Learn Blues Guitar

CREATING SPACE, 

In our jams at the FREIGHT AND SALVAGE everyone gets a chance to solo, or not solo, if that’s what they want or don’t want to do. The other day, when we were playing solos around the…

 

TRADING TWOS: 

Just finished round one of a six week session of Buzzy’s Juke Joint Jam at the Freight and Salvage. Instruments included guitar, violin, bass, harmonica and vocalists. We will begin a new six week session on…

 

“Here are the five simple secrets to learning to play blues guitar.” Ever see that kind of ad? Sure you have. First off, I don’t think blues players are keeping any secrets; you can see and hear exactly what…

Hey Folks,

 This will be my last correspondence until 2015 so I want to wish you all happy holidays and a grand New Year! I want to thank everyone who came to my solo and Buzzy Frets shows and…

We are now ensconced in our new home at Music Works in El Cerrito, Address: 11225 San Pablo ave, cross street Potrero. The nice folks at Music Works have agreed to let us play in a large room upstairs from…

Hey Folks,

 This past Saturday me and the Jammers were discussing the future of Buzzy's Juke Joint Jam. None of us wants to see it end. A big part of the problem is parking (and Cal football). There was also…

It was a normal day for Peter Christian Madsen. Little did he know that his doppelganger was laying in wait; looking for the chance to abscond with PCM’s rightful intellectual property. Perhaps I should back up a little and give…

 On October 12 we will have a free jam. That's right absolutely free. By "free" I mean it won't cost anything, not avant garde jazz. On that day the Freight will be having an open house and they have asked…

 Yeah, I went south....by Northern Californian standards, anyway. Took a quick road trip with my friend Teja Gerken, former gear editor with Acoustic Guitar magazine, down to visit National Guitars and LR Baggs pickups. Teja is on the skds. He…

 As some of you know I split my time between two musical projects: there is the solo acoustic Pete, who performs acoustic blues, ragtime and slide guitar and then there is the mysterious "Buzzy Frets," my alter ego, who plays…

 Lot's of stuff going on this week that I want to tell you about: First off, The Healdsburg Guitar Festival will be held this coming weekend, August 9-11 in Santa Rosa. For those of you not familiar with this bi-annual…

 To my guitar playing and teaching friends: As a teacher I feel obliged to continually research and grab new information regarding the guitar. One trend I see in guitar instruction books that I find annoying is the dismissing of "noodling."…