AMA #1 | How I Started, Recording Tips, Tour Memories + Slap-Flicking (Patreon)

Thanks for all the questions mates.

Keen to keep these going, so 👉 DROP YOUR QUESTIONS HERE

Questions / Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

05:07

How did you get your start in music?

Are you classically trained, self-taught, or somewhere in between?

And can we expect new music from you?

09:34 - What is something that happened on tour that still gives you a laugh?

17:40 - How much distance do you recommend between the strings and the fretboard for fingerstyle?

18:48 - Top 3 Albums?

21:27 - Do you think you’ll join or start a band again post TFN?

22:21 - Do you keep the Pick of Destiny under your hat?

23:10 - Advice for better fingering and slap technique?

25:32 - Do you live solely from music or do you have another job?

27:28 - Why did the band break up? And where is everyone now?

31:13 - Do you have tricks for memorising songs?

35:40 - How many microphones do you use to record and what type?

36:41 - Are private lessons possible without a steady schedule?

37:28 - How much do you pay artists you cover? Or does Patreon handle that?

38:29 - Do you record your videos live or over pre-recorded audio? Any recording tips?

42:33 - Any guitar book recommendations?

51:36 - What’s next for you?

53:59 - Do negative comments bother you? Any tips for writer’s block?

57:38 - Arrangement recommendation / request

Stuff I Referenced

Parkway Drive - Getting Heavy Documentary: HERE

Publish Sheet Music - Music Notes HERE

Publish Sheet Music - Arrange Me (Hal Leonard) HERE

learning songs by ear leads to better retention 

Song played - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit / Original (intro)

Song played - Bach - Bouree in Em

Song played - All The Things You Are

Song played - Pat Martino Linear Expression

Song played - RHCP - Under The Bridge

Albums

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Nirvana - Nevermind

Radiohead - OK Computer

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Meshuggah - Koloss

Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here

Deftones - Diamond Eyes

Snarky Puppy - Somni

Tigran Hamasyan - Manifeste

Nate Smith - Live Action

Alice In Chains - Dirt

Soundgarden - Superunknown

The Beatles

Books

Jazz Chordshttps://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=Ronny+Lee+Jazz+Chords

The Beatles Real Bookhttps://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=Beatles+Real+Book

The Beatles Fake Bookhttps://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=Beatles+Fake+Book

The New Real Bookhttps://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=The+New+Real+Book+Chuck+Sher

Linear Expressionshttps://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=Pat+Martino+Linear+Expressions

Fingerstyle Guitar Methodhttps://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=Tommy+Emmanuel+Fingerstyle+Guitar+Method

Joe Pass Guitar Stylehttps://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=Joe+Pass+Guitar+Style

Carcassi Guitar Methodhttps://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=Carcassi+Guitar+Method

Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Grade 1https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=Mel+Bay+Grade+1+Guitar

A Modern Method for Guitar Vol 1-3https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=Berklee+Modern+Method+for+Guitar+Leavitt

Modern Reading Text in 4/4https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=Louis+Bellson+Modern+Reading+Text

Do the Work https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=Do+The+Work+Steven+Pressfield