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Dedicated to presenting all aspects of the art of flatpicking the acoustic guitar.

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Dave Nachmanoff jams with Al Stewart on "Unexpected Frisson" Added by Dave Nachmanoff
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Events

Sligo Rags at Big Bear Bluegrass Festival
July 26, 2008 at 1pm – Big Bear Discovery Center
Orrin Star
July 26, 2008 at 8pm – Rosendale Cafe
Sligo Rags at Russ and Julie's House Concert Series
July 26, 2008 at 8pm – Russ and Julie's
Orrin Star & the Sultans of String
July 27, 2008 at 5pm – Bartlett Arboreturm
Arkansas Fiddle and Strings Camp
July 28, 2008 at 9am to August 1, 2008 at 12pm – Antioch Baptist Church
Orrin Star & the Sultans of String
July 28, 2008 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm – The Parkside Lounge

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Flatpicking Podcast

Podcast #17, featuring an interview with Adam Granger.

Welcome to the show. This is Podcast number 17. This week Dan Miller catches up with Adam Granger. They talk about his new CD projects. Please visit this podcast at http://www.flatpick.com/podcast.html

Podcast #16, featuring an interview with Dix Bruce.

Welcome to the show this is Podcast number 16. This week Dan Miller catches up with Dix Bruce. They talk about his new book and CD set. Please visit this podcast at http://www.flatpick.com/podcast.html

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Welcome to Flatpicking Guitar Magazine's Network!

Flatpicking Guitar Magazine is a bi-monthly periodical, and companion audio CD, dedicated to presenting all aspects of the art of flatpicking the acoustic guitar as pioneered by such great guitarists as Doc Watson, Clarence White, Norman Blake, Tony Rice, and Dan Crary. Our goal is to help you increase your own skill level and enjoyment of this fine art as it pertains to the musical genres of bluegrass, old-time, folk, Celtic, Western swing, gypsy jazz, new acoustic music, and acoustic rock. To that end, the magazine primarily focuses on guitar instruction. We also feature articles on rhythm guitar playing, guitar building and maintenance, and we also review flatpicking CDs and instructional books and videos. This network page is a place to share flatpicking news, photos, new music, videos, and more. To subscribe to the print magazine, click HERE To check out the digital version of the magazine, click here

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Well the ball is rolling fast. Bottomline will have the album out by October. Check for it in stores this year. I will be in the studio next month starting my second solo project. With my plate filling up it will take some time to get finished. I hope and pray that this one will find the same greeting and more than my first album. Look for me on the road folks.

Posted by Brandon Adams on July 15th, 2008 at 11:49pm — No Comments (Add)

Music Festival

I have just returned July11,12,13 from the Big Horn Mountain Music Festival, in Buffalo Wy. What a great time, spending time in guitar seminars with Jeff Troxel and Kenny Smith. The great musicians were very inspirational and gave lots of great advise. Seeing friends and spending time listening to new musicians and making new friends is what I love about festivals. thanks to all who participated and I am looking forward to more in the future. Orrin

Posted by Orrin Joy on July 17th, 2008 at 6:14pm — No Comments (Add)

Uncle Dave Macon Days Festival Winners

The 31st Annual Uncle Dave Macon Days Festival was held July 11 - 13, 2008 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In the Guitar category, flatpicker Robert Bowlin (Bill Monroe, Osbourne Brothers, Kathy Mattea bands) of Illinois took first place. His current CD is "Six String Soliloquy", and it was released on FGM Records in 2007. He was also profiled in Volume 11, Issue 4 of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, and is featured on the Flatpicking 2007 sampler. In second place was 21 year old Josh Philpott out of T… Continue

Posted by Jared Ingersol on July 13th, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments (Add)

Announcing Flatpickdigital.com! The new digital download site from FGM

Flatpickdigital.com is our new digital download site where you can sign up for a digital subscription to both the magazine and the audio CD, and you can also download all back issues and back issue audio CDs. While we will continue to print the hardcopy versions of both the magazine and audio, at flatpickdigital.com you can save money on the subscription price and back issues while helping save the environment by saving the paper the magazin… Continue

Posted by Dan Miller on June 25th, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments (Add)

News

The new Bottomline project is finished. We should know about a release date soon. Don Rigsby was the producer on this one. Andy Hall, Julie Reeves, and Don all make some guest spots on the album. I have to say it is really great to not have to go back and do more overdubs. I will hopefully be in the studio working on my second solo project by this winter. I hope to bring back the same crew that worked on my first one. I have been writing up a storm and this solo project will contain all original… Continue

Posted by Brandon Adams on June 23rd, 2008 at 12:29am — No Comments (Add)

Flatpicking Instructors

We are continually compiling a list of flatpicking instructors for our instructor's page. If you are an instructor and would like to be on our list, please email your name and contact information (address, phone and/or email) to dan@flatpick.com (please put "Flatpicking Instructor" in the subject line). If you are a student taking lessons, please let your instructor know about our list and have him or her send us their information. Thanks!

Posted by Dan Miller on June 20th, 2008 at 8:05am — No Comments (Add)

Tab Index Updated

The Flatpicking Guitar Magazine Tab Index has been updated. This index list all tunes that have been printed in Flatpicking Guitar Magazine over the past twelve years. The songs are listed in alphabetical order and include information about who arranged the song and what issue the song appeared. Click here to browse the index.

Posted by Dan Miller on June 18th, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments (Add)

Tim May offering free Flatpicking Guitar clinics in Chicago, Milwaukee areas

Breedlove Guitars clinician Tim May, one of the most talented acoustic guitar players on the planet, will be conducting two FREE flatpicking guitar clinics in the greater Chicago, Illinois (Northfield) and Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Brookfield) areas on Thursday, July 10th and Friday, July 11th, 2008. Tim is an engaging speaker and a magnificent flatpicker... and he loves Breedlove instruments. Tim is warm and approachable, with a powerful delivery of both intelligent content and creative out… Continue

Posted by Jared Ingersol on June 18th, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments (Add)

Free Flatpicking Lessons

For the past several years Flatpicking Gutiar Magazine has sent out a monthly email newsletter to our email list. This newsletter has usually included a free flatpick lesson, as well as flatpick news, and sale events at flatpickingmercantile.com. In the past our monthly flatpicking lessons have been from a variety of sources and were quite haphazard. Starting in May 2008 Mickey Abraham, who was featured in our May/June 2008 issue, joins our staff as the regular email newsletter instructor… Continue

Posted by Dan Miller on June 11th, 2008 at 7:32am — No Comments (Add)

Lanham Guitars new from NGC

After making guitars under the Nashville Guitar Company label for the past 25 years I have decided to also build the Lanham brand . Lanham number 1 has just been delivered I am starting a batch of 6 Mahogany D size guitars next. Marty Lanham

Posted by Marty Lanham on June 6th, 2008 at 2:07pm — 2 Comments (Add)

Forum

Guitar NUT width 7 Replies

Hi All, Almost back to the "what kind of guitar" type question. My Epiphone has a nut width of 1.75". The "standard width is 1 11/16 I think? I bought the thing because after playing a classical f...

Started by Dave Engel. Last reply by L.J. Mattingly 1 hour ago.

Right Hand Technique 5 Replies

Hi, I've been struggling with my right hand technique for quite a while and am looking for ways to improve. I play mostly rhythm and have found that the way I hold my pick can make a world of diffe...

Started by Steve Jacobs. Last reply by Ray Fairbanks 1 day ago.

Improvisation 5 Replies

I'm interested in knowing what is the thought process when you are improvising a solo in a bluegrass or fiddle tune? Everyone I talk with seems to have a different approach. I studied jazz in schoo...

Tagged: solos, tunes, fiddle, improvisation

Started by Sam Payne. Last reply by Bill Jensen 1 day ago.

Lonesome Fiddle Blues 7 Replies

Hi All, I've been unsuccessfull trying to find guitar sheet music for Lonesome Fiddle Blues. Yes I know it's probably in some song book with 25-50 other songs (most of which I have in the 3 books ...

Started by Dave Engel. Last reply by Dave Engel Jul 22.