I like guitarists who play with finesse and feel! I also find playing a
song "straight" very boring... let's jive it up with some syncopation!
The important thing in learning the guitar is a three step process:
Capture, Apply and Transfer.
Capture : Learn the ideas from a person/song/style
Apply : Try those ideas you have learnt by improvising to those
songs
Transfer : Try experimenting the ideas on different songs and
make it sound great
In fact, it is rather sad that many of the guitar students I have taught
started through the reading of tabs but when you throw
them a song or
some music, they are dumbfounded! Creative expression is what I hope to
teach!
As for my gear... I've had many different
guitars
over the years, including a violin! My current favorite is my 1985 lake
placid blue Japanese Fender Strat...
You can contact me: marako@guitartricks.com!
Yours, GuitarMan
Marako
"If music is soul and
guitar is spirit, then Marako's guitar class is where you learn that"-
Gaurav, India
"What I like best about the lessons is that it is flexible, casual and
relaxing" - Stanley
"Marako is cool and
knows lots of stuff!" - ZQ
"I always learn something new to practice and work on after every
lesson!" - Shawn
"Lessons are always very hands-on. Even the theory bits are simplified
to practical playing..." - GG
"I met with Marako for a crash course... (was in Singapore as my US navy
aircraft carrier stopped over for a few days) I have been playing
guitar for years... I've now learnt how to jam along with many different
styles of music, and also learned how to figure out the key of a song by
ear..." - Thomas, US Navy