Paco De Lucia , John McLaughlin , Al Di Meola Guitar Concert

If you haven’t watched this legendary guitar concert, you have to watch it.  Great three guitar players Paco De Lucia , John McLaughlin , Al Di Meola are playing together.

Enjoy the guitar:

Finding a Musician For Your Local Band

Local bands are inspiring part of communities.  Most local bands are formed by close friends, and usually they play for fun, not for the money.

But sometimes a friend or a band member must leave the band for different reasons.  And the rest of the band members need to find somebody new.  In the old days, finding a musician for your local band was one of the hardest things.  Now, with the help of internet, it is much easier.

Most of the bands around me use Craigslist for finding a new band member.  Craigslist even has a Musicians Category (Change New York to your location) under their Community section.  Bands advertise here for free to find new members.  There are even some ads about starting a band.  So, if you decide to start your own band, it would be a great place to find the other band members.

How do you go with finding a musician for your local band?  Do you use Craigslist? Are there other websites out there that helped you?

Pablo Sáinz Villegas Classical Guitar Concert in New York City

Summer is almost here, and there are many concerts and tours starting around the country.  This tuesday (May 27, 2008, at 8:00 pm) Pablo Sáinz Villegas will have a classical guitar concert in New York City.

If you live in NYC or visiting, do not miss this classical guitar concert.

Here’s more information about the concert and Pablo Sáinz Villegas:

Location:

Merkin Hall
129 West 67th Street
New York City

Date:

May 27, 2008, at 8:00 pm

About Pablo Sáinz Villegas:

By capturing the Gold Medal Stotsenberg Prize at the inaugural Parkening International Guitar Competition, Pablo Sáinz Villegas has quickly established himself as one of the world’s leading classical guitarists. He has performed in over twenty countries and on such prestigious stages as Milan’s Sala Verdi, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York. 
 
Recipient of more than twenty-eight international awards including the Andrés Segovia award, Mr. Sáinz Villegas has been soloist with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the New York Virtuosi Chamber Symphony, the National Orchestra of Brazil and Orquesta de Radio Televisión Espanola, among others.  
 
Engagements this season include appearances with the New York Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic and concerts in the Lincoln Center in New York, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Musikverein in Vienna, National Auditorium in Madrid and Spivey Hall in Atlanta, among others.  
 

Phone for more information: 212-501-3303
Website: http://www.pablosainzvillegas.com/

Fender Guitar Color Options

I have been a huge fan of Fender Guitars since I had my first Classic Fender Strat.  I knew Fender had many color options, but I didn’t know how many exactly.

My favorite Fender color is sunburst.  Sunburst looks great on Fender strats.

I was browsing through Fender’s website, and found out about Fender Guitars Color Chart.  I’m surprised that Fender offers 100 different color options for their guitars, wow.

Anyways, if you are looking to purchase a new Fender, you know that you have so many color options.  What’s your favorite Fender color by the way?

Making an Acoustic Guitar Video Series

There are many videos online about guitar making. I have never made a guitar myself, but I was always interested in watching how people make these guitars.

I have found a series of videos at Youtube about Making an Acoustic Guitar. I’m sure you’ll like these videos if you are wondering about guitar making topic.

I think guitar making is the combination of art and engineering. Guitar makers are called Luthiers.

Below are the most comprehensive videos about guitar making I could find online.  Luthier Steve Dickie has recorded the journey of his guitar making, and here are the 29 videos (almost 10 minutes each):

1) Choosing the Materials & Tools for the Guitar

Luthier (Steve Dickie) explains the materials and tools he’ll be using to make this steel string guitar. For the neck, mahogany wood will be used, for the heel part he’ll also use a large block of mahogany and for the body he’s chosen walnut.

2) Making the Neck of the Guitar Part 1

3) Making the Neck of the Guitar Part 2

4) Making the Neck of the Guitar Part 3

5) Making the Neck of the Guitar Part 4

6) Making the Soundboard of the Guitar Part 1

7) Making the Soundboard of the Guitar Part 2

8) Making the Soundboard of the Guitar Part 3

9) Making the Soundboard of the Guitar Part 4

10) Making the Soundboard of the Guitar Part 5

11) Making the Soundboard of the Guitar Part 6

12) Making the Sides of the Guitar Part 1

13) Making the Sides of the Guitar Part 2

14) Making the Sides of the Guitar Part 3

15) Making the Sides of the Guitar Part 4

16) Making the Back of the Guitar Part 1

17) Making the Back of the Guitar Part 2

18) Making the Back of the Guitar Part 3

19) Binding the Guitar Part 1

20) Binding the Guitar Part 2

21) Binding the Guitar Part 3

22) Making the Fretboard Part 1

23) Making the Fretboard Part 2

24) Making the Fretboard Part 3

25) Making the Fretboard Part 4

26) Making the Fretboard Part 5

27) Finishing the Guitar Part 1

28) Finishing the Guitar Part 2

29) Finishing the Guitar Part 3

Big thanks goes to the Luthier Steve Dickie for making these great videos and sharing them with us.  I hope these videos will bring some inspiration for those who want to build their own guitar one day.

Enjoy these wonderful videos about the journey of guitar making.

Free Classical Guitar Sheet Music

When we were learning the classical guitar back in 90’s, one of the hardest thing was to find sheet music for classical guitars.  There was no such thing as internet where we could find thousands of free sheet music.  We had to buy it from local guitar stores, or borrow from our friends and get a copy of it.

Now, the internet era has brought so many advantages to the guitar players.  You can buy any type of sheet music online.  You can also find so many free sheet music for classical guitar.  For beginners, sometimes it’s hard to find the free sheet music sources.  Many websites which says they offer free sheet music actually try to sell you sheet music.  So I’ve gathered a list of websites where you can find free classical guitar sheet music.

Free Classical Guitar Sheet Music Resources

• Guitar Press Free Classical Guitar Sheet Music List
• Creative Guitar’s Sheet Music Archive (almost 5000 pdf free sheet music downloads)
• David Allen Coester’s Sheet Music Downloads
• Dirk’s Guitar Resources – Free Sheet Music List
• Delcamp.net Free Classical Guitar Sheet Music
• Free Classical Guitar Methods
• Paul’s Free Guitar Scores

These are some of the awesome free resources for classical guitar sheet music.  I’ll be adding more resources to this list.  If you have any suggestions, please add as a comment, and I’ll be happy to review and update this list.

You Can Play the Guitar

People always have excuses for being lazy.  If you love the guitar and if you want to learn how to play the guitar, you need to practice.  Yes, if you are lazy, and not ready for practicing and putting some serious time into this, you might as well stop thinking about being a good guitar player.

Here’s some inspiration for people who’d like to learn to play the guitar but not sure if they can do it:

Anybody with a strong determination to succeed can learn to play the guitar.

At Guitar101 blog, I’ll share so many things about guitars.  I hope these will be helpful for many guitar players.

Thanks for stopping by, and hope to see you around.