A Song to Die For: The ‘My Way’ Killings February 9, 2010A strange and shocking story caught our eye in today’s New York Times: Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly...
Pat Metheny’s One-Man Band: “Orchestrion” February 2, 2010Pat Metheny released Orchestrion this past week. If I’ve counted correctly, beginning with Bright Size Life in 1975,...
Blues Guitar Lesson: “Sweet Home Chicago” Genealogy January 19, 2010by David Hamburger Come on…Baby, Don’t You Want to Know? Over the years I’ve had the pleasure of...
Daily Kindling: Goodbye Gibson? January 16, 2010Industry insiders at the NAMM show in Anaheim are murmuring that Gibson could be out of business by this summer.
Fireside Chat: Seymour Duncan January 7, 2010While the name Seymour Duncan might be synonymous with high quality pick ups and stompboxes, few know that...
Happy New Year! January 4, 2010We’ve had a great time launching TrueFire’s blog this past year, and the feedback we’ve received from players...
Fireside Chat: John Wlaysewski December 3, 2009Our latest Fireside Chat is with a Zeppelin-loving, Fender-playing guitarist who is unafraid to go to 11 and...
Branding: Musical Identity as a Career Move November 24, 2009by Rich Tozzoli On this past Veteran’s Day, the Punch-In ran a handful of videos featuring performances of...
7 Overlooked Jazz Guitar Albums November 10, 2009by Jason Shadrick Everywhere you look there are lists of “essential” albums that no self-respecting musician should be...
Fireside Chat: Kiko Loureiro November 9, 2009Colonialism is alive and well in the 21st century, but rather than pin helpless natives to the tips...
Fireside Chat: Vicki Genfan October 29, 2009Every now and then an artist comes along whose music reaches out and touches the soul of all...
Thursday’s Daily Kindling October 15, 2009Fuel for the Fire: “My vocation is more in composition really than anything else – building up harmonies...