On the road with music in August 2017

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

TuneFox application for mandolin

I’ve just accepted an offer for creating mandolin version of this interesting application: www.tunefox.com. In short: 100 songs (solos), 3 levels, switchable licks. Expected launch is in September for iOS, later for web as well. Stay tuned for more details.

Two music workshops in May

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 workshops in 2017

The first idea about ATAmusic was to create a virtual place for sharing information regarding playing and learning to play an instrument. It’s been shown up that there is a strong potential of real events for gathering people interested in studying music. They can meet and absorb information and experiences by all their senses. Thus, … Read more

1st Bluegrass Vegas is over

The first workshop focused on vocals and playing in a band “Bluegrass Vegas” is over. It took place in Rejvíz, CZ at the end of November. You can check some photos a read some reviews (with a little help of Czech–English dictionary 🙂 ) here: www.atamusic.eu/bgv.

ATAmusic: Fiddle tunes for mandolin

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.

Bluegrass Wellness

New bluegrass workshop which includes some wellness program is ready for your applications! All information here: www.atamusic.eu/en/bgwellness.

1. Jesenický shuffle

The first fiddle workshop “Jesenický shuffle” took place during the weekend May 20-22. 2016 in Mikulovice, CZ. 7 students and 3 guests took part in it and you can read some reviews (with a little help of Czech–English dictionary 🙂 ) here: www.atamusic.eu/js. At the same link, check out the videos of students playing “Boil Them Cabbage Down” and “Hallelujah”. Some photos can be seen here.

New instructional DVD for guitar

Second volume of instructional DVD (in Czech) for advanced guitar players that we recorded with Ralph Schut is available now. Orders here. Video from the release party follows.