I'm back from Southern Italy, and boy I had needed this vacation! We had rented a renovated, hundreds-year-old stone farmhouse in an olive grove. Very simple, the only luxuries being a nice swimming pool, a fridge, and a Bialetti coffee maker. It was wonderful. It's incredible how little you actually need to be happy. So here I'm back in autumnal Vienna, with recharged batteries, and full of good ideas. And the solution to get rid of all the clutter in my house :D At the moment I'm working on...
20 days ago • 1 min read
Hello from Apulia Vacation, YAY! By the time you’re reading this, I’ll already be somewhere between the olive groves and the sea, enjoying Southern Italy and plenty of espresso. In Vienna, fall is arriving. The sun is weaker and the nights are chilly. It feels good to extend summer this way. How about you, have you've been on vacation this summer? Don't let the autumn blues get you! I’ve put together a guitar transcription of the 3rd movement (Allegro) from Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Some weeks are better than others. And some weeks are better forgotten. Good thing is, bad weeks are over just as fast as the good ones. Although they can feel much longer. :D My week started with me not writing this newsletter I had scheduled last Sunday, and then only a very few people showed up for the Open Air Acoustic Summer Jam Session I had planned for weeks. I blame the bad weather. *ggg*. And the whole week I didn't really sleep well. But now this week's over, and I'm sitting in a...
3 months ago • 1 min read
It’s hard to believe that we’re already halfway through summer. I hope you’re finding time to enjoy these warm days while they last. After the launch of TCHA-KA TCHA things have settled down a bit, and I want to thank everyone for the fantastic feedback I've received so far! Now I'm enjoying the summer. Here in Vienna, July was unusually cool - actually, it was more like a typical July from the past :D. It's been really nice not to have to run the air conditioning at full blast all the time....
3 months ago • 1 min read
The wait is over! It's finally here! After more than ten years of thinking about this book, and over a year of writing it, it is finally here! "TCHA-KA TCHA - Understand and Master Rhythm on Guitar through Vocalizing" is officially available today. This isn't just another guitar method book. It's a proven system that might transform your approach to rhythm forever. What's inside: How to “hear” patterns before you play them, so you learn faster and better 481 drills with downloadable audio...
4 months ago • 1 min read