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Life Hacks For Musicians

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  Three types of musicians   The world is evolving fast and we as musicians can use the modern technologies to our benefit for sure. Some people refuse them and this approach is certainly good for not being distracted from playing. Others don’t mind being distracted and they love comparing parameters and watching video reviews … Read more

Discover And Explore Bluegrass – What Do I Recommend

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About streaming The way of consuming music has drastically changed in recent years. I wrote about it in my article about the importance of critical listening for musicians. Streaming services are clearly the future of music listening even though many people hesitate to admit it. A physical CD or LP will serve mostly as a … Read more

Tunefox – A Way To Improvisation

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New instructional application for musicians playing on banjo, mandolin and guitar called Tunefox has been launched recently. It is focused on improving improvisation skills using licks in an innovative way. It actually offers several helpful functionalities that make Tunefox a very versatile and powerful tool in my opinion. The most innovative part – exchangeable licks – is … Read more

Do You Play? So Listen.

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The Importance of Critical Listening for Musicians. List of Recommended Bluegrass Recordings. How to become a better musician — universal answer HERE! Every year I meet a lot of people who want to become better musicians. They want to play better rhythm, tasteful fills, faster solos, fancier chords. They would like to sing more convincingly, … Read more

“Gillova vokální dílna 2017” – vocal workshop

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Our first vocal workshop “Gillova vokální dílna” was held in Rejvíz, Jeseníky Moutains, Czech Republic in September. 29 students came from different parts of Czech and Slovak Republics to immerse in singing lead and harmony vocals, proper vocal technique, ear training etc. According to the feedback from them, the most helpful parts in the program … Read more

On the road with music in August 2017

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The first 2 weeks in August were full of travelling, concerts, teaching and working on TABs for the TuneFox application. I played 2 concerts with The Songs Of The Fall in La Roche sur Foron (France) and Bytřička (Czech Republic). Cia Cherryholmes and Stetson Adkisson are wonderful people and musicians and you can read abouth … Read more

Two music workshops in May

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I organized two workshops in May. They took place in beautiful Jeseníky mountains where I live and attracted more than 50 people including guitar, dobro, mandolin, bass, banjo and fiddle students and a few family members. We had a great time playing, learning, jaming and talking about music during two wonderful weekends. Check out some pictures, … Read more

ATAmusic: Fiddle tunes for mandolin

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I’ve just finished a collection of 20 easy mandolin solos to the most popular fiddle tunes. Full lessons (TAB, normal-speed and half-speed video, slow guitar playalong track) available HERE.