kevin downing Archives

22/11/2019

Guitar Cool: The Forgotten Art Of Listening

Actively listening to music is one part of practising that many guitar players miss – in fact almost all musicians miss ...

09/09/2019

No one wants to make mistakes or look inept when up on stage in front of an audience, but I have seen it happen many times, ...

14/02/2019

Earlier this year I was in Los Angeles and caught up with the amazing guitarist Carl Verheyen (pronounced Ver-high-in) at ...

Earlier this year NZM's Kevin Downing interviewed guitarist Carl Verheyen in LA, and wrote a Guitar Cool column about a ...

20/06/2018

This is an introductory lesson into the classic acoustic guitar technique of Travis picking, which was made famous by the ...

20/04/2018

Although I am not a big fan of New Year's resolutions, I am a big fan of setting some new goals every now and then. Some ...

11/01/2018

Many guitar players haven’t got a wide-ranging repertoire in their favourite genre let alone even a few favourite Christmas ...

20/12/2017

Have you ever taken a solo and it just sounds like you are just fishing around for the right notes and immediately thought ...

01/09/2017

' Vanilla chords ' is a term used in the jazz guitar world which essentially means you need to reduce the chord progression ...