Step-by-step instructions for the blind or visually impaired will familiarize you with your guitar's anatomy, tuning, and more. Basic chords, scales, and strumming skills you need to begin playing simple songs from the TalkingTabs "One Dot" Play-It-Now Tune Collection. 16 lesson set on CD-Roms. This instructional set includes the following eight lessons: Lesson 1Getting To Know Your Guitar. This lesson introduces you to your guitar and its components. A thorough explanation of your entire instrument awaits you. Lesson 2The Right Hand. This lesson addresses the proper right hand position, the correct way to hold a pick, and begins your first picking exercies on all six strings. Welcome to making music. Lesson 3Tuning. This lesson is a comprehensive tuning lesson giving you the skills to be able to tune your own guitar so youll never be without a great sounding instrument. A real must. Lesson 4The Fretting Hand. This lesson introduces your left hand to the guitar. Youll now learn proper technique and how to fret notes with your left hand while you pick them with your right. Youll also learn to play your first song, Ode to Joy. Lesson 5The C Major Scale. This lesson teaches you the important C major scale thats used in many songs and melodies. Youll also learn your first riff from one of our Play-It-Now Tunes, My Girl. Hang on, its a doozy. Lesson 6Strumming and Rhythm Part 1. This lesson teaches you the proper way to strum multiple strings...Hailing from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Matt Jones is no stranger to the music scene. With three studio albums and over 500 live gigs under his belt, this well versed artist is sure to knock the socks off of anyone who gives his poignant stories a listen. When thinking back on his first live performance, Jones recalls being about twelve years old and singing "Polly" by Nirvana. As a newbie to performing, he admits "I wore my most grunge-music-like outfit so that everyone would believe the song. I'm not sure if it worked, but as I recall, I didn't have anything thrown at me." While early influences stemmed from rock, his own music shows roots in pop and folk and his desire to write, record and perform it blossomed after that first show.
When asked which of the three his favorite album is, Jones states "I'm always a victim of the new, so my favorite album or song is always the one that I'm working on. I just released my album Passerby in January of 2008, and ended up being very happy with it because it's not a repeat of former works". The three songs from this album on Jones' MySpace page include the title track, "Passerby", "What I Wanted to Say" and "Something New". There are interesting musical additions on this album such as what sounds like ocean waves on the title track and more prominence placed on acoustic guitar. These songs have a particular appeal, in more of a pop vein than the other two albums, and it would not be a surprise to hear any of them becoming a big radio hit.
For two years after the release of Transitions, Jones toured and wrote to perfect his 2007 release of the EP The Segue. His ability to produce both a stripped down yet fuller sound is immediately evident in the song "Austin". With breaks in the piano, allowing his lyrical vulnerability to shine through, ("It's been a while since I said goodbye. And even longer since I had to try to let someone go I wished could stay."), Jones once again opens his listener to raw sentiment. His metaphorical examples are rich in visual emotionality; through them the listener feels the pain Jones pours into this powerful ballad. Jones may not have meant for the title of this album to be literal towards the third but it certainly bridges the gap on the journey to his most recent release.
MySpace Musical Discovery - Matt Jones From Albuquerque
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