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Welcome to "High Action" - a podcast about our favorite instrument, the guitar, and the extraordinary people who play it! We are Perry Smith, Will Brahm, and John Storie - the New West Guitar Group. Season 2 features the members of NWGG performing and discussing for the listeners the many exciting topics of contemporary guitar playing. In this episode, Will Brahm discusses techniques for Unlocking Sounds on the Archtop. Follow and support us on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/newwestguitargroup

Welcome to "High Action" - a podcast about our favorite instrument, the guitar, and the extraordinary people who play it! We are Perry Smith, Will Brahm, and John Storie - the New West Guitar Group. Season 2 features the members of NWGG performing and discussing for the listeners the many exciting topics of contemporary guitar playing. In this episode Will Brahm discusses techniques for Extending Your Lines across the neck. Follow and support us on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/newwestguitargroup

Born into a musical family, Larry has been playing the guitar since he was seven years old. As a highly respected LA based jazz guitarist, he has been a faculty member at the California Institute of the Arts since 1990. Having been featured on over 300 albums, Larry has recorded with Jimmy Rowles, Bob Brookmeyer, Luciana Souza, Lee Konitz, Larry Goldings, Mel Torme, Toots Thielemanns, Linda Ronstadt, Warne Marsh, Charlie Haden, Natalie Cole and many other jazz artists. His solo guitar work was featured throughout “Crazy”, a feature film chronicling the life of the great guitarist Hank Garland. 

From coffee house gigs at fifteen to chart-topping success with the Tom Grant Band in the 90s, world tours with two-time Grammy Award winner Diane Schuur and contemporary jam-bands, Portland based guitarist Dan Balmer brings fire and heart every time he plays the guitar. His playing spans nearly one hundred CDs including twelve as a leader from which his original works have appeared internationally in television, film and radio. Dan’s love of guitar and making music combined with discipline, technique and restless curiosity provide an ever-deepening experience for himself and his listeners.

A Grammy Award winning American jazz-rock guitarist and composer. His artistry has influenced jazz since the late 70’s and is going strong today. Possessor of a very distinctive sound and stylistic diversity, Scofield is a masterful jazz improviser whose music generally falls somewhere between post-bop, funk edged jazz, and R & B. His has worked with Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock and many other legendary artists. Touring the world approximately 200 days per year with his own groups, he is an Adjunct Professor of Music at New York University, a husband, and father of two.

Welcome to "High Action" - a podcast about our favorite instrument, the guitar, and the extraordinary people who play it! We are Perry Smith, Will Brahm, and John Storie - the New West Guitar Group. Season 2 features the members of NWGG performing and discussing for the listeners the many exciting topics of contemporary guitar playing. In this episode John Storie discusses techniques for your right hand and helpful practice tips. Follow and support us on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/newwestguitargroup

Welcome to "High Action" - a podcast about our favorite instrument, the guitar, and the extraordinary people who play it! We are Perry Smith, Will Brahm, and John Storie - the New West Guitar Group. Season 2 features the members of NWGG performing and discussing for the listeners the many exciting topics of contemporary guitar playing. In this episode Perry Smith discusses techniques for playing Jazz Standards for solo guitar. Follow and support us on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/newwestguitargroup

Welcome to "High Action" - a podcast about our favorite instrument, the guitar, and the extraordinary people who play it! We are Perry Smith, Will Brahm, and John Storie - the New West Guitar Group. Season 2 features the members of NWGG performing and discussing for the listeners the many exciting topics of contemporary guitar playing. In this episode Perry, John and Will celebrate their season 2 finale and welcome in some old friends! Follow and support us on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/newwestguitargroup