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New FGM Podcast

We've just posted a new FGM Podcast interview with Tyler Grant, the 2008 National Flatpicking champion and the 2009 Merlefest contest winner. In addition to talking about the contests and his performance schedule, Tyler plays his contest arrangement of "Beaumont Rag." Check it out! Continue

Added by Dan Miller on May 27, 2009 at 5:23pm — 1 Comment

FGM Fiddle Tune Issue!

The May/June 2009 Issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine is "The Fiddle Tune Issue"! This issue includes 2 versions each of 20 standard fiddle tunes (one beginner's version, one intermediate/advanced version). Not a lot of text in this issue and I stripped out many of the ads.… Continue

Added by Dan Miller on April 25, 2009 at 4:30am — 10 Comments

Flatpicking Bluegrass CD

New From FGM Records: Flatpicking Bluegrass CD If you enjoyed Flatpicking Favorites: Hot & Spicy, you will love our new Flatpicking Bluegrass CD! Hard core traditional bluegrass songs combined with the best singers and guitar players in the business! An aweso… Continue

Added by Dan Miller on April 8, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Flatpicking Essentials, Volume 1: Rhythm, Bass Runs & Fill Licks

You FGM subscribers may remember that back in the "Pioneers" issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine I laid out a step-by-step flatpicking learning method that followed the chronological development of the style. This method started with a solid foundation in the rhythm guitar styles of flatpicking's early pioneers--a style that includes a liberal use of bass runs and rhythm fill licks, combined with rhythmic strums. I have just released Volume 1 of the Eight Volume Essentials of Flatpic… Continue

Added by Dan Miller on December 31, 2008 at 2:21pm — 10 Comments

Flatpicking Guitar Magazine PDF Archive

Flatpicking Guitar Magazine has released a DVD-Rom PDF version of the Flatpicking Guitar Magazine Archive. This DVD-Rom contains the first 73 issues of the magazine, which were published from November/December 1996 (Volume 1, Number 1) through November/December 2008 (Volume 13, Number 1). The magazines are presented just as they appeared in the hardcopy format, cover-to-cover. All pages are presented in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document File (.PDF) format. Additionally, you receive… Continue

Added by Dan Miller on December 9, 2008 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Great FGM DVD-Kilby, Davis and May

Hi Flatpickers, I recently bought a DVD produced by Flatpicking Guitar Magazine called "Live In Kansas City-Cody Kilby, Brad Davis and Tim May. I rarely say anything like this but this DVD is a must have for every flatpicker. It's just fantastic! I watched it on an airplane with headphones and this DVD was so good I forgot where I was. I actually started clapping after one of the songs! Luckily the people sitting nearby chuckled. I'm not kidding, it's that good! Everybody needs to buy this DVD o… Continue

Added by Marcy Marxer "Iona Martin" on November 15, 2008 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

New FGM Nov/Dec 2008 Issue and New Catalog

The November/December 2008 issue (Vol. 13, No. 1) of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine is available as a hard copy, or for digital download. Volume 13, Number 1 of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine features bluegrass singer, songwriter, and performer Chris Jones on the cover. Additionally, this issue features John and Jason Shaw, brothers from Nebraska who have both won the National Flatpicking Guitar Championship in years past. Also, we feature Dave Nachmanoff, a talented multi-instrumentalist who for the… Continue

Added by Dan Miller on October 31, 2008 at 11:37am — No Comments

New "Flatpicking Styles" Books

Due to the popularity of our "Best of the First Ten Years" series, available on both CD-Rom and digital download, we have produced another great series of compilation articles from the archives of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine (first 12 years). This series, also available on CD-Rom and digital download, focuses on flatpicking styles as follows: Volume One: Pioneers and Legends Volume Two: Irish, English, Scottish, British Isles, and Canadian Tunes Volume Three: Gospel, Christmas, and Classical Tu… Continue

Added by Dan Miller on October 18, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Flatpicking Guitar Magazine Free Digital Issue

A lot of people, subscribers and non-subscribers, have been asking me if they can check out a sample copy of the new downloadable digital version of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. I'd love to have anyone and everyone check it out, so I'm offering a free sample of the current issue (both the magazine and audio files). If you'd like to be able to download a free sample copy of the current issue magazine and audio, here is how you can do it: 1) Go to this page: http://www.flatpickdigital.com/subscr… Continue

Added by Dan Miller on September 11, 2008 at 10:13am — No Comments

Flatpicking Guitar Magazine New Issue

The new issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine (Volume 12, Number 6) is now available for download at flatpickdigital.com. This issue features Jeff Autry, Ross Martin, David Burns, and Allison Guitars. Plus all of our regular columnists. Check it out at: http://www.flatpickdigital.com/download.php Thanks, Dan Miller Flatpicking Guitar Magazine Continue

Added by Dan Miller on August 31, 2008 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Flatpicking Guitar Tab Index

At the request of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine readers, we've updated our FGM Tab Index and have formated it as an easy-to-navigate PDF file (all tunes listed in alphabetical order with alphabet links from the first page). You can download it from the main page of the Flatpicking Network (click on the "FGM Tab Index" image in the right column… Continue

Added by Dan Miller on August 11, 2008 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

New at Flatpickdigital.com!

We have just added a few PDF instructional books, and the audio files to Brad Davis' popular Flatpick Jam accompaniment series, to the list of downloadable items at flatpickdigital.com. Two of the downloadable books are FGM compilations and provide the best Flatpicking instruction you'll find for the money (a ton of great material). You can check out the new additions here: http://www… Continue

Added by Dan Miller on July 31, 2008 at 7:41am — No Comments

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. Continue

Added by Dan Miller on June 18, 2008 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

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

Added by Dan Miller on June 11, 2008 at 7:32am — 1 Comment

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