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Guitar resources
The best guitar stuff on the web.-
Interactive online chord dictionary with fretboard diagrams
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Free download of a highly interactive guitar chord & scale finder.
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Rob Hampton, a Seattle-based guitar teacher, writes an excellent blog. Highly recommended.
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DVD guitar course for songwriters. Comprehensive and useful.
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Former Guitar Player Magazine Senior Editor Andy Ellis hosts a syndicated radio show on all things guitar.
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Articles and resources. Lots of good stuff here.
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Subscription service for streaming guitar lessons from big names and lesser known experts.
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Instructional videos on solo jazz guitar arranging.
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Instructional DVD/book by session ace, songwriter, and original Box Tops guitarist.
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Nashville and Songwriting
Resources for songwriters and creative artists here in Nashville.-
The largest and most far-reaching songwriters organization. Everything from workshops, critiques, and pitch-to-publisher sessions to congressional lobbying on behalf of professional songwriters.
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THE place on the web for newcomers to Nashville to start their musical journey.
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Events calendar and resource hub. Essential.
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Susan Tucker publishes an excellent e-newsletter for songwriters, to which I am proud to be a regular contributor. Find her here.
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Nashville session ace Chas Williams' excellent book on the NNS.
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Music Career Education
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Music business, performance, and songwriting, in a single intensive day or weekend event.
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One of the great marketing minds in music.
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Online magazine offering education and guidance to aspiring artists, musicians, and music industry pros.
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General Music Education
above and beyond guitar-specific resources-
The finest book on jazz harmony I've ever seen, written by Seattle-based jazz pianist and educator Randy Halberstadt. Piano-focused but highly conceptual while simple AND practical at the same time...a great resource for any instrumentalist.
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A lighthearted and easy-to-understand introduction to music theory, comprehensive enough for use as a college-level textbook but beautifully and simply explained.
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