Despite being exhausted from their trip to London, Tom, Beebee and Jake take on the topic of tone! Tom also reflects on his recent hang with the legend that is Paul Gilbert and his new album. Thanks to all our awesome Patrons for helping us make the show! Please consider supporting us over on Patreon! Podcast Producer/Practise Posse Levels: Andrew French Jiri Popek Norman Taylor Rodaidh Mackay Tim Bennett Zach Loss Episode Links & Pictures: Eric Gales - Little Wing Live Video Tom's Chat With...
Sep 26, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 97
Please consider supporting us over on Patreon! The boys take a break from modes, legato and practise to share some of their musical social media mishaps over the years. They explore the blurring of the lines between private and public personas and the potential career pitfalls that can come from musicians doing this. In other news, (completely ignoring the above sentence) Jake has a hangover and Beebs has accidentally locked his wife in the kitchen. Thanks to all our awesome Patrons for helping ...
Sep 19, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 96
Please consider supporting us over on Patreon! The podigal son returns! After several months away from the mic, Dan Smith rejoins the lads to talk about practise strategies. Inspired by Jake’s recent deep dive into ‘Miss Jones’ they weigh up the pro’s and cons of working intensely on one thing vs. many different things in moderation. They also reflect on their own experiences and break through periods of guitar development, follow up on last weeks legato madness and Beebs has the verdict on the ...
Sep 12, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 95
Huge week as the guys launch the Podcast Patreon! They also follow up on the FBDG poll and Beebs reports back on his first use of the Laney FRFR cab in the wild. Deep dive this week comes off a discussion group post re: improvisation and the speed of technique and mental processes. Beebs puts this to Tom framed around legato technique, and they all delve into the nature of improvising at high levels of speed and get into the development and some back story of Tom’s landmark modern legato tutoria...
Sep 05, 2019•57 min•Ep. 94
The team convene deep down the harmony hole to discuss a listener email about modal harmony. They discuss a specific example to do with Phrygian and answer the question when is modal harmony, not modal harmony? Also there's a listener poll to check out in the discussion group and tease of a new TGHP project. Episode Links & Jake's Reccs Matt's Email Tom's Modal Harmony Tutorial Schoenberg Theory Of Harmony Ron Grow Hearing & Writing Music Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook di...
Aug 29, 2019•57 min•Ep. 93
After a few weeks of high emotions and even higher music theory, Beebs, Quayle and Willson attempt to take things easy talking about the 3 albums and 3 players that have shaped their lives. However! This is not before Jake pulls everyone into a half hour musing on free will, musical determinism and where our ideas come from. This was an honest attempt to answer a sincere listener email in follow up to the Rick Beato interview last week! What’s your 3 x 3? Tell us in the facebook discussion group...
Aug 22, 2019•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 92
Tom Quayle & Beebee sit in the virtual armchairs for a chat with one of our most requested podcast guests - Rick Beato. They discuss Rick’s incredibly diverse skill set, musical background and rise to YouTube phenomenon (he will have just ticked over a million subs as you read this!) before delving back deep into the ear training topic and Rick’s upcoming ear training course. There’s word of The Beato Book v3 & Club and of course, Beebs says the words fretboard visualisation at least onc...
Aug 15, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 91
Beebee’s lost in the Italian mountains, Tom is releasing his fire hydrant of harmony in Spain and Jake, well we don’t know what Jake’s up to this week...but for someone who’s not a Northerner he spends a lot of time down pit. So until the team return we have a fascinating pre-recorded interview with Joe Mulholland and Tom Hojnacki, authors of the Berklee Book of Jazz Harmony. This conversation delves into the background, context and scope of the book, harmony at Berklee, the source of conflation...
Aug 08, 2019•50 min•Ep. 90
Beebs & Quayle welcome the incredible Jack Gardiner to the podcast to talk about playing Satch-n-Vai songs on tour with Stu Hamm, China Crisis, his current projects and upcoming E.P. There are some Beebee nerd questions in the middle before the big topic.. The guys revisit the area of mental health and musical identity in light of Jacks’ recent (and excellent) YouTube video, where in he opens up with his struggles of the of the last few years and recent return to social media. This is a wond...
Aug 01, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 89
Quayle, Willson & Beebee reconvene for a follow up on playing consistency, which, quickly turns into a discussion on how to measure ones guitar progress in a healthy objective manner. Beebs guinea pigs an example of Giant Steps with legato and discovers that consistency may not be the issue after all. Light is shed on the effects of always playing at the edge of ones ability. Finally the guys cover some Facebook discussion group chat and ponder why students find descending scales harder than...
Jul 25, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 88
Changes afoot at TGHQ. Beebs sits-in on The Book of Mormon show. Tom, Jake and Beebs answer listener email before diving into a deep discussion on achieving consistency of performance. Episode Links Jake's Practise Toolkit Tom's Modern Legato Part 3 Beebs' Pathways To Jazz Vol 1 Tutorial Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Old Live stream on Tom’s YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Quayle www.tomquayle.co.uk Tom - ...
Jul 18, 2019•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 87
Beebs & Jake are joined by the immensely talented Tommy Emmerton. They discuss Tommy’s working life as a professional guitarist on The Book Of Mormon in the West End of London. They also talk about his work as Jazz harmony teacher at Guildhall, his original projects and what it’s like to play the ‘Beat It’ solo for Quincy Jones’ on tour! This is a great episode and touches on everything that’s been discussed during recent shows. There are some deep dive side quests into modal harmony, chord ...
Jul 11, 2019•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 86
The guys take a break from ear training, crack a open some orthentik Brewdogs and get ranting about the Gibson 'Play Authentic' video, it's backlash, latest response and most importantly, the sweet memes. To quote a true hero - " These are the headlines. God I wish they weren't." Episode Links Original 'Play Authentic' Deleted Video Gibson Follow Up Statement Levi Clay's Rage Take The Memes Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Old Live stream on Tom’s YT channel Beebs ...
Jul 04, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 85
Beebs and Tom welcome back Martin Miller to give his thoughts on audiation, playing what you hear and the ear training beast of recent episodes. Tom and Martin compare and contrast different aspects of their aural skills and also shed a bit more light on the visualisation in the process. It was nice to catch up with Martin again, and a really interesting episode - there’s some truly great info in this one guys! Episode Links Martin On Youtube Martin On Patreon JTC Instructional Material Ibanez M...
Jun 27, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 84
Beebs returns from Budapest and talks to Jake Willson about getting out of practise slumps. They discuss some of the positive and negative mindsets that can set in when working through practise problems before getting onto guitar setups and their new axes that are in the works. Episode Notes Jake's Practising Toolkit Masterclass on JTC Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Old Live stream on Tom’s YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmith...
Jun 21, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 83
Beebs recovers from an inner ear infection (irony?). Dan dances in Denmark. Do amp modellers struggle at gig volume? And why does Beebs' wife have good ears?! Short but sweet this week! Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Old Live stream on Tom’s YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube...
Jun 13, 2019•44 min•Ep. 82
With our beloved David Beebee away sick this week, Dan and Jake have a breif catch up and then answer your questions from the Guitar Hour Facebook Discussion Group. Questions include, sightreading, jazz studies, learning lots of songs, technique and more! Show Links Live stream on Tom’s YT channel www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group TGHP on Twitter TGHP on Instagram Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Fibenare Guitars Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co...
Jun 07, 2019•1 hr 32 min
The guys are joined by recurring rogue, Jake Willson to drill deeper into solfeggio ear training and effective practise. Beebs reports on some breakthroughs and Jake has a new JTC masterclass out. (We had some problems this week, both technical and logistical, so apologies for the lack of show notes and if the audio sync drifts at times! Back to normal next week! 🐝)
May 30, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 80
Dan gets brutal revenge on Beebs with a surprise test & Tom Quayle returns to give his thoughts on ear training. The guys follow up on last week's show - probing the wax filled mess that is aural development in education. Episode Links Shawn Tubbs Functional Ear Trainer Desktop iOS Android Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Old live stream on Tom’s YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Quayle www.tomqua...
May 23, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 79
The boys answer listener email - and in the process, start a new run of episodes exploring ear training, connecting the ear to the fretboard, improvisation and playing what you hear. They share their history and frustrations (mostly Beebs’ ranting) with formal ear training, ponder the nature behind vague instruction, the difficulty teaching ear training and start exploring what can be done. Evil Beebs then springs a surprise listening test on Smith! Mwuhaha. Definitely follow along in your podca...
May 16, 2019•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 78
This Week The boys are joined by friends of the show Bobby Harrison and Phil Short. Its Bobby's first time on the show and he tells us all about his current gig playing guitar for Cliff Richard as well as his previous experiences on big touring shows. Phil returns to the podcast for a second helping and fills us in on landing an arena tour with Westlife. We chat about getting the gig, the audition process, gear and what its like to be a guitarist for shows on such an enormous scale. A great insi...
May 09, 2019•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 77
The guys cross the streams and conjure one half of the #Guitarsoles podcast - Levi Clay back to the show. They discuss Levi’s recent video review of the Steve Vai book Vaideology, critiquing ideas and changing one's mind. They also crack open the mail sack answering email, and follow up with some suggestions on where to start with modal harmony. Episode Links Artur Menezes TGHP Spotify Playlist Berklee Book Of Jazz Harmony Tom’s Modal Tutorial Frank Gambale Books Levi’s Vaideology Video Tom Mond...
May 02, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 76
Beebs & Smith follow up on last week's Vaideology episode before discussing the latest big announcement from Fractal Audio. This weeks deep dive chat is on ways to practise guitar effectively, and in particular, motivating the discipline for the hard things that make long lasting change in playing. Episode Links Order An Amazing Cake From Cheryl :D Levi's Video On Vaideology Fractal Audio FM3 Announcement Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Live stream on Tom’s YT...
Apr 25, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 75
This week the boys are back with a an emotionally charged and confusing discussion about a particular section in Steve Vai's long awaiting music theory book for guitar titled 'Vaideology'. They go back into the misty modal mines and talk modes and modal chord progressions as well as delving into some classic guitar magazines for the early 90s. This could get controversial... Vai Book https://www.stevevaistore.com/products/vaideology-basic-music-theory-for-guitar-players Show Links Live stream on...
Apr 18, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 74
YouTube are enforcing some pretty awful (and sketchy) copyright restrictions on big guitar and music channels. The guys chat this over, and muse on what a good thing it is that there’s no ‘YouTube’ for podcasts…..yet. Deep dive topic this week is all about depping (subbing for our American friends). The culture, etiqutte, skillset, and various pro’s and cons. Episode Links Paul Davids YT Vid On Copyright Policy Rick Beato's YT Vid On Blockers Show Links TGHP Facebook discussion group www.theguit...
Apr 11, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 73
With the boys still trying to put their mind holes back together after the last inspiring visit from Andy Wood, he returns and this time brings with his his good buddy and partner in crime 'Uncle' Ben Eller. After a rowdy catch up and a thorough southern hazing from both barrels of the wily Knoxvillians the two git slingers take us through Andy's most recent guitar instrumental album 'Junktown'. Strap in for a track by track walkthrough including insights into the writing, recording and producti...
Apr 04, 2019•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 72
(Beware: This episode contains hardcore legato nerdery!) Beebee and Tom Quayle are enroute to the Jonathan Kreisberg/Nelson Veras gig and turn on the mics to pass the time. They discuss, guitar duos, legato technique, phrasing, seismic changes in technique, and also follow up on last week's episode, getting Tom’s thoughts on right hand technique influencing vocabulary. Please excuse the car engine noise, it does reduce significantly about half way through! Episode Links Kreisberg Meets Veras Ben...
Mar 28, 2019•57 min•Ep. 71
This week the guys are joined by Australian guitarist Greg Stoff. They discuss how the role of the in-person guitar teacher has changed during the online/YouTube age and how picking technique can influence, help or hinder vocabulary and line development. Episode Links: Greg Stott www.gregstott.com.au Greg on IG Recommended Players James Muller Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Live stream on Tom’s YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dans...
Mar 21, 2019•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 70
Beebee, Smith and Tom Quayle catch up with the phenomenal modern blues player Josh Smith during his 2019 UK tour. Episode Links www.joshsmithguitar.com Josh on Instagram Josh’s Truefire Course Truefire Live Stream Flat V Josh’s Studio Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Old Live stream on Tom’s YT channel Rogue Links Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram Youtube Quayle www.tomquayle.co.uk Tom - Instagram...
Mar 14, 2019•47 min•Ep. 69
This week the guys catch up with Keven Eknes to talk about Berklee, LIPA, Instagram, social media, Strandberg and the Nashville scene for guitarists. Keven Eknes keveneknes.com Keven on Instagram Keven on Youtube Show Links www.theguitarhour.com TGHP Facebook discussion group Live stream on Tom’s YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram...
Mar 07, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 68
