, and select "Prog Rock" on the radio selection at the top left of the page. One of our tracks will eventually play. |
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10th July 2005 |
Time Will Tell's CD reviewed on Rock 3 Radio |
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| Time Will Tell's latest CD, "There Is", has received a great review from Rock 3 internet radio. To see the review, please click here.To buy the CD, please visit the Time Will Tell Online Shop. |
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18th June 2005 |
Steve Howe at SHAS |
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| I met Steve Howe at the Steve Howe Appreciation Society meeting in Beaconsfield this evening.
Really excellent evening, and what an amazing guitarist he is. He played various pieces, gave guitar demos, spoke about Yes and the various things he is involved in at the moment. Here's a pic of Steve when I met him after the gig, whom I found to be relaxed, warm and friendly. Thanks for a great evening Steve, and thanks to Eddie Delahaye for supplying the pic. |
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11th June 2005 |
David Millar is "Guitar Tutor of the Month" in "Guitar Techniques" |
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My good friend and excellent guitar tutor David Millar is featured as "Guitar Tutor of the month" in July's
"Guitar Techniques" magazine. So rush out and buy your copy to see David on page 16, and also because it is an excellent magazine. It's available from any good newsagents.
David and I met at a Registry of Guitar Tutors conference a few years back, and we are now collaborating on a teaching guitar book
(I say collaborating, David is actually doing most of the work!). To find out more about David Millar, please click on the link to visit his web site. |
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8th May 2005 |
Time Will Tell at Club Riga |
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| Here's a pic of Time Will Tell playing at the Club Riga on 8th May. I'm the one with the guitar! |
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