In this edition of the Flatpicking Guitar Magazine Podcast, Dan Miller talks with Dix Bruce about his new Christmas book "Christmas Favorites for Solo Guitar." Dix talks about how he selected the songs, the arrangements he presents, and how you might think about making up your own arrangements. He also plays two songs from the book for your Christmas listening pleasure. This book is now available at
www.flatpickingmercantile.com, at the followin…
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Added by Dan Miller on November 27, 2009 at 9:12am —
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I'd like to let everyone know that the newest edition in the Flatpicking Essentials series - "Flatpicking Essentials, Volume 6: Improvisation, Part II and Advanced Technique Studies" - is now complete and ready for purchase. This book is 152 pages, with two audio CDs, and is packed full of great information and a ton of absolutely awesome flatpicking arrangements by Tim May. I've been publishing Flatpicking Guitar Magazine for nearly 14 years now and I've never seen such a great collection of fl…
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Added by Dan Miller on November 27, 2009 at 9:10am —
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We've just posted a new
FGM Podcast interview with Bull Harman, the creator of the St. Louis Flatpick Weekend, which will be held in March 2010 in St. Louis. In addition to talking about that weekend, he'll also talk about rhythm and lead playing , and you'll hear his original tune "Bull's Eye".
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Added by Dan Miller on October 29, 2009 at 5:21pm —
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I wanted to let everyone know that I've posted a brand new version of the Flatpicking Guitar Magazine catalog on the front page of the Flatpicking Mercantile site (http:www.flatpickingmercantile.com - upper right of the main page). You can simply click on the catalog image to download the PDF file to your computer.
Or, you can put this link in your browser:
http://flatpickingmercantile.com/Catalog_2010.pdf
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Added by Dan Miller on October 20, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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In our newest podcast Dan Miller and Beppe Gambetta talk about Beppe's current US tour, his latest CD, and some of his new developments in crosspicking. A Beppe Gambetta duet with Jim Hurst from Beppe's newest CD is also included. Check it out:
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This month our e-Newsletter instructor Mickey Abraham has provided an arrangement of the Celtic tune "Maid Behind the Bar." This is one of those great old tunes that sh…
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Added by Dan Miller on September 29, 2009 at 5:28pm —
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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."
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Added by Dan Miller on May 27, 2009 at 5:23pm —
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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.…
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Added by Dan Miller on April 25, 2009 at 4:30am —
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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…
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Added by Dan Miller on April 8, 2009 at 9:30am —
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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…
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Added by Dan Miller on December 31, 2008 at 2:21pm —
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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…
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Added by Dan Miller on December 9, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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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…
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Added by Dan Miller on October 31, 2008 at 11:37am —
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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…
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Added by Dan Miller on October 18, 2008 at 12:00pm —
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Flatpicking Guitar Magazine has just released a new PDF book in our "Best of the First Ten Years" series. This one is titled "Technique, Theory, & Guitar Exercises." This PDF book contains 240 articles presented on 581 pages that pertain to many topics relating to guitar technique, theory, and exercises and were chosen by the Editor from the issues of Flatpicking Guitar during out first 12 years of publication. All pages from each article are presented in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document File…
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Added by Dan Miller on September 23, 2008 at 7:00pm —
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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…
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Added by Dan Miller on September 11, 2008 at 10:13am —
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Hi Folks,
I've put together a 287-page downloadable PDF book that has 147 flatpicking tunes that were tabbed out and presented in the magazine during the first 10 years of our publication.
These tunes are all flatpicking and bluegrass standards. If you want to build your repertoire and learn variations to the tunes you already know, this is the most affordable source. You can download the book and print out your favorite tunes on your own printer as you are ready to learn them.
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Added by Dan Miller on September 8, 2008 at 5:41pm —
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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
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Added by Dan Miller on August 31, 2008 at 9:00am —
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Flatpicking Guitar Magazine has just released a new 186-page PDF book featuring extensive articles about, and interviews with, 50 guitar builders, reviews of 14 new acoustic guitars, and 11 articles about guitar building by Don Gallagher on the digital download site (flatpickdigital.com). If you are in the market for a new guitar, or are interested in guitar building, this book is a valuable resource.
Click here for more details.
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Added by Dan Miller on August 29, 2008 at 6:30am —
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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…
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Added by Dan Miller on August 11, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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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…
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Added by Dan Miller on July 31, 2008 at 7:41am —
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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…
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Added by Dan Miller on June 25, 2008 at 8:00pm —
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