Jim Campilongo, who I've mentioned on this blog several times, has been offering mail-order guitar lessons for some time now. The lessons cover many topics, from note-to-note transcriptions of his own songs to chord melodies to soloing concepts. He's recently been converting many of his lessons for online delivery, and he has been offering them at a half-price discount off the … [Read more...]
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Jim Campilongo on Grooveable Feast
Guitarist Jim Campilongo was recently a guest on Richard Julian's music interview show Grooveable Feast. Check out the interview below: Grooveable Feast - Jim Campilongo - Episode 4 from Grooveable Feast on Vimeo. … [Read more...]
Jim Campilongo – The Virtual Woodshed Interview
Brian Williams recently interviewed New York-based guitarist Jim Campilongo for Virtual Woodshed. In the interview, Campilongo discusses, among other things, growing up in San Francisco, discovering Roy Buchanan, playing the Telecaster, working with Norah Jones, and he also offers advice for people trying to make it in the music business: I would simply say "learn songs". … [Read more...]
Jim Campilongo Signature Custom Shop ’59 Telecaster
The Fender Custom Shop has recently introduced the Jim Campilongo* Signature '59 Telecaster. This signature guitar is based on Campilongo's original '59 Telecaster. One of the unique features of the guitar is that the strings are top loaded instead of through-the-body like most modern Telecasters. Another unique feature of the guitar is the Campilongo-designed pickups that are … [Read more...]
Notable Albums of 2010
Although it's now 2011, it's not too late to reflect on a few of the excellent albums that came out in 2010. This is a list of some of the more notable albums that crossed my radar in 2010, listed in alphabetical order by artist: Black Country Communion - This was a highly anticipated album this year featuring one of my favorite guitarists (Joe Bonamassa). In retrospect, … [Read more...]