Hardwire Speers

Canadiana roots and blues from Calgary, AB.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

What I've been up to

So, last little while I've been doing lots of stuff, not much in the public though. Doing some work on jazz style playing - chord melody stuff. I'm not going into jazz playing, but its great knowledge to have. Robert Conti has some great books, went through the The Chord Melody Assembly Linebook and now working on The Formula, which is about chord substitutions. Great teacher. Books include DVD's and tabs so easy to follow. (BTW - I'm not affiliated, just though other guitarists might like to know about these.)

I'm playing a couple of gigs in Kelowna, BC this weekend - Minstrels Cafe and at The MountainStock Music Festival.

I've also been writing new songs for my next CD. Will start in on producing that in the near future.

All for now, more coming soon,
Neil