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The Guitar Hour Podcast

The Guitar Hour Podcast is a weekly, long-form discussion hosted by David Beebee, Tom Quayle, Dan Smith & Jake Willson. Together, and in conversation with today’s top players, they explore different approaches for improvising, theory, technique, practising, teaching and share the humorous ups and downs of being professional guitarists in the modern age.

Latest Episodes:

67: UK Jazz Conservatoire, Sky TV Guitar Star Competition, Cruise Ship Work (w/Gabriel Wareing) Feb 28, 2019

Show notes

In their final leg of the trip Smith and Beebs catch up with Gabriel Wareing. They talk about his recent move to NY, studying jazz at the Royal Conservatoire Scotland, cruise ship guitar work and his involvement with Sky TV's Guitar Star competition.

This should be the last of the dodgy audio quality episodes for a while as we resume normal podcast service and start to roll out big updates to the show. As always, thanks for listening!

Episode Links

Gabriel Links

Show Links

www.theguitarhour.com

TGHP Facebook discussion group

Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel

Rogue Links

Beebs

www.davidbeebee.com

Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

66: Wayne Krantz Interview - An Improviser's OS update, 55 Bar Home, New Record and More - New York Part 2 Feb 21, 2019

Show notes

Beebee & Smith sit down in an empty (yet noisy!) NY coffee shop with the legendary Wayne Krantz to dig into practise, improvisation, artistry, ears and more. They discuss the background to Wayne's book 'An Improviser's OS', it's legacy and the upcoming 2nd edition/revision.

Apologies for some background noise and a few jump cuts, the location based recording wasn't quite as clean as hoped! Hope you enjoy :)

Wayne's Links

www.waynekrantz.com

Wayne On Bandcamp

Show Links

www.theguitarhour.com

TGHP Facebook discussion group

Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel

Beebs

www.davidbeebee.com

Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

65B: Tone Thrown, Fly Rigs, Performing On Unfamiliar Gear, Rudy's Clinic Follow Up Feb 14, 2019

Show notes

Beebee, Smith and Willson reconvene to discuss how tone can positivley and negativley affect performance and the difficulties being 'on it' when playing unfamiliar or rental gear. They also ponder the romantic ideal of being able to sound comfortably like oneself through any rig in any situation.

We also follow up on the New York Fibenare clinic and how the events of the last few weeks have inspired the guys.

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

Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

Jake Willson

www.jakewillson.co.uk

65: Time Feel, Subdivisions, Picking Technique, NAMM FU - New York Part 1 (w/Jake Willson) Feb 07, 2019

Show notes

Casual check in from a sub-zero New York City. It's post namm, pre-Fibenare clinic and Beebs, Smith and Jake huddle together on a sofa (for platonic body warmth) to chat through the namm show and the upcoming Rudy's event.

As ever, they accidentally stumble into some meaty musical areas such as time feel and counting in difficult performance environments, rhythmic subdivisions with legato and right hand picking technique.

Part 1 of our New York series. We have some seriously cool stuff coming over the next few episodes!

Episode Links

White Whale Guitars

Boss Tube Amp Expander

Music Reading For Guitar - David Oakes

Mike Moreno - Picking Technique Lesson

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

Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

Jake Willson

www.jakewillson.co.uk

64: Podcasting On A Plane - The Ultimate Air Guitar Hour, NAMM Diaries (w/Willson & Quayle) Jan 25, 2019

Show notes

This week is another 'experimental' episode as the guys attempt to record an episode of the show at 37'000 feet on the way to California for the namm show. Inevitably the audio is poorer than usual (although Izotope RX worked it's magic to make it listenable) and invariably this is a gear related (and gin fuelled) episode where the guys discuss the airport drama getting their axes onboard, flying as a musician in general, the upcoming namm show gear and answer questions.

63: Practising Habits, Pre-NAMM, New York Fibenare Clinic, Hamilton, Music Films (w/Jake Willson) Jan 17, 2019

Show notes

Friend of the show Jake Willson returns for a reet banga!

Smith and Beebs have nothing planned so they call in the big guns: Jake '2 L's in Hell' Willson. They talk about the hit musical he's depping on 'Hamilton' before embarking on what is the longest intro detour the podcast has ever had.

A passing comment about a movie trailer sends everyone tumbling down a discussion on 'music films', and how harmony and chord progressions, whilst toxic and uncool in the Top 40, routinely set the box office alight with recent chord-stuffed hits like The Greatest Showman, La La Land and A Star Is Born. The guys ponder the philosophy of art and its historical context, and Beebs can't stop banging on about Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga.

When things get back on track discussion turns to the upcoming NAMM show travels and prep the guys are doing for the Fibenare clinic all 3 are giving at Rudy's Music in NY. Jake and Beebs also reveal details of their incoming signature Fibenare models.

The guys will be travelling for the new few weeks, so the usual schedule might be a bit skewed, but the intention is to keep the wheels on the podcast with new episodes.

Fibenare Clinic Rudy's Music New York

TGHP Spotify Playlist Of Mentioned Music

Hamilton - Soundtrack

A Star Is Born - Soundtrack

Plini - Electric Sunrise

Will We Ever Run Out Of New Music - A Finite number of CDs

Show Linkswww.theguitarhour.com

TGHP Facebook discussion group

Live stream on Tom's YT channel

Rogue LinksBeebswww.davidbeebee.com

Fibenare Guitars

Smithwww.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

Jake Willsonwww.jakewillson.co.uk

62: Seth Rosenbloom - New Album, Improvised And Sketched Out Soloing In Blues, Innovation And Tradition Jan 10, 2019

Show notes

In the first guest episode of 2019 the boys get their January Blues on with the outstanding blues guitarist, Seth Rosenbloom. They talk about Seth's career so far, working with Josh Smith, and his upcoming album Keep On Turning.

Then it's off the deep end exploring improvised music in the studio, how much is sketched out vs totally free, song writing in the blues, and the impossible task of innovating yet simultaneously pleasing blues traditionalists. They also talk about social media, community credibility and much more.

Thanks to Seth for coming on the show, check out his album Keep On Turning.

There's also a new TGHP Public Spotify Playlist, updated weekly with artists and songs that we appear or are recommended. Links all down below in the show notes!

Episode Links Seth http://www.sethrosenbloom.com

Seth On Spotify

Seth On Apple Music

Show LinksTGHP Facebook discussion group

www.theguitarhour.com

TGHP - Spotify Playlist Of Mentioned Music

TGHP on Twitter

TGHP on Instagram

Live stream on Tom's YT channel

Rogues

Beebs www.davidbeebee.com

Beebee - Instagram

Beebee - YouTube

Fibenare Guitars

Hawk Picks Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

Fibenare Guitars

61: A Brief History Of The Podcast, Looking Back At 2018, 2019 Guitar Resolutions Jan 04, 2019

Show notes

Happy New Year! A groggy start to the new year for the boys as life quickly kicks off again after the holiday season. The boys give you a little history of how the podcast came to life, as well as looking back over the past year and discussing favourite moments as well as lessons learned along the way. They also get on board with the new year, new you mantra and dicuss their non year resolutions and goals for the coming year, both personal and podcast related. Enjoy!

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

Beebee - Instagram

Beebee - YouTube

Fibenare Guitars

Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

Fibenare Guitars

60: Christmas Special - Wayne Krantz Masterclass Video w/guest Neil Jones, Tom Qualye, Dave Brons Dec 27, 2018

Show notes

Ho ho ho it's TGHP Christmas special! Well, when we say special, we mean a casual show where we invite a bunch of friends around for beers and turn the microphones on.

Apologies for weaker than usual audio quality and edit (everyone had coughs), however there's a lot of fun content flying around so hope you enjoy it :)

I hope everyone out there has had plenty of festive fun, and normal service will resume next week!

Episode Links

Wayne Krantz Berklee Masterclass - Posted in the discussion group by Rodolpho Amarel de Almeida

Wayne Krantz - An Improvisers OS

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

Beebee - Instagram

Beebee - YouTube

Fibenare Guitars

Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

Fibenare Guitars

Quayle

www.tomquayle.co.uk

Tom - Instagram

Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar

Dave Brons

www.davebrons.com

Dave Brons Bandcamp

Neil Jones

www.neiljonesmusic.com

Neil - Instagram

Fibenare Guitars

59: CST Article, Jazz Elitism, Methodology w/ Tom Quayle Dec 20, 2018

Show notes

Following a hot potato of a Jazz article written by Ethan Iverson Dan, Beebs and friend of the show Tom Quayle sit down aroudn the microphones to have a good old jazz rant.... ahem... discussion. They discuss the idea of recieved wisdom, how to develop an understanding of jazz harmony and improvisation and equally how to pass the information on. Of course there is a little bit of a rant about elitism in there for good mix. Enjoy!

Show Links

Original Article

https://ethaniverson.com/received-wisdom-jeff-goldblum-chord-scales-the-ireal-book-and-kamasi-washington/?fbclid=IwAR3_sMTbqJ0pVIYyA3FUloB_PXzAPovJh9AGi9MH8HjRbBpvDOTi_U2gKMg

#11 Transcriptions

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyDW--JiQ31af4zPaNqKotQ

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

Beebee - Instagram

Beebee - YouTube

Fibenare Guitars

Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

Fibenare Guitars

Quayle

www.tomquayle.co.uk

Tom - Instagram

Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar

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