Guitar Licks and Tips

Bruce Cockburn to play at this years 2010 Luminato Visual Arts and Fashion Programs Festival in Toronto! Cockburn’s showcase will also feature singer-songwriter Michel Rivard and guitarists Michael Occhipinti(please check out High Romance) and Colin Linden(some great guitar playing on Big Mouth). Luminato will pay tribute to the Canadian’s greatest singer/songwriter/guitarist Bruce Cockburn at its annual Canadian Songbook event, set for Massey Hall on Wednesday June 16, 2010 at 7:30 PM.

Bruce will be on stage with a stunning assortment of musical talent celebrating his contribution to music. Hawksley Workman, Margo Timmins, Michel Rivard, Michael Occhipinti and Colin Linden. If last years tribute show to Neil Young in any indication of what this years show will be like then it will be a must see event! Also last years Luminato attempted, with your truly in the audience, to break the Guinness World Book of Records for the most guitarist in a musical ensemble. We played Helpless from Neil Young.

The show is called The Canadian Songbook with tickets starting for $55-125 (Cdn). Hope to see ya there!

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Jimi Hendrix’s latest album release titled Valleys Of Neptune sound interesting and has lots of critics both pro and con. Some say they (his company run by family members and Sony Music’s Legacy Division) should let Jimi rest in peace while others say great, release more gems if you’ve got ‘em! I stand in the middle of both these camps. I wonder what Jimi would have to say about this.

For one, keeping Jimi and his revolutionary guitar playing skills should live on forever. Guitar players of today and tomorrow would benefit greatly from the release of new tunes. We have all learned tons of guitar techniques from the master from old offerings but what about stuff that we’ve never heard of? Little Wing is a master piece that keeps fingers moving and exploring different ways of expressing themselves to either the masses or just person pleasure. What if something extraordinary like this tune was never released? I know that someone out there would eventually come up with a similar guitar approach but still Jimi’s style is in a league of it’s own! Next we have the just let him go camp.

A lot of music fans feel that the people/company that keeps exploiting the man are doing a great injustice. I can appreciate that view and would support it … to a certain degree.

What’s your take on this?

This one (Hear my Train a Comin’, acoustic version) is on the new album Valleys of Neptune.

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iPhone has just released this really neat phone App that seems like a lot of fun and it’s much more challenging that damn Guitar Hero game!

This phone application tests a person’s finger dexterity as well as developing better hand eye co-ordination. The practical applications that this App, for both guitar players or non guitar players, is actually very impressive if you look at it from a therapeutic point of view.

This phone App can be used for people who might have had damaged nerve endings in their fingers, developed carpal tunnel or have recently suffered from a stroke. Think about it for a second here folks. It certainly can help the brain relearn finger functions and also provides proper finger exercises to help rebuild their strength! It’s fairly cheap and for a non guitar player it can give them a far better idea of how an actual guitar works.

I’ve never tried this thing out because I don’t have an iPhone but it makes sense to me. I’ll bring this to attention of my neurosurgeon or physiotherapy friends at work and inquire what they think about it!

Check out this link to see what I am talking about!

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