by Jay | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog, Performances
Here’s what you need to know about this concert: I get to play some Sigur Ros (one of my favorite bands) I get to play foot tambourine. I get to have my prints and paintings shown. Also, it will be exciting and entertaining concert, packed with adventurous, fun...
by Jay | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog, Performances
I’m honored to be playing at the Composers-Play-Composers marathon this Saturday. The program is from 7 PM to 10 PM. There will be a plethora of great musicians and really cool music! Hope you can make it! I’m second on the program, so come early or at...
by Jay | Feb 12, 2017 | Archipelago, Art, Blog
First you have to design it. What does it need? Definitely a treble clef or two, a guitar, a guitar player….perhaps a mast made out of an eighth-note? Or….you could try building the mast out of a guitar fretboard instead! And definitely add a sail! Maybe...
by Jay | Feb 12, 2017 | Blog, Music
This is the second adventure of our guitar hero, in which he passes through the 997 islands of Bossa Paraiso. He’s left his home, the Island of Milonga. He’s on his way to the Last Island before he launches his tiny boat into the unknown of the Sea of...
by Jay | Sep 14, 2015 | Blog, Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Lessons, Classical Guitar Methods, Classical Guitar Technique, Teaching Videos
Mastering Right Hand Technique: Right Hand Position and Movement This video is from my online technique course, Basic Classical Guitar Mastery. Video Number Four introduces to all of the most basic, important points about how, where and why classical guitarists...
by Jay | Sep 12, 2015 | Blog, Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Lessons, Classical Guitar Methods, Classical Guitar Teachers, Teaching Videos
Right and Left Hand Technique: The Workhorse and the Voice of the Guitar This video is from my online technique course, Basic Classical Guitar Mastery. Video Number Three introduces you to the obvious differences between the left and right and, as well as the less...
by Jay | Sep 11, 2015 | Blog, Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Lessons, Classical Guitar Methods, Classical Guitar Technique, Teaching Videos
This is a video excerpted from my online technique course, Basic Classical Guitar Mastery. Video Number Two gives you one of the hidden keys to Left Hand leverage and a powerful left hand technique The course is over 40 videos long, It’s designed to rebuild and...
by Jay | Sep 10, 2015 | Blog, Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Lessons, Classical Guitar Technique, Teaching Videos
This is a video from online technique course, Basic Classical Guitar Mastery, . The course is over 40 videos long, It’s designed to rebuild and refine your basic technique from the ground up. If you’re a beginner, then much of the material will serve to...
by Jay | Sep 8, 2015 | Blog, Classical Guitar Basics, Classical Guitar Lessons, Classical Guitar Methods, Classical Guitar Technique, Guitar Lessons, Teaching Videos
This course is jam-packed with creatively filmed and entertainingly edited demonstrations of all the fundamentals of basic classical guitar technique. I present them in a way that is intended to upload as much knowledge as I can—knowledge that I’ve struggled for...
by Jay | Aug 16, 2015 | Blog, Classical Guitar Arrangements, Music
This Allegro has still been flying off the virtual shelves at $7. This edition features a revised version of the Allegro  that includes a few changes that elegantly eliminate some tricky tempo bottlenecks. (I still include the original 2013 version, which is a bit...
by Jay | Aug 15, 2015 | Blog, Music, Performances
Click here for maps and transportation info to the mansion September 20 at 4:30 PM Tickets $20 895 Shore Road Pelham Bay Park Bronx, New York 10464 718.885.1461 [mashshare] The recital takes place in a lovely period room with great acoustics. It fits about 50 people,...
by Jay | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Classical Guitar Arrangements, Music
This is a full arrangement of the Rondo for advanced players. This is perhaps the most difficult movement to perform on the classical guitar. But it does sound fantastic and is worth the effort needed to learn, memorize—and then work it up to a decent speed....
by Jay | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Classical Guitar Arrangements, Music
This is a full arrangement of the Menuet, for intermediate to advanced players. This is the easiest movement to transcribe for classical guitar, but I’ve been careful to create a lively and nuanced arrangement that would be welcome on any concert stage in the...
by Jay | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Classical Guitar Arrangements, Music
This is a full arrangement of the Romanze, for advanced players. It’s quite amenable to the classical guitar…but the third section was a special challenge to transcribe, with it’s call/answer figurations between the high and low voices while at the...
by Jay | Jul 31, 2015 | Archipelago, Art, Blog, Compositions, Music
I’m exploring an extended group of Islands that have been hidden from Google Maps due to their aural nature. The musical ecology I have found so far in this journey seems to draw its inspiration from many parts of the globe. And yet each island in this hitherto...
by Jay | Jun 24, 2011 | Blog, Guitar Lessons, Teaching Blog Post
I have been getting some really interesting questions in response to my poll from those who’ve joined my list recently. Right now I’m in Amish Country for my Kauffman family reunion, driving past quilt shops and horse-and-buggies, but wanted to answer a...
