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- I am the editor and publisher of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine and have been playing acoustic music on guitar, banjo, mandolin, and bass for nearly thirty years. I've owned and operated my own publishing company since 1988 and owned FGM Records since 1997.
I was born and raised in Northern Virginia, graduated from Annandale High School in 1978, and entered the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. In 1982 I graduated from the Naval Academy with a BS in Mathematics and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. I served as a Communications Officer in the Marine Corps until 1992. While in the service I also earned a MS in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
During my time in the service I began publishing a martial arts newsletter, which eventually led to me starting my own publishing company in 1988 while I was still in the service. The small newsletter gradually grew into a journal, which focused on the Chinese internal martial art of Pa Kua Chang (also romanized Ba Gua Zhang).
After leaving the Marine Corps in 1992, having achieved the rank of Captain, I began publishing full time. In addition to publishing the Pa Kua Chang Journal, over the next five years I also published eight books and ten instructional video on various Chinese martial arts subjects. After my first daughter, Emily, was born in January of 1996, I thought that the four to five week-long research trips to China would be hard on my new family and I decided to start a new publication which would be more family oriented. In September of 1996 the first issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine (flatpick.com) was published. In June of 1997, my second daughter, Sara, was born.
My two children, and the guitar magazine, were all born while I was living in Monterey, California. In 1998 I decided to move the business to Pulaski, Virginia. Although the business office remains in Pulaski, I moved back to California in 2005 and now live in Rocklin, just east of Sacramento. My aunt, Connie Miller and her sister Jackie, run the day-to-day operations of the business office while I focus on publishing the magazine and producing music CDs and instructional books and DVDs for acoustic guitar players.
In conjunction with publishing Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, I also own FGM Records (fgmrecords.com) and Flatpicking Mercantile (flatpickingmercantile.com). Currently the record label, which specializes in various styles of acoustic guitar music, has produced 32 CDs and 6 live concert DVDs. Additionally we have produced instructional material for guitar and sell it through Flatpicking Mercantile. To date Flatpicking Mercantile has released fourteen instructional books and twelve instructional DVDs.
I also play the upright bass with a number of touring bands. For the past several years I have worked primarily with the Brad Davis Band and I have toured as a duo, playing guitar, with Tim May.
Tim May, Brad Davis, and I conduct workshops all around the United States, about 70 per year. To find out more about these workshops, please see our workshop schedule at the following web address: http://www.flatpick.com/workshops
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November/December 2012 issue now available
The November/December 2012 issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine is now available! This issue features Carl Miner on the cover. Carl is a former National Flatpicking Champion and is currently touring with the Greencards. In this issue we also feature Mike Cramer, a talented guitar player and teacher from Minnesota, and we highlight Eli West, the guitarist who is now actively touring the country with his musical partner Cahalen Morrison. Our regular columnist are here as always and many of…
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Our founding father, mentor, legend, teacher, and hero has passed. We will miss you Doc!…
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Flatpicking Guitar Magazine March/April 2012 Issue Now Available
The March/April 2012 issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine is now available. This is Volume 16, Number 3 of the magazine. This issue features Jake Stargel on the cover. During the past 5 years Jake has toured with The Lovell Sisters, The Greencards, Barefoot, Mountain Heart, and Sierra Hull. Additionally, this issue features Julian Lage, who is not a teacher at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and our CD…
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Flatpicking Guitar Magazine January/February 2012 Issue Now Available!
The January/February 2012 issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine is now available. This issue features Jack Pearson on the cover. Jack is well known in the blues and rock worlds, having toured with the Allman Brothers in the 1990s, however,…
Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:00pm
November/December 2011 Issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine is Now Available
The November/December 2011 issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine is now availabe! This is a very special issue, one that has the intention and focus of getting you off to a good start if you are new to Flatpicking or bringing you back to an emphasis of the basics of the art if you have been picking for a while. Each of our talented columnists have presented a topic that is fundamental to your development as a flatpicking guitar player. They have each done an amazing job with…
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- At 11:50pm on May 3, 2008,
Rex Flottman said… - Thanks Dan!
I just got home from a little gig recon trip to Wichita!
I can't hang out with all those pickers that come to town in September and not have to get out there and give it the old college try!
We'll keep a light in the window for you!
Rex
- At 9:16am on May 4, 2008,
Daniel Wheeler said… - Hey man ya this is a pretty cool thing you made here. As far as suggestions. Let's see what about a one stop contest and festival directory but more specifically contests. And maybe a builder database and or a classifieds section.
- At 1:28pm on May 4, 2008,
Joe McColley said… - Hi Dan,
Another good idea from your magazine! Is this like facebook for old guys? I am competing in the Texas Flatpick contest in a couple of weeks - wish me luck. Hope to see you at Kamp Week2.
Joe
- At 3:13pm on May 4, 2008,
Peter Fryefield said… - Sounds good to me, my friend.
- At 5:07pm on May 4, 2008,
Eric Wall said… - And thank you dan for doing so much for flatpicking music for somany people. I bet you don't hear that appreciation enough. Your magaizine is really a quality product. I've learned a lot of tunes and others from it over the years.
Eric
- At 8:18pm on May 4, 2008,
Mojo1 said… - Hey Dan! I'll try to keep you posted... as long as I'm paying attention to where I'm going to be!!!!!
Be well! We'll talk soon!
-Mojo
- At 11:27am on May 5, 2008,
Eric Lambert said… - Thanks Dan!Glad to be here!
- At 12:26pm on May 6, 2008,
Pete Huttlinger said… - Thanks Dan! Thanks for starting the network.
- At 12:47pm on May 6, 2008,
Steve Hall said… - UK subscriber here. Still a beginner but loving it. Site looks great, thanks for extending my flatpicking world.
- At 12:55pm on May 6, 2008,
Tim McGaughy said… - Thanks Dan. Looks like this will be a great resource. Thanks for putting it together.
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