About this Video Released in 2007 and written and sung by Rob Thomas himself, is a real story about his wife's dog Tyler (you may think otherwise based on the notion relayed in the lyrics), but ended up being the title track of Disneys animated fea  More...

About this music video Key: Ab, 4/4 time, about 82bpm, instrumental pop, synth driven Not be confused with the Huey Lewis take of the same name - highlighted in the first film of 'Back to the Future'. Go Marty go. I did some quick research on Youtube to s  More...

About this Video Key: Bb, 4/4 time, about 108bpm, instrumental ballad country pop Another great contribution to the American folk era of the 1960's. Written by Michael Merchant and sung by a newly formed trio known as the Pozo Seco Singers. composed of a   More...

  About this VideoGame of Thrones - Classical GuitarI just love this great television series. The acting, the CGI work and the twisted plot lines. Whose going to die next? This type of quality work is in a league of its own in my opinion. It never oc  More...

About this Video Last of the Mohicans I enjoyed the motion picture (Michael Mann - 1992 (Daniel Day Lewis) version, not the TV series of the 50's) but most of all I was taken by the amazing score. It was a case where the producers of this motion picture g  More...

Well I finally did it. I took my backtrack tunes , my trusty Jazzmaster guitar and my MP3 player hardware setup to the Royal Oak restaurant in Kanata North, on March Road. A nice small homey venue. I figure this is where I want to begin my open mic tour.   More...

About this VideoLa Playa or Spanish for ‘the beach’ I came across this tune recently and liked it immediately. It has a smooth melodic latin sound and playing style. The first artist I came across playing the tune was Claude Ciari. The posted   More...

The Mighty Guitar TAB As pointed out in Part I, searching for and using guitar tabs found on-line is no guarantee the tab itself is technically good. Many are incomplete and/or have errors or are in the wrong key and you have to transpose. You will have t  More...

About this Video Browsing Youtube the other day (as I do often for music videos), I came across a wonderful tune called Sari nande. It's an Indonesian folk song originating somewhere in the 60's by an Indonesian artist named Andy Tielman (and bros) from w  More...

Are you thinking about doing a video of your guitar work and want to get it produced and then posted to any one or more video hosting sites like Youtube or Vimeo and not sure how to go about it? If so, I want to share my experiences in doing exactly that.  More...

Glebe Community Center Jun 26th ​ I looked forward to going to this year’s Ottawa Guitar Show to see the latest luthier creations and talk to the guitar parts suppliers, hardware developers and the guitar players themselves. Michael Sankey the organiz  More...

  About this Video Another vintage tune that has kept the test of time, thanks to Cesar Manalili. Originally written by Arthur Kent and most notably recorded by Brenda Lee, Cesar Manalili took it on and produced a nice instrumental version for guitar  More...

About this Video In my view "I Miss You So" is the signature tune for the Electromaniacs, a 60's based Filipino band whose musical influence is still heard today, primarily in the worlds of Youtube and other popular video hosting sites, enjoying cult stat  More...

  About this Video Originally written in 1927 by Lawrence Wright, Among My Souvenirs has been performed by many great artists since then like Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. The song itself then languished for a decade or so through t  More...

Well I finally laid out more cash for another guitar.  I guess this is par for the course for musicians.  Having just one guitar doesn’t seem to cut it.  I now have four guitars, one classical, and three electric.  Each guitar really has its own  More...

  About this Video Note: updated video -Dec 2016 If you ask most music fans of early rock n roll, Sleep Walk is Santo and Johnny's trademark tune. It has been recorded and played by a number of marquis musicians and amateurs alike over the years sinc  More...

Acknowledgements I do want to make a comment here regarding those guitar players who early on have made this tune visible in many ways and brought it to the forefront for all those who love this kind of music. Youtubers like Stratpeter, BurnsErnst and spe  More...