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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:

147: How To Get Started With Jazz & Changes Playing? Dec 05, 2020

Show notes

In this bumper length episode the guys answer a common listener question and discuss (or argue profusely!) "How to get Started With Jazz & Changes Playing". This weeks' Patreon bonus edit is enormous and very feisty! Essentially after finishing recording the guys immediately did another (hour+ long) show asking the follow up question, "Is the blues really a good starting point for learning jazz?". This one gets heated, but there was no blood or whiskey spilled! If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon, where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs and other merch from our TeeSpring store. Episode Links Beebee's Courses - Pathways to Jazz Vol 1 & 2 TQ Lessons Aebersold Vol75 - Countdown to Giant Steps TGHP Show Links Patreon TeeSpring Merch Store Instagram www.theguitarhour.com Facebook Discussion Group YouTube Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel Beebs www.davidbeebee.com Instagram YouTube Fibenare Guitars Quayle www.tomquayle.co.uk Tom - Instagram Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar Wampler Pedals Jake Willson www.jakewillson.co.uk Instagram Fibenare Guitars Dan Smith www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk Instagram YouTube

146: Giant Follow-up & Practise, Listener Email Nov 28, 2020

Show notes

The guys follow up on last week's Giant Steps episode with Jake and Beebee discussing practise and progress on the tune. We also get more on the subject of 'Guitar heroes' and answer listener email.

In this week's longer Patreon edit, Dan and Beebs ponder the troubadour guitar life and potentially start a TGHP standard/song/jam of the month.

If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon, where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs and other merch from our TeeSpring store.

Episode Links

Giant Steps Youtube Backings

Mike Moreno Picking Masterclass

Wayne Krantz On Language

Kreisberg - Explorations of Note

TGHP Show Links

TeeSpring Merch Store

Facebook discussion group

www.theguitarhour.com

Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel

Beebs

www.davidbeebee.com

Fibenare Guitars

Quayle

www.tomquayle.co.uk

Tom - Instagram

Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar

Jake Willson

www.jakewillson.co.uk

Fibenare Guitars

Dan Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

145: Do You Really Need To Learn Giant Steps? Nov 22, 2020

Show notes

This week the boys ask the question; "Do we really need to learn Giant Steps?" John Coltrane's seminal tune from the 1960 album of the same name.

They take a closer look at what it is, why it's so notoriously tricky, how they've all tackled it in the past, and what you may or may not gain from attempting this ultimate jazz Tough Mudder.

This week in the Patreon aftershow there's an extended followup on language/vocab, Giant Steps and Tom and Beebee accidentally jam GS over zoom, with the result being 90s dial-up modem nonsense. Plus on the Whiskey Hour, Jake goes shopping for drams and Dan is getting peat curious...

If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon, where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs and other merch from our TeeSpring store.

Episode Links

Jake playing Giant Steps at Berklee Youtube

John Cordy Central Park West

John Cordy Giant Steps Chilled

Pat Metheny Trio 99-00 Giant Steps

Show Links

TGHP Facebook discussion group

TGHP on Instagram

www.theguitarhour.com

Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel

Beebs

www.davidbeebee.com

Fibenare Guitars

Quayle

www.tomquayle.co.uk

Tom - Instagram

Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar

Jake Willson

www.jakewillson.co.uk

Fibenare Guitars

Dan Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

144: Acquiring Blues, Bebop Vocabulary & More Muscle Memory Nov 14, 2020

Show notes

The guys pick up on the muscle memory thread started in October's bonus episode, they deep dive the subject and Tom weighs in with his thoughts. Conversation then pivots to learning blues vocabulary, bebop language and if remembering changes actually makes us all play better? Dan ponders a question for the ages "What even is vocab bro?"

If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon, where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs and other merch from our TeeSpring store.

Show Links

TGHP Facebook discussion group

TGHP on Instagram

www.theguitarhour.com

Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel

Beebs

www.davidbeebee.com

Fibenare Guitars

Quayle

www.tomquayle.co.uk

Tom - Instagram

Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar

Jake Willson

www.jakewillson.co.uk

Fibenare Guitars

Dan Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

143: Plini Interview - The Creative Journey Nov 07, 2020

Show notes

Jake and Dan welcome Australian guitar visionary Plini onto the podcast to talk about his new music, inspirations and the creative journey.

This week's extended Patreon edit features some extra minutes with Plini and the guys: a behind the podcast sausage curtain, covid catch ups, and all the usual bants.

If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon, where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs and other merch from our TeeSpring store.

Episode Links

Plini - Papelillo Music Video

Impulse Voices on Bandcamp

Plini Instagram

Show Links

TGHP Facebook discussion group

TGHP on Instagram

www.theguitarhour.com

Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel

Beebs

www.davidbeebee.com

Fibenare Guitars

Quayle

www.tomquayle.co.uk

Tom - Instagram

Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar

Jake Willson

www.jakewillson.co.uk

Fibenare Guitars

Dan Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

142: The Deep Theory & Technique of Time Feel (Milton Mermikides) Oct 29, 2020

Show notes

This week the boys revisit the ever elusive concept of 'time feel', bringing in Jake's colleague Dr Milton Mermikides for a scholarly deep dive into the technique, theory and analysis of time feel.

This week's extended Patreon edit features the longer chat with Milton, including guilty pleasures, subjectivity, and the snare sound on Metallica's St. Anger.

If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon, where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs and other merch from our TeeSpring store.

Episode Links

Milton Mermikides

Schillinger System Of Musical Composition

The Formula For A Perfectly Average Eurovision Song

Show Links

TGHP Facebook discussion group

TGHP on Instagram

www.theguitarhour.com

Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel

Beebs

www.davidbeebee.com

Fibenare Guitars

Quayle

www.tomquayle.co.uk

Tom - Instagram

Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar

Jake Willson

www.jakewillson.co.uk

Fibenare Guitars

Dan Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

141: Guitar Heroes In 2020 & Our Personal Mt. Rockmore Oct 22, 2020

Show notes

Jack Gardiner returns to the show and the guys pick up on the guitar hero theme Dan laid out last episode. Each rogue shares their own personal 'mt. rockmore' before discussing what it even means to be a 'guitar hero' in 2020.

This week's longer patreon edit features an additional 30 minute argument about John Mayer, plus all the usual NSFW banter.

If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon, where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs and other merch from our TeeSpring store.

Episode Links

140: Remembering Eddie

131: Jack Gardiner Album Episode

Show Links

TGHP Facebook discussion group

TGHP on Instagram

www.theguitarhour.com

Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel

Beebs

www.davidbeebee.com

Fibenare Guitars

Quayle

www.tomquayle.co.uk

Tom - Instagram

Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar

Jake Willson

www.jakewillson.co.uk

Fibenare Guitars

Dan Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

140: Remembering Eddie Van Halen, Tom Quayle's New Youtube Lessons Oct 12, 2020

Show notes

EVH :( Pour one out dear listeners. TGHP doesn't often 'do a news', but we can not do an episode without acknowledging, remembering and celebrating a genuine goat. Eddie Van Halen. We kick things off however with a dissection of the YT lesson landscape and Tom launches new YouTube lessons - the first is a killer video on Lazy First Finger Syndrome - the enemy of your legato technique!

This week in the Patreon aftershow…Jake demonstrates his new JHS bonsai screamer pedal, which kicks Beebs off on a philosophical rant about the guitarists' addiction to entropy. Meanwhile, Jake does impressions: a solid Diamond Dave and a dubious Danny Dyer. Dan munches Seabrook Canadian Ham, giving Tom a burn.

If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon, where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs and other merch from our TeeSpring store.

Show Links

TGHP Facebook discussion group

TGHP on Instagram

www.theguitarhour.com

Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel

Beebs

www.davidbeebee.com

Fibenare Guitars

Quayle

www.tomquayle.co.uk

Tom - Instagram

Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar

Jake Willson

www.jakewillson.co.uk

Fibenare Guitars

Dan Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

139: Time Feel, Soloing On Dim 7th Chords, Ibanez Giveaway Oct 01, 2020

Show notes

It's giveaway time! Thanks to the fine folks at Ibanez UK we are giving away an acoustic AE295 LGS. It's open to everyone, patron or otherwise and to enter all you have to do is comment and tag a friend on Tom's instagram post, then follow The Guitar hour Instagram account (Closes Oct 12th Links below).

After a brief covid catch up Beebee crashes the pod bus into a harmony hole - soloing over diminished 7th chords using the harmonic major scale!

Back on 'main topic' the guys discuss the concept of Time Feel. What it is, what it isn't and possible ways of working on it.

This week in the Patreon aftershow….the podcast briefly morphs into 'The Gaming Hour', Beebee reiterates that he does not own a moat, and the lads reminisce about the days of international travel, piecing together chundery drunken memories of one night in Hollywood...

If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon, where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs and other merch from our TeeSpring store.

Episode Links

Tom's Instagram Post For Ibanez Guitar Giveaway

The Guitar Hour Podcast Instagram

Tom's Video On Diminished 7th Chords & Harmonic Major

Show Links

TGHP Facebook discussion group

TGHP on Instagram

www.theguitarhour.com

Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel

Beebs

www.davidbeebee.com

Fibenare Guitars

Quayle

www.tomquayle.co.uk

Tom - Instagram

Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar

Jake Willson

www.jakewillson.co.uk

Fibenare Guitars

Dan Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

138: Red Light Syndrome, Bending Technique & Pick Type Sep 27, 2020

Show notes

We're back, and weekly podcasts are resuming! This week the team chat about the 'red light recording syndrome', screwing up takes, plectrum material and debate various bending techniques/practice. In the Patreon after show edit there's more bending chat, ear training follow ups, pitching notes without a reference tone and plenty more bants.

If you enjoy the show please consider supporting the podcast over on Patreon, where you can get some fantastic extra TGHP content! You can also now pick up t-shirts, mugs and other merch from our TeeSpring store.

Show Links

TGHP Facebook discussion group

TGHP on Instagram

www.theguitarhour.com

Old Live stream on Tom's YT channel

Beebs

www.davidbeebee.com

Fibenare Guitars

Quayle

www.tomquayle.co.uk

Tom - Instagram

Tom's Signature Ibanez Guitar

Jake Willson

www.jakewillson.co.uk

Fibenare Guitars

Dan Smith

www.dansmithguitarist.co.uk

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