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The August-September edition is now online!
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This edition's guest columnists offer tips on counterpoint, writing songs, fingerstyle, and other music business tips directly to your web browser. We've got seven fresh columns altogether - six written by returning columnists and one authored by a first time contributor.
Tom Hess returns with "10 Costly Guitar Teaching Business Mistakes And How To Avoid Them". Mike Campese delivers a new technique column entitled "Bach Cello Suite No. 1, Part 2". "How To Make Faster Progress From Practicing Guitar Exercises" is the latest submission from Mike Philippov. Guitarist Tommaso Zillio returns with his article "9 Ways The CAGED System Is Making Things More Confusing For You". Shawn J. Wagner is back with his column "Start Writing Better Songs By Learning To Use Unity And Variety". Jeremy Rouse has written another excellent article "Counterpoint For Guitarists". Contributing for the first time is guitarist Sam Dawson with "Fingerstyle Basics".
Tom Hess
Mike Campese
Tommaso Zillio
Sam Dawson
Jeremy Rouse
Mike Philippov
Shawn J. Wagner
The August update includes a new interview with guitarist Mika Tyyska of the band Mr. Fastfinger.
We shine our spotlight on four more of the most outstanding artists from the eleven years of the Undiscovered series profiles - it's called The Rediscovered. Think of it as the best of the best of The Undiscovered artists - another chance to check in with guitar oriented musicians and bands you may have missed the first time around.
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