GMI - Guitar And Music Institute Guitar Podcasts

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This podcast is created by GMI - Guitar And Music Institute. GMI produces free online guitar tuition, guitar publications, guitar HD video and lots more including our guitar player forum. This series of guitar podcasts will feature interviews with professional guitarists and musicians of note, guitar lessons, music tuition, discussion about guitar gear amongst many different topics. If you play guitar then subscribe get the latest news, views and discussion from some of the finest guitarists and guitar tuition ideas on the web.

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Episode 61 – Liam Thomas: Creating Music & Spicing Up A Music Career

One of the aims of the GMI - Guitar & Music Institute's podcast is to bring new people to a wider audience who are creating a life in the world of music. There are many ways that people can be involved in music, but in this episode, Ged Brockie interviews American guitarist and composer Liam Thomas who outlines the many opportunities available to people making their way in mui

Episode 60 – Robbie Melville: Creating Musical Waves Downunder

Nov 09 2024 47 mins

Robbie Melville is an award winning guitar player and composer from Australia. Australia has produced a long line of great musical artists, particularily in the pop genre. For many, however, the more complex forms of Australian music creation and production has been perhaps a best kept secret less well known. With the internet and easier access to information, that is definately c

Episode 59 – Mark Hunter: Discovering Social Responsibility In Norway Through Music Therapy

Aug 22 2024 66 mins

INTRODUCTION For most people, moving to a new country is daunting enough, but if you have to learn a new language (considered one of the most difficult to learn), then that is the definition of a life changing event. For Mark Hunter, this is exactly the direction that his life has taken. Mark, now a qualified music therapy practitioner in Norway has made a new life for himse

Episode 58 – Honza Kourimsky; new band, new album, new life.

INTRODUCTION Regular listeners to this podcast may remember the first time Ged Brockie interviewed Honza Kourimsky which was for episode 41 back in July 2020. We were into lockdown and the world had changed. Four years later and the world continues to change, constantly and certainly for Honza who now has embarked upon a new band, a new recording and the biggest change of al

Episode 57 – Kenny Tomlinson

Jul 05 2024 45 mins

INTRODUCTION If you have always wanted to get into the business of playing music for a living but don't know how then this podcast is a must listen. Kenny Tomlinson has had no formal music education but he's lived his entire life playing the music he loves and travels the world playing in a multitude of bands and with a huge number of great musicians. Kenny discusses how he

Episode 56 – Joáo Paz

INTRODUCTION In this episode of the GMI Podcast, you'll hear an interview with Joáo Paz and Ged Brockie. Joáo is a dedicated teacher of guitar and a leading light in Portugal's jazz guitar scene. Joáo reveals his background, the reasons for his love of music and some of the challenges that the current music scene and music technology holds for young and older musicians alike

Episode 55 – Gavin Jack on Slide Guitar

Gavin Jack is one of GMI's online tutors and is much in demand as both a player and teacher of guitar. One playing style that always has a line of interested players lining up is slide guitar. In this podcast, Gavin talks about his early interest in the subject of slide and how he has developed it into the performance standard playing style he now posesses. Gavin also demons

Episode 54 – Federico Bruera

Jan 15 2024 72 mins

Federico Bruera is not a household name in Latin guitar...yet, but you never know! In this latest podcast, Ged Brockie speaks to the guitar player who has travelled half way across the world and is now settled in a small town in the east of Scotland. "Fede", as he is called by friends and family alike, shares his journey not only in terms of the physical relocation away from So

Episode 53 – New Album Release From James Akers

Aug 30 2022 40 mins

James Akers has been part of GMI for over four years and in that time he has created some incredibly popular books that have sold the world over. It's great to hear that James has been back in the studio recording. In this podcast, you'll learn all about his new project, the other high end work that he's been undertaking and why castles rank so high in his consciousness! J

Episode 52 – Interview With Kostas Vaporidis

May 05 2022 30 mins

Greek guitarist player, teacher and composer Kostas Vaporidis has joined the GMI team on our new website for guitar players titled GMI Premium. Kostas talks about Greek music, Danish Kings and the problem with Youtube! In this wide ranging interview, professional guitarist and composer Kostas Vaporidis talks about his life in music as a pro player working in G