NIU Community School of the Arts ready for the fall semester Aug 26, 2008
Max DeStefano, 8, of DeKalb is a student in the Northern Illinois University Community School of the Arts Suzuki guitar lessons. Provided photo. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
TAKE A LESSON: Check out iVideosongs.com Aug 26, 2008
iVideosongs downloadable guitar lessons feature great guitar songs from killer bands including Rush, Switchfoot, The Beatles and other top artists. And we'll show you how to play barrelhouse piano with Chuck Leavell and drums and perc with Russ Kunkel. (USA Today -- Life)
An iPod Touch for each student? Aug 24, 2008
Early ideas include letting students get arts credit by taking online guitar lessons in which they can watch a video of a guitar instructor on their iPod and practice at home. Physical education teachers might give take-home fitness assignments for students to track their stats -- calorie intake, number of sit-ups they can do in a minute, etc. (News & Observer)
IC Principal Says Year Off to a 'Perfect Start' Aug 20, 2008
Stahlman added that the school offers a number of other extracurricular activities including music festivals, guitar lessons, Christmas and spring programs, computer programs, fitness programs, a pro-life trip, speech competitions, Student Council, science fair and math, spelling and geography competitions, among other activities. Washington Missouri 2008. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Grizzly Bear gets a boost from Radiohead Aug 12, 2008
A. I took some guitar lessons as a kid, but I'm basically untrained. I never thought I'd be doing music. (Boston Globe)
Woman gets chance at a second career Jul 31, 2008
He has suggested she take vocal and guitar lessons. Georges family is very excited about the possibility of having a music star in their midst. (DeWitt Era-Enterprise, AR)
Patrick Kelly Street Vault: Event memorializes pole vault enthusiast Jul 19, 2008
He had developed a deep spirituality in his last year and while taking guitar lessons with sister Kaelyn, he had written a song about his faith. Patrick attended church and sports camps and family functions with an eagerness to be around people and enjoy the moment. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Ames Music School Teaches How to Rock Jul 19, 2008
"Thomas decided that he really wanted to put together a rock band, so we got him bass guitar lessons in Ames over the summer," said Kivlahan's mother, Lisa Kahookele ... "When I was their age, there were no guitar lessons," he said. (Boone Today, IA)
Summer's Best is in the classroom Jul 13, 2008
Among the new classes that are being offered this year are Wizardry, guitar lessons and flag football ... "They reinforce what they already learned [in school]." A visit to the new guitar lessons class led this reporter to think that there might be a few future Eric Clapton's in the room. (Bethel Beacon, CT)
John Adams School Happenings: ENCORE! JV Band Marches Forward Jul 13, 2008
Let me also add that anyone interested in receiving free guitar lessons should come down to Room B-34 before the end of the semester. We still have a few spots open. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
33RD ANNUAL DUNDALK HERITAGE FAIR Jul 4, 2008
Farner, who put the band together after taking only three guitar lessons, signed a solo deal with Atlantic Records about a year after calling it quits with the band in 1977. The group reunited, though, in 1981, recording two new albums. (Dundalk Eagle, MD)
‘Aggies to the core’ Jun 24, 2008
My first music lessons were guitar lessons ... Then there was a woman in Nibley, Zola Mae Barfuss, and I took guitar lessons from her. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Medicine man's muse Jun 21, 2008
" Rather like Zelig, Woody Allen's surreptitiously ubiquitous character, Rebennack has "always seemed to be around", among rock's top brass. He was in the room, for instance, when Little Richard cut Tutti Frutti. He has recorded with John Lennon, the Rolling Stones and Van Morrison, among innumerable others. Perhaps coolest of all, his biggest hit, Right Place, Wrong Time, featured the line, "I'm on the right trip, but I'm in the wrong car" - written for him by Bob Dylan. Before all that, he... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bo Diddley told me to quit smoking Jun 6, 2008
At the age of 10, when I'd first started having guitar lessons, he'd tired of my renditions of Streets of London, and given me some "proper stuff" to learn. Peter had been a teenager in the early 60s and had a fabulous collection of records - mainly purchased at Dobell's Jazz shop on Charing Cross Road in central London. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
MADE IN FREEPORT: Kelly in tune with kids May 18, 2008
After many years as a performing musician and "roadie," Kelly has returned to Freeport where he runs "Mike s Music Box," offering guitar lessons for beginners through advanced-skill musicians. He is also a solo artist, and continues to perform at local coffeehouses, restaurants, open houses and other events. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
Kids are back, andso are fans childhoods May 17, 2008
Each Monday, young Brent left his apartment to attend his guitar lessons. Every week, while he made his way to the buildings lobby, the elevator stopped at the 18th floor and Jordan Knight, accompanied by two large bodyguards, got on. (MSNBC -- News)
The Espadrilles lead pack of young musicians May 11, 2008
" Birth of a band The Keane twins made friends with Annie way back in fifth-grade (they're all now eighth-graders at St. Joseph's Catholic School). All three took guitar lessons with Athens' teacher Vanda Guthrie. Recently, the trio decided they wanted to switch from the acoustic to electric, and they've started taking lessons from the twins' father, John Keane. Keane, who owns a recording studio in Athens - and is himself a well-versed musician, playing with the likes of Widespread Panic and... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Newton Music Academy sets up shop in Needham May 8, 2008
Deborah Altsher of Greenough Street had two sons enrolled in private lessons at the Newton Music Academy, with one, Sam, taking guitar lessons for about three years, while the other, Lee, has just taken up piano lessons. It s one thing to be a musician but you have to be a special person to teach kids, said Altsher, noting she and her husband are both musicians. (Needham Tab, MA)
Literary Lives...Noted writers Mark Doty & Paul Lisicky speak about writing, loving, teaching - and living May 2, 2008
Doty interjects, "And they're so passionate!" Lisicky: "Yes, passionate, beautifully crazed, and intense." When Joni Mitchell's name comes up in the same breath, Lisicky exclaims: "The goddesses of our household! There are other goddesses of our household, of course, but those two are at the top," he adds with a smile, before saying, "I've seen Laura's brother Jan's advertisements for guitar lessons in the local paper, and I am very aware of her connection to Ithaca!" Owing to the fact that... (Ithaca Times, NY)
Tom Petty rewrites rock history (108) Apr 14, 2008
Wednesday, April 02, 2008 Edition. "The background essence of this Gainesville, Florida band is country rock mixed with bluegrass, with Petty on bass, as Warren Zanes writes in the story of their reunion on the Mudcrutch Web site. (Petty first played bass with Mudcrutch, and switched to guitar when bassist Charlie Souza joined them briefly in Los Angeles.)Zanes writes, "Mudcrutch is ultimately about a band sound, a sound that was just too good to leave back there," referring to Petty's answer as... (Malibu Times, CA)
Lawton students awarded grants to make their dreams come true Apr 8, 2008
She is the daughter of Lynnsy and Betsy Maxwell, and will use the money for guitar lessons. Her dream was to learn to play the guitar, especially for her music teacher and for her family and friends at summer camp-outs and family gatherings. (Paw Paw Courier Leader, MI)
Shopping show Apr 4, 2008
He recalls sneaking in to play the piano during his guitar lessons. Who would have known that that instrument would be my true love. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
18 and life to go: Meet Exeter's Kyle Vickers Mar 30, 2008
Now he's still giving guitar lessons, is a back-up blues jam host and is planning to go to law school ... Instead, he got a job giving guitar lessons at Exeter Music ... WHAT: Kyle Vickers guitar lessons. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Fashionable treatment Mar 28, 2008
One thing Haley said she is looking forward to soon is pursuing her musical ambition with electric guitar lessons. Some of my friends play instruments and we re going to form a band, Haley said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Rock n Roll show rocks the roof Mar 27, 2008
Lee, who won a Buddy Holly look-alike lip-sync contest at 8, began taking guitar lessons at age 11 and drums at age 12. He has been performing Holly s music at 50s style dances and clubs. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
Guitar lessons are a good fit Mar 25, 2008
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Harrison favorite venue for musicians Mar 23, 2008
"A guy came through Little Rock and hung a sign on a building: '20 Hawaiian guitar lessons for $20; guitar free.' At that time, you could buy a guitar from Sears for $3," he remembered, "$20 was a pile of money. "We lived way out in the country (about 10 miles out of Little Rock in Jacksonville), and mom and dad could only rake up $9. "Mother went down to the music store and talked him into taking $9 cash. She took buttermilk, butter, potatoes, anything we could grow in the country, every time I... (Buffalo Reflex, MO)
Mary Counsil MollieJan. 25, 1923 - March 1, 2008 Mar 7, 2008
She shared their passions and did everything to make them happy from guitar lessons, a horse and then horses, managing a rock and roll band that played in the garage and drove the neighbors crazy until they listened and said, It s not bad. Mollie loved to travel, and she and Chet toured much of the U.S., Canada and Europe. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
St. Vincent plays Boston Feb 27, 2008
I took guitar lessons when I was about 12 until about 15 or 16, but that s really it, she said. I just spent the rest of the time playing and writing and all that. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Okoboji coffeehouse, boutique creates funky niche Feb 24, 2008
"You will find no duplicates here,'' Cain said of the uncommon assembly of clothing, furniture, jewelry and this 'n that.Music can often be heard emanating from the far corner of Peace's, a place where local singer/songwriter Damon Dotson often gives guitar lessons, adding further to the artistic allure.In betweenBridging the gap between the coffeehouse and the boutique at Java Joint is the warm assembly of seating. Table and chair arrangements or easy chairs and couches entice customers into... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Poltz still mining fertile musical inspiration Jan 24, 2008
That concert hooked him on classical music, Poltz said, and he begged his parents for guitar lessons. Like many kids, though, once he got past the immediate glamor of owning a guitar and found out how much work was involved in becoming good at it, he wanted to quit. (North County Times)
Xconomy Battle of the Tech Band Jan 22, 2008
Turns out all the time we've been asking the tech guys at the office to fix our computer we could've been asking for guitar lessons, too. At the Xconomy Battle of the Tech Bands tonight, musicians from local technology companies and their bands like the Knuckledusters (Bioprocessors Corp & Veritas Medicine) and One Hand Free (IBM) compete to find out who is the coolest geek in town. (Boston Globe)
Healthy lifestyle promoted at monthly RAP breakfast Jan 19, 2008
She named flag football for kids and adults, Punt, Pass and Kick, Daddy-Daughter Date Night, guitar lessons, ballroom dance, Y-Athalon training and a restarted martial arts program as some of the YMCA's new offerings. We need adult volunteers to help the younger kids, Kemp said. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
David Renaud Jan 17, 2008
In the last two years, he began taking guitar lessons and bowled regularly. He loved his family, especially his daughters, second only to his God, and never stopped trying to be a better husband and father. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Community Calendar: Jan. 17 Jan 17, 2008
WOMEN S GUITAR LESSONS Saturdays, 2-4 p.m., and Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m., Women s Center, 46 Pleasant St. Free lesson for women and their children. For information, call 617-354-8807. (Cambridge Chronicle)
Feds charge Rubsam with distributing child pornography Dec 22, 2007
Kenny Skaggs wrote on Dec 21, 2007 8:35 PM:" So sick. He even has kids of his own. And to think that he used to teach music in a school and gives lots of guitar lessons to minors. I wonder if he'll stay on the radio too. ". Name. (Olney Daily Mail, IL)
Films thrive on one musical vision Dec 13, 2007
When Sondre Lerche wrote the song "To Be Surprised," he was sitting on the set of "Dan in Real Life," waiting to give guitar lessons to Steve Carell, the film's star. But the 25-year-old singer-songwriter wasn't a musician moonlighting as an extra; Lerche was the film's composer, responsible for creating all its music. (Variety)
Eye on the Oscars: Music Dec 12, 2007
Singer-songwriters play double-duty on pics When Sondre Lerche wrote the song "To Be Surprised," he was sitting on the set of "Dan in Real Life," waiting to give guitar lessons to Steve Carell, the film's star. Adam Sandler | 12/11/2007 Players feel hamstrung by ban on CD mailings Every year, it seems, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts ces' music branch is embroiled in at least one controversy. (Variety)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: Adopt a family for the holidays Dec 11, 2007
Guitar lessons will be offered. RANCHO BERNARDO -- Local musician Mark Fulton will offer guitar lessons for all skill levels starting Jan. 15 at The Church at Rancho Bernardo, 11740 Bernardo Plaza Court. (North County Times)
Music a big part of Shanksville-Stonycreek senior’s life Dec 9, 2007
When Tanya Gardeuk was in first grade she began taking guitar lessons. A year later she started studying the violin, followed by the flute when she was in third grade. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
A joyful noise Dec 6, 2007
The Reeves' children have been involved in various musical pursuits - guitar lessons, piano lessons, singing - all of which Joy feels are important to their educational development and their ability to be closer to Christ. "It's the creative side of their brain. All we desire is that they have good pitch and play well, since music is a form of worship to the Lord," Joy said. (Nevada Journal, IA)
More of this story Nov 29, 2007
"We also offer guitar lessons and would like to expand our services to the YMCA," Dawn said. "The idea first presented itself when I was in need of a larger facility to teach and the YMCA had the space. When I spoke with the director of the YMCA, Tammy Graham, she stated that she 'would have liked to begin a music program long ago, but that she had no one willing to teach.' Being a member of the YMCA myself, I wanted to help.". (Atmore Advance, AL)
Film & TV Conference: Songwriters Score With Soundtracks Nov 2, 2007
For his first film score (for the movie "Dan in Real Life"), Norwegian singer/songwriter Lerche was inspired by visiting the set, going to auditions and even giving star Steve Carell guitar lessons. "That was my main inspiration, to be there," said Lerche. (Billboard.com)
Funky style aids DiMarco in strumming and winning Oct 16, 2007
DiMarco, has only been taking guitar lessons since she was in her 30s. Her teacher later went on to Julliard. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
Program brings music into lives of homeless Oct 10, 2007
Christian Scott, 17, who lives at Solutions for Change with his mother, Michelle, has been taking guitar lessons for about two months through Preti's program, called Music Solutions. Christian's mom started on the piano about a month ago. (North County Times)
Twain Harte youth survey results are in Oct 2, 2007
Music: guitar lessons, making and recording CDs and DVDs. 2. (The Union Democrat)
Son of immigrants says tearful goodbye at Boston Latin Oct 1, 2007
They enrolled him in guitar lessons at age 7, and now he plays in two bands, Diversity and Arias. His idols are Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and Dr. Dre. (Boston Globe)
Number of bluegrass minors increasing Oct 1, 2007
Students pursuing a minor in the bluegrass program take classes in everything from guitar lessons to music theory. "It is not an audition program," said McClain. (East Tennessean, TN)
San Diego Music Awards preview Sep 14, 2007
Thanks to the nonprofit SDMA's partnership with Taylor Guitars for Schools, 1,137 fourth-, fifth-and sixth-grade students at elementary schools across the county have been given Baby Taylor acoustic guitars and received free guitar lessons over the past six years. GOODS, GAMBLING AND GRAVY, THE STAGE IS SET FOR FUN. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Fort Pierce to Nashville? Sep 13, 2007
" Meanwhile, High Performance Woman is slowly climbing the independent charts. Jernie's started taking guitar lessons, as it's been suggested she'll be even more marketable if she can play and one day write songs. "I just want people to like me," Jernie says. "They don't have to necessarily book me, just pass me on to people they know ... " Meanwhile, "High Performance Woman" is slowly climbing the independent charts. Jernie's started taking guitar lessons, as it's been suggested she'll be even... (The Palm Beach Post)
Digital tweens say gimme gadgets Sep 5, 2007
Her mother gave her a Samsung flip phone she plans to use for emergencies as she becomes more active after school horseback riding, singing and guitar lessons, the occasional play. She doesnt text but she likes using the phone to take pictures of her dog and bunny. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Find out who Plaut encounters on the road Aug 28, 2007
I took guitar lessons and learned every Metallica and Iron Maiden song possible, until I realized just how bad I was. Throughout high school, I was obsessed with the Mole People, who lived in the New York City subway system, and I wanted to join them. (USA Today -- Life)
Yung finding her own voice in music Aug 9, 2007
"Yung has been a popular draw on the local acoustic music scene for the past decade or so, playing numerous gigs at venues such as Twiggs and Lestat's. Given that she's only in her 20s now, that longevity takes some explanation."I've been performing in public since I was 5," she said. While that first public performance, a small role in "South Pacific" at the Starlight Bowl in Balboa Park, was also her first paying gig, it was at 13 that she began playing out as a musician around town.It was... (North County Times)
Austin musicians band together for a more-corporate gig Aug 2, 2007
One big reason is that students can pick up guitar lessons from Kevin Carroll, who is the lead guitarist for well-known country crooner Charlie Robison, bass lessons from Nate Rowe, who plays with Redd Volkaert, or harmonica instruction from seasoned player Simon Wallace. Percussionist Rick Willis, who has played with various bands, is also teaching students drumrolls. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
An answer to an age-old question: No chickens or eggs, please Jul 13, 2007
Orange is hosting special events this summer at the Community Center, including the Out of This World space treasure hunt and guitar lessons. Route 1 also runs through Orange. (Hamden Journal, CT)
Monday profile, Linda Wissing: Longtime counselor still playing music Jul 9, 2007
Wissing brought her passion for music into the organization and is credited with establishing open mike sessions in the chemical and smoke-free environment of CCA. She also organized guitar lessons for those in recovery and established the Richard McManimon Scholarship Fund guitar lessons in honor of a longtime counselor ... Wissing said she will continue to volunteer at CCA with the open mike sessions and guitar lessons. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
TED NUGENT RIPS PAUL MCCARTNEY FOR FIRING HAMBURGER EATING ROADIES... Jun 19, 2007
Ted Nugent: 'Live and let live' foreign idea to left. " Nobody from our side wants to force anybody to have a gun or defend themselves. It is us, the conservatives, who are for individual choice. Taxation, confiscation As for the American left: One hears the words of Mao Tse-Tung come broiling out of the mouths of its heroes, when Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton et al unflinchingly push for "redistribution of wealth. (The Drudge Report)
The Australian who brought down the house he rebuilt Jun 13, 2007
Jarvis Cocker took a turn as a DJ, and Billy Bragg gave guitar lessons. Meanwhile, critics sing the building's praises. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Watching the detective Jun 11, 2007
She's unfailingly polite but tame and self-contained: hated the guitar lessons her mother urged on her (though ultimately they proved helpful for "Unfabulous," in which her character, Addie Singer, uses music to pour out her soul). Reading-wise, loves Jodi Picoult and "The Gossip Girls" series. (Boston Globe)
Hollywood, for Academics Jun 8, 2007
"I know an awful lot of people who have their degrees and are not working in the field they went to school for; and I people who are," says Noah Drew, a sound-engineering graduate from the Five Towns College in Dix Hills, Long Island who gave up that career because of a "massive amount of hatred for the work"; parlayed a glass-blowing career into a move to Ithaca; got tired of the one-man factory nature of the work; worked a number of "transition" jobs; and eventually got a job at McNeil Music... (Ithaca Times, NY)
A HonFest highlight: memorial concert to honor dad Jun 7, 2007
"If it wasn't for my parents taking me to piano and guitar lessons, this couldn't have happened," his son said. Carey Ziegler went on to have a long career in rock ' n' roll, while his father purchased an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer rig and launched a second career as a truck driver. (Baltimore Messenger, MD)
Lodi High's top graduates for 2007 Jun 2, 2007
Clubs and activities: Piano and guitar lessons, youth group activities such as playing keyboard for the worship team, traveling to Mexico for missions trips, Bible studies, spending time with friends, Lodi High On Fire Club. Most memorable experience: Serving as a camp counselor at Camp Barnabas, a summer camp for disabled children. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Brendon Thomas Evolution Of Themes May 26, 2007
Suite: Now, you used to teach kids guitar lessons back in Vermont - I read that these same kids now have bands of their own. Are there any names we should be looking out for. (Suite101.com)
For Col. Junction's Johnathan Huston, doing well in school was just something that went without saying May 22, 2007
He began taking guitar lessons at a young age. Football is his favorite sport and he hopes to be a walk on. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Wednesday last day to buy “Big Band Dance” meal tickets May 9, 2007
There are also packages, which include a 30-minute air tour of Atlantic, Cola Coca items and guitar lessons from Guy Somers. Comments on these stories are welcome, but please include your complete first and last name, and a phone number that can be used to verify the posting. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
