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Guitar Gear I’m loving Now…

Posted on June 23, 2019April 29, 2020by willykelly913
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Music Gear for the Working Player This is one singer/songwriter’s take on gear and making the best use of space, on stage…

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The Major Scale for Beginners

Posted on May 11, 2019April 29, 2020by willykelly913

The Musical Ear & Cultural Mind Music comes from the heart and the soul. We are born with it and we add to it, all our lives. When we love, our heart sings. When we lose, we sing the blues. The major scale has been one of western culture’s base elements for a thousand years. […]

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  • The Music Life

How To Host A House Concert

Posted on April 4, 2019April 9, 2019by willykelly913
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A Musician’s View I grew up in a time when a DJ was some old-time way of having a “record-hop”. I realize that a good DJ can be a fun experience but even DJ’s love live music. I saw a lot of great local musicians during my high school years because if we could get […]

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  • Composers and Songs

British Blues & Long John Baldry

Posted on March 28, 2019April 9, 2019by willykelly913
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The British Blues Scene of the 1960’s I’ve always listened to a variety of music which I encourage you to do, as well. So while I was listening to Bob Dylan, I was also playing my guitar along with John Lee Hooker’s, double album, “Mad Man Blues” and James Taylor’s, “Sweet Baby James.” Still at […]

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  • Music-Instrument Theory

How to Tune Your Guitar

Posted on March 22, 2019April 9, 2019by willykelly913
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Tuning for the beginning player I was talking with one of my “brand new” students about getting together and she said, “…well my guitar is out of tune again…” I am reminded that an in-tune guitar is a happy guitar and a happy guitar leads to a happy guitar-player… So let’s all get in tune!

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  • Music-Instrument Theory

Beginning Fingerpicking Guitar

Posted on February 28, 2019April 9, 2019by willykelly913
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Fingerpicking a Folk song Fingerpicking: picking with your fingers; simple right? It can be harder than it seems but with a lot of practice, it can bring you a lot of enjoyment…

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  • The Music Life

Rock & Blues Music, 1977

Posted on January 17, 2019March 30, 2019by willykelly913

The Blue Northern Band on the coast of Maine Islesboro, Maine, in the mid to late ’70’s was a magical place. The Island Pub was in full swing, on Islesboro and the music scene throughout Maine had a large assortment of great musicians who all knew and helped each other. Once I was even a […]

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  • Music-Instrument Theory

Drop-D Tuning For Guitar

Posted on January 8, 2019April 9, 2019by willykelly913

Why “Drop-D” Tuning? I have played in Drop-D tuning for many years and use it today, more than ever. It offers a deeper sound in the low end and lots of opportunities for moving lines and jangling suspensions and drones…

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  • The Music Life

What Every Musician Wants

Posted on December 28, 2018April 9, 2019by willykelly913

A Musician is Fortunate to be a Musician… With the holidays upon us I find myself looking back and taking stock in where I’ve been and where I am. As I ponder my good fortune at being a musician, I’m drawn to the question; What do musicians really want?

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Country-Rock 1976

Posted on December 21, 2018March 30, 2019by willykelly913

Tulsa Times; An Adirondack Band New York Country Rock I returned from Islesboro, Maine to Upstate New York , in the fall of 1975. Within a very short time Joe Allard, Thon Christiana, and I were playing music and looking to start a band…

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