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During lockdown acoustic guitar sales have soared.  It seems everyone is looking for new ways to express themselves.  It’s one thing to pick up a guitar, but another thing completely to sound like Paco de Lucía.  Generally regarded as the world’s greatest flamenco guitarist, Paco de Lucía wowed audiences with his ability to fuse traditionalContinue reading “Guitarists to Watch (Part 2) – Stacey McMullen”

Elylva aka Elly Köppke is a German rock guitarist based in Berlin.  As a rising star of YouTube, her cover versions have attracted an ever growing audience of followers.  There are many rock guitarists on YouTube putting up cover versions of well-known songs.  Leo Moracchioli is one of the more famous, and entertaining.  However, manyContinue reading “Guitarists to Watch – Elylva”

In the beginning it was simple.  There was just a handful of musical Genres, perhaps as few as 10.  Then came Sub-Genres, followed by Micro-Genres and now perhaps………the Nano-Genre. Genres are seen as a useful way of understanding where artists fit in the musical universe.  At least that’s the view of Glenn McDonald, Data AlchemistContinue reading “Rise of the Nano-Genre”

The sum of all my experiences has led me to the conclusion that there are 4 levels in the music business:  1.  Unknown.  2.  The level below famous.  3.  Famous.  4.  Mega famous, but let’s leave Justin Bieber out of this article.  Level 2 is the place where you can just about earn a livingContinue reading “So You Wanna Be a Star?”