Stevejay.com

I would like to introduce you to my new part-time venture – http://www.stevejayguitartuition.com

In recent years I’ve been improving my own guitar skills by taking courses in Technical Development at The Academy of Contemporary Music, devouring workbooks and improving my knowledge and application of music theory. While reflecting on all this recently it dawned on me that the best to way to build on this knowledge is to teach the subject! So I’ve launched http://www.stevejayguitartuition.com

So what can I offer? Well…

• Lessons can be given either in your home or at my studio, check the http://www.stevejayguitartution.com/cost.html for a full price-list

• I can supply an instrument if required, so no initial outlay is required if you just want to give it ago

• I’m a member of the Registry of Guitar Tutors

• I am CRB checked

I’m also looking forward to being able to apply some of the skills from the day job, so please keep up to date on news and progress by Twitter, the Facebook Group or Linkedin.

Steve

I treated myself to a new effects pedal for my birthday. I’m not one for too many pedals, as they suck your tone, but I fancied something a little different.

The Electro-Harmonix Worm is a Phaser, Auto-Wah, Tremolo & Vibrato all rolled into one. I’m looking forward to trying it out with the band, so I will follow up this post with some sound-clips.

Put together a Halloween Playlist here for our party tonight so I thought I would share it with everyone to save you some time next year.  Let me know if I’ve missed any obvious ones.

Sympathy For The Devil – The Rolling Stones
Devil Woman – Marty Robbins
(You’re The) Devil In Disguise – Elvis Presley
Devil Woman – Cliff Richard
Devils Haircut – Beck
That Ole Devil Called Love – Alison Moyet
Bat Out Of Hell – Meat Loaf
Hell Hound On My Trail – Eric Clapton
Highway To Hell – AC/DC
Road To Hell (Part 2) – Chris Rea
Thriller – Michael Jackson
I Put A Spell On You – Nina Simone
End Title Song: A View To A Kill – Duran Duran
Moon Over Bourbon Street – Sting
Michael Jackson Vs. Ghostbusters – Soulwax
People Are Strange – The Doors
Werewolves Of London – Warren Zevon
Duelling Banjos – Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
Jamie Mandel – Suicide Is Painless – Jamie Mandel
Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield
Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
Enter Sandman – Metallica
Bark At The Moon – Ozzy Osbourne
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Frankenstein – New York Dolls
Witchy Woman – The Eagles
Black Magic Woman – Santana
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Evil Woman – Electric Light Orchestra
Spirit in the Sky – Doctor & The Medics
She’s Not There – The Zombies
Strange Brew – Cream
Shakin’ All Over – Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Ghost Town – The Specials
Frankie – Sister Sledge
Magic Moments – Perry Como
Freak Like Me – Sugababes
Main Title (Theme from Jaws) – John Williams
Creep – Radiohead
Batdance – Prince
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Paul Dukas
Aquairium (Carnival of the Animals) – Camille Saint-Saens
Guaglione – Perez Prado
Time Warp – Little Nell, Patricia Quinn & Richard O’Brien
Bewitched (Main Theme) – Knightsbridge
The Addams Family (Theme from the Addams Family) – Soundtrack & Theme Orchestra
Halloween Theme – John Carpenter
Carmina Burana: “O Fortuna” (Theme from The Omen) – Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly & Rundfunkchor Berlin
Monster Mash – Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett
Ghostbusters – Ray Parker, Jr.
My Wife Thinks Your Dead – Junior Brown

Haynes Manuals the company famous for it’s car maintenance manuals now produce a book for the Fender Stratocaster. Came across it in Waterstone’s and it’s brilliant. Step by step guides on re-finishing a neck…stuff like that. A great reference tool.

There’s also one for a Fender Telecaster & a Gibson Les Paul.

Though it was time to do abit more with this site. Still a page with links to all my stuff but I wanted to personally blog abit more. I still haven’t got the time right now to resurrect http://www.thedigitalmarketingblog.co.uk, but hopefully that will come later in the year