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#GuitarChat Guest No. 1 : Alex Skolnick

On January 8th, Tuesday, at 9PM (ET) @AlexSkolnick will be the #GuitarChat guest on Twitter, moderated by @Guitarkadia.

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Announcing #GuitarChat Series on Twitter

Launching #GuitarChat series on Twitter with Alex Skolnick on January 8th, 2013, at 9pm (ET). Followed by Gary Marcus (Jan 15th), Nick Didkovsky (Jan 22nd), and Simon Vozick-Levinson (Jan 29th).

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Scenes from Tilted Axes 2012

Coverage of 2012 Tilted Axes with images, video, and sounds.

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Documentary : Tilted Axes

The first Tilted Axes, a guitar parade masterminded by NYC composer, Patrick Grant, took place on December 21, 2011, in lower Manhattan as part of Make Music Winter. 16 guitar players took part in the event. This is a documentary about the events leading up to the parade, and the parade. Also below: Tilted Axes [...]

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Yomo Toro and the Latin Grammy Awards Tribute

A few months ago, the event producer of the XIII Latin Grammy Awards got in touch with me about a slideshow I’d posted on Guitarkadia back in September of 2008 of the late Cuatro legend Yomo Toro. Mr. Toro was notified earlier this year that he’d receive a Trustees Award from the Latin Recording Academy [...]

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Guitarkadia Sessions: Jon Herington

Also: Related: Read my Q&A with Jon regarding his latest album “Time On My Hands” Don’t miss a sneak peek at what video is coming next, or for behind the scenes stuff. Sign up for Guitarkadia Weekly here.

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No Strings Attached Over There

“No Strings Attached”, a short video I produced about a Brooklyn musician and artist who makes instruments out of found objects, went up on Narratively, a new online publication, this past Thursday. I go into the back story in my newsletter so if you like to read it, please sign up here. The back story, [...]

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GuitarSpotting: Fort Tryon Park

Fort Tryon Park. October 21, 2012.

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Taking A Break. Will Be Back in October.

Every once in a while the body and mind needs to pause and regroup. I need that for mine this month. I have quite a few things to sort out before I can regularly post new content on this blog and I want to avoid having long breaks between posts. Therefore, I’m taking September off [...]

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Guitarkadia on The Atlantic

Proud to announce that the Guitarkadia Portrait of Mark Nilsen just went up on The Atlantic. You can also read an interview with me on the site. (More after photo) If you’re new to Guitarkadia via The Atlantic, please scroll below and watch previews of upcoming videos. My video and interview archive is here. My [...]

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Q & A with Jon Herington + Video Teaser for Jon’s Guitarkadia Session

Thank you for participating in the signed copy of “Time On My Hands” giveaway. Winner, picked with the random number generator, is mentioned at the end of the post. Please email me your full name and address where the CD will be mailed to. Here’s the teaser to the upcoming Guitarkadia Session with Jon Herington [...]

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