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So You Want To Work In A Guitar Store? Chris Cunningham (second from the right above) is the manager of Guitar Guitar Edinburgh. Opened thirteen years ago, Chris discusses the role of manager, the skills you need to work in stores like Guitar Guitar and his life around guitars (thousands of them!). Podcast Ep 13 – Table Of Contents 1.23 Selling dreams - "making your dreams come true". 2.06 Favorite guitar of Chris Cunningham. 3.22 The beginnings of Guitar Guitar. 5.55 What working in a guitar store is all about. 8.47 Where do all the guitars go? 10.40 The way guitar selling has changed over the years. 13.34 The continual growth of Guitar Guitar. 15.02 Amps, pedals and more... 16.15 Visiting Yahama's guitar factory in the far east. 27.45 The next generation of multi-effects pedals. 30.55 Guys who like to edit sounds till the "cows come home". 33.22 The continuing march of amplifier technology. 38.01 The most expensive guitar ever sold by Guitar Guitar? 45.14 How to get into w

Moving To Seattle, Creating The PNW Film Scoring Programme, Getting An(other) Education ... Hummie wraps up this four part interview discussing his move to Seattle, the first beginnings of the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program. He also talks about how he met Barbara Streisand under a huge last minute orchestration gig! His relationship and work with Jerry Goldsmith and finally his current film projects. Podcast Ep 12 – Table Of Contents 1.05 The way in which technology is changing in film music. 4.07 Hummie discusses his Emmy awards. 3.43 TV series Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. 5.55 Revisiting "Language Of The Heart". 8.08 PNW - How one of the finest film scoring programs started out. 12.59 Working for Marc Shaiman on his films Misery and City Slickers, Addams Family. 17.53 Deciding to study a doctoral thesis. 22.14 The results students studying at PNW are getting in the music industry. 25.24 Writing a book on film scoring and orchestration. 27.55 Orchestrating for a Barbara

Working As An Orchestrator Then Composer In Hollywood. Moving to L.A. is quite easy, finding work is quite hard. Hummie discusses how he managed to break into the L.A. scene. The early successes, working as an orchestrator and producer on major movies. Finally he discusses breaking into composing for film, the work, people and personalities within Hollywood. Podcast Ep 11 – Table Of Contents 1.22 Arriving in Hollywood and working with Alf Clausen. 2.43 Orchestating and ghost writing for the TV series Moonlighting & The Simpsons. 3.43 TV series Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. 5.22 Understanding how scoring for TV and film works. 6.25 The changing technology used in film scoring. 12.59 Working for Marc Shaiman on his films Misery and City Slickers, Addams Family. 17.10 Expaining the difference between and orchestrator and a composer. 24.00 First major film - rescoring Year Of The Comet for producer Rob Reiner. 30.28 Working with themes in film scoring. 32.44 Writing for the TV series

Hummie Mann At Berklee College & Finding Work ... After discovering he had a talent for music, Hummie tells how he eventually found his way to Berklee College of music. Berklee was an exciting time and prepared Hummie for his eventual movement into finding work as a musician. Podcast Ep 10 – Table Of Contents 1.25 Meeting a huge number of world renown musicians. 2.25 Bumping into Pat Metheny! 4.34 Leaving Berklee and finding work. 5.57 Teaching at his first school and big band work. 7.00 How Hummie Passed the Bud Matton audition. 10.50 Falling on his feet and living it up in Florida. 13.35 Performing the rock opera "Tommy". 15.10 Playing country music and working in the far north of Canada. 19.00 Joining a Canadian comedy team. 23.17 Playing the Calgary stampede. 25.43 LA - first contact. 26.29 First commercial most played on Saturday Night live. 27.35 Leaving the comedy team and moving to LA. In the next episode, Hummie discusses finding work and becoming established in the

Hummie Mann - Very Much Alive And Loving it! From his work with Mel Brooks, Marc Shaiman, James Newton Howard double Emmy winning composer Hummie Mann has achieved a huge amount within his musical life and career. In this serialised podcast interview, Hummie discusses everything from early beginnings through to working with some of the biggest names in American film music. Like What We Do? Support GMI Through Patreon Click HERE Podcast Ep 9 – Table Of Contents 1.30 Hot Cross Buns, Three Blind Mice & summer camp. 3.00 A musical family. 5.00 How to understand the language of music. 7.15 Composition from the beginning. 11.11 Mathematics and music. 11.30 Joseph Schillinger, music and mathematics 12.15 Mensa calling! 19.45 Trying to read music at Berklee. 21.58 Switching instruments - Icarus ascending. 27.05 Working with Toots Thielemans. 29.50 Thoughts about Berklee. 32.20 Hating film composing class! 32.59 Remembering Herb Pomeroy. Hummie Mann - www.hummiemann.com PNW Film

JamStack ... The Most Amazing New Amplification Product In Years! Chris Prendergast is the inventor of a new portable guitar amplifier that attaches onto the vast majority of electric guitars. Working with your smartphone it's a guitarists dream. Funded via an Indiegogo campaign, it's funding from guitarists around the world has been simply overwhelming. In this podcast GMI talks to Chris about the idea of JamStack, it's development and his hopes for the future.     Podcast Ep 8 – Table Of Contents 0.50 The inspiration for JamStack. 3.28 Evolution of the initial idea and Indiegogo. 5.30 Integrating with mobile phones and battery life. 7.45 Creating the connection between apps, mobile and amp. 9.34 Strap button included! 10.12 The biggest challenges faced. 11.00 Success with Indiegogo and unit pricing. 13.30 Getting onto Canada's "Dragons Den". 16.21 Speaker technology and it's use in JamStack. 17.45 It ain't heavy. 18.32 Fitting the JamStack to your guitar. 20.31 Plans for the future. 21.32 Release d

A Talk About Improvisation & How You Can Develop Your Creativity. Learning to improvise is the Holy Grail for a most musicians. For some, however, it's a never ending source of frustration. If you work hard on your technique, how can you then transform this into improvisations that you feel are from the heart and not just a bunch of pre-learned lick ideas. In this podcast, GMI founder Ged Brockie discusses improvisation and how you can develop it within your musical life. Podcast Ep 7 – Table Of Contents 1.12 Definition of improvisation. 2.30 The true reason behind technique. 5.00 How to understand the language of music. 7.15 The secret behind speaking the language of music. 8.20 Becoming fluent in the language of music. 10.27 Is improvisation really "making things up on the spot"? 13.00 The chords, scales and arpeggios to think about when improvising. 14.32 How to become a better improviser and the paradox. 15.30 What Joe Pass said about improvisation. 19.00 Making improvisation mo

Calum Malcolm Has Recorded Some Of The Biggest Names In Music. Hear What He Has To Say About Music, Tech., Education & More. Calum Malcolm is without doubt one of the finest recording engineers/producers in the world today. From his work with "The Blue Nile", to "Fish", Mark Knopfler, Aly Bain, his numerous orchestral recordings and more, Calum's thoughts on the recording industry, technology, education and the future of recording need to be listened to. Podcast Ep 6 – Table Of Contents 1.08 Early introduction to recording. 4.80 The first studio in Edinburgh, Scotland. 8.37 The size and weight of equipment in the sixties. 7.08 Working in a HI-FI shop. 9.18 Starting a degree at the Leeds College of Music. 10.18 The first paid recording sessions. 12.15 Astronomy no more. 16.12 Studying electronics at college. 17.05 The creation of Castle Sound 1974. 21.00 Recording different types of music. 22.50 Thoughts on sound production education courses. 26.37 What sound production trainees n

Joseph Alexander Of Fundamental Changes - The Guitarist Who's Sold 300,000 Guitar Books! Joseph Alexander, the founder of Fundamental Changes is an amazing person and not only because he has sold a million dollars of guitar books. He is amazing because he found a gap in a market using new publishing technology and worked tirelessly to create a new way of reaching guitar players around the world. Joseph is now a regular speaker for Amazon events as he explains and helps others understand his business, work and music ethos. In this our fifth podcast, Ged Brockie discusses Joseph's musical background, training and how he built up this business from nothing. Joseph also discusses where he sees things going in the future as well as offering a shout out to talent around the world to get on board with Fundamental Changes. Podcast Ep 5 – Table Of Contents 1.26 Introduction by Joseph. 2.45 Meeting Brian May of Queen. 5.45 Early music education and exposure to guitar. 7.08 Moving to London & London Colle

Phillip Thorne MBE Discusses His Life Of Guitar & Music Phillip Thorne MBE is one of Scotland's most significant guitar players of the last forty years and not just within the realm of classical guitar. His commissioning of new music for guitar and orchestra, his work within the field of performance and education have been a beacon of light for a generation of players to follow, emulate and in Phillip's own works "better". In this candid interview, Phillip discusses his life from his first exposure to music, through the "performance years" as well as guitar competitions, classical guitar education and more. Phillip Thorne in rehearsal of a new guitar concerto by John Maxwell Geddes. The composer is conducting. Podcast Ep 4 - Table Of Contents 1.45 Early years of piano, Hendrix, bands and finding classical guitar. 4.30 Learning classical guitar in Scotland during the 1960s. 6.29 Main classical guitar influences. 9.24 Working with composer Thomas Wilson 10.24 Locating recordings of classical gui

Nigel Clark Jazz Guitarists - A Performing Musician Nigel Clark is one of Scotland's finest jazz guitarists. His incredible musicality and amazing technique have made him one of the most sought after players not only in his native Scotland, but in Europe and beyond. Find out more about his career, view on music education and how to create an individual sound in the interview that follows.   Podcast Ep 3 - Table Of Contents 1.02 Which Nigel Clark is this? 2.10 Working as a session musician in London. 5.43 Hue & Cry, backing Madonna and stadium rock. 9.57 Rock & pop or jazz...or both? 11.42 Playing with Moya Brenna of Clannad & Gloria Gaynor. 14.28 Moving to jazz...almost! 17.42 The influence of Django Reinhardt. 21.03 Django guitar competitions and individuality. 23.09 The changing world and music fans. 25.19 The life of a performing musician. 30.00 Learning to play music. 31.05 State sponsored education. 34.00 Bill and Oscar. 35.50 How individuality creates a unique voice.

How Does Someone Become A Professional Guitarist? So if you are starting out, or perhaps you've been playing for some time and you want to make the jump to full time becoming a professional guitarist full time, how do you go about this? What does it entail? More importantly, what is the probable reality compared to the dreams that you have? In this episode, you will hear from guitarist Ged Brockie who has been plying his trade as a professional musician for over thirty years. Pulling from his own experience you'll learn just what it takes to earn your living as a musician. A highly personal podcast episode, Ged talks about his own beginnings as a musician and how this initial dream developed into the reality of actually making a living. This podcast talks about the realities of making a living as a musician and the fact that you don't always get everything on your own terms. Also discussed is the how you need a basket of skills and you also need to be adaptable to situations. Talent, that often used word a

Learning Guitar Sight Reading On Guitar Learning to read traditional music notation on the guitar is usually not the first thing that guitarists consider unless they come from a classical guitar background. Due to the fact that guitar players get scales, chords, arpeggios and ultimately songs together quickly, by the time that they get round to thinking about getting their reading together it's often too late; or so they think. Getting used to TAB (tablature) means they don't see the point in learning to read. This podcast which is episode 1 puts the case for guitar players of all ages and styles to reconsider and challenge their thoughts on learning to read music. What is your experience of learning to read music? If you have any points or comments to make then sign up to GMI by joining at the top menu bar. You will then be able to add comments to any of the posts and you can also join the GMI forum. We'd love to see you there! The Book Discussed In The Podcast You will see below this paragraph the boo