Digital Pill – working musicians talk about their lives

Tim Nikolsky demonstrates how to do Walking Basslines on Guitar. Tim has been performing with the vocalist Margot Leighton for the past 13 years and has developed a unique style of playing in this musical duo incorporating the whole rhythm section on guitar. The technique of walking bass on guitar is also a great way [...]

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Doug performs ‘Lamentos do morro’ by Garoto, a samba on his 7-string guitar. Visit Doug on these links His website dougdevries.com Doug’s albums on iTunes

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Dean looks at long notes from several different angles – the growl, vibrato, dynamics and ear training. Listen to Dean’s music here The Pearly Shells Zydeco Jump The Vanguards

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Anthony Schulz plays an improvisation on the stradella and free bass accordion Visit Anthony on myspace here

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One of the first videos to go up on Digital Pill just passed the 50,000 hit mark. If you are a sax player go and check it out and see what the fuss is about. Dean Hilson’s stratospheric sax gliss

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Anita Hustas performs and talks briefly about two graphic scores ‘Stream’ and ‘Underwater’ from her ‘Water’ collection composed in 2008. In trying to find creative approaches to composing and making music, and integrating visual art and music performance, Anita has been creating graphic scores for improvisors since 2003. In this video Anita plays Double Bass [...]

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Tony Hicks demonstrates the 24 note scale within one octave and plays a free improvisation demonstrating the use of this extended tonality. Visit Tony on these links His bio on the Australian Art Orchestra website Tony’s albums on iTunes Tony also appears on tenor sax in this Digital Pill post

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Percussionist Eugene Ughetti plays an improvised percussion solo on gongs and temple bowls Visit Eugene’s projects on these links Speak Percussion Glass Percussion Project Eugene’s CD is available here

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Joe Dolce uses several examples to make the distinction between poetry and lyrics and demonstrates how this understanding is important for songwriting. ” One of the country’s premier songwriters.” RHYTHMS MAGAZINE ” . . . the Ohio-born Dolce is one hell of a bluesman. . . . [the] guitar work is deceptively complex, weaving in [...]

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