Just wanted to say thanks for (kind of) changing my life.
GT CHANGED MY LIFE (SORT OF)
Back in ’95 I was heavily into SRV but stuck in the Minor Pentatonic. However I found a new magazine in the small Swedish town I was living at that time. In it was an article about Steve Vai’s style by Dave Kilminster. It floored me. I had never heard about the Lydian scale and it was a real eye-opener. I studied every article in that issue and started to practise several hours a day. I soon attended a one-year guitar course in Sweden and started to get a little more knowledge. After that I moved to London and enrolled at Musicians Institute in Wapping. What a great year. Wonderful tutors, great musicians from all over the world and a chance to play styles that were new to me. The great Eric Roche was a tutor and I studied the same year as Jacob Quistgaard (he was a monster player and still is). After that I moved back to Sweden and went to a guitar school in Stockholm. When my studies were finished I played guitar for a living for 12 years, recorded several albums, did sessions and even managed to get a Guitarist Of The Year award, which was handed over by Kee Marcello. When I was done with touring I landed a teaching gig and have been a full-time guitar teacher since 2012. So once again thank you. I couldn’t have done it without GT.
Magnus Åkerlund
PS: Writing a column for GT is still on my bucket list!
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PAT METHENY
Nick Mellor offers an insight into the jazz great's 16th-note lines, and his approach to improvising over static Minor and Dominant 7th chords.
MARTIN MILLER
Another fabulous JTC guitarist demonstrates his impressive techniques for us, focusing on an approach called Rythmically Dependent Alternate Picking.
THE KINKS' RAY DAVIES
This month Stuart Ryan takes a virtual trip into to North London to get to grips with the acoustic style of the original Muswell Hillbilly.
STEVE LUKATHER
This month Andy G Jones looks at the fluent soloing style of the LA guitarist who co-founded Toto in 1977 then ruled the 80s session scene.
JEFF HANNEMAN
This month Charlie Griffiths Shows No Mercy as he lays down the gauntlett with five shred licks from Slayer's undisputed master of attitude.
10CC
This month Martin Cooper checks out Eric Stewart and Lol Crème, whose distinctive styles helped give this UK band its unique sound.
T-BONE WALKER
From the heart of Texas to the cool West Coast, join David Gerrish on the journey of this hugely influential electric blues guitar innovator.
FERDINANDO CARULLI Andantino In G (Opus 241)
This month Declan Zapala goes back to basics to explore core classical technique with this emotive miniature by the pioneer of classical guitar playing.
THE CROSSROADS Steely Dan's Mu Chord
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From the Kings to Jimi and Eric, Blackmore, Stevie Ray, Gary Moore, John Mayer, JoBo and beyond, Jon Bishop introduces six decades of blues guitar innovation.
