Algiers resident collects court costs by day, plays bass guitar by night

Algiers resident collects court costs by day, plays bass guitar by night
Algiers resident Robert Heindel is a man of many hats, literally. During normal business hours, Heindel is the court collections officer for the Jefferson Parish Courts. In this position, he works with thousands of people as they pay the court costs …
Read more on NOLA.com (blog)

Christmas tied up with a ribbon of jazz
“For the past eight years, my son Charlie has played guitar with us, but he’s now a film student at NYU and not able to be with us. What we all enjoy most about sharing our music on this occasion is playing in front of not just jazz fans, but also lots …
Read more on Washington Examiner

How a translation of his music shows English to be a very poor language
“Kafeero was unique among Kadongo Kamu musicians in that he composed, sang, played the guitar and dramatized his music on stage. Keeping himself slender and smartly dressed, he successfully maintained the image of the young boy who had appeared …
Read more on Independent

Regina musicians raise money for rockers in Afghanistan

“I remember thinking how crazy that was because I had the exact opposite (experience) growing up,” Val Halla said. “I started playing guitar when I was probably 11 years old and had nothing but support.” “I was carrying my electric guitar around school …

Guitar Lessons Aim to Change Inmates’ Tune

Musicians Timothy McIlrath and Wayne Kramer on Thursday launched the “Jail Guitar Doors Program,” which aims to help inmates learn music to take the first step toward a productive life after prison. “Our message is that not everybody out in the world …

Why Learn Guitar Scales?

TweetHow Learning Scales On The Guitar Can Make You A Better Guitar Player One very basic reason is that practicing guitar scales helps to improve finger strength and co-ordination and your overall technique. Learning guitar scales will also improve your playing speed and help you to improvise and play riffs and solos. Many guitar solos [...]