Darol & Mike perform with the Berklee World Strings!
Longtime Artistworks Professors Darol Anger & Mike Marshall, performing as The Duo, played some great shows in New England recently with the crackerjack string orchestra from the internationally renowned Berklee College Of Music., led by Cello legend Eugene Friesen.
The Streaming site is still available free to view their final concert ! Here is the URL: https://vimeo.com/showcase/9726865?video=910061358
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Pre-Sale VIP Memberships for “Fiddle with Alex Hargreaves” Now Available!
We’re excited to announce that pre-sale VIP memberships are now available for our newest course, “Fiddle with Alex Hargreaves.” While the course officially launches in mid-March, joining early grants you access to a handful of amazing perks and exclusives leading up to the launch, including:
Bluegrass Vocal Lesson: Microphone Technique
One of the many critical techniques that singers interested in performing publicly or with an ensemble need to understand is how their voice interacts with a microphone. Microphone technique is an essential skill for singers of all genres, however, particularly in the context of bluegrass, knowing how to balance one’s voice with the rest of the instrumentalists is of the utmost importance. Part of understanding how to balance one’s voice and achieve a great organic-sounding band mix is knowing a bit about the microphone’s construction, the type of microphone being used, and how the microphone works.
New Course: Announcing “Fiddle with Alex Hargreaves”
We are excited to announce our newest course coming in mid-March 2024, “Fiddle with Alex Hargreaves.”
4 New Tune Lessons Added to Bryan Sutton’s Bluegrass Guitar Course
Yesterday, we debuted over a hundred brand new online bluegrass guitar lessons from world-renowned flatpick master and one of the longest-standing members of our premier ArtistWorks faculty, Bryan Sutton.
Bluegrass Mandolin Lesson: Finding Minor Chords
When first learning how to play the mandolin, or any instrument for that matter, the first two types of chords that students typically learn are major and minor harmonies. These harmonies each offer drastically different emotive characteristics and tonal qualities but are very closely related. In fact, there is a simple relationship between the two harmonies that allows players to easily determine one from the other. Understanding this fundamental relationship between major and minor chords is critical and will help you further understand a variety of music theory concepts.
“Lessons with Marcel” Interview: Mike Marshall’s Incredible Bluegrass Journey
On January 10, 2024, the immensely popular bluegrass and flatpick guitar YouTube channel, Lessons with Marcel, published a new interview featuring none other than critically acclaimed, multi-style mandolin virtuoso and ArtistWorks bluegrass instructor, Mike Marshall.
Bluegrass Banjo Lesson: Tag Endings
At its foundation, bluegrass is a primarily improvised music. No two performances are ever alike, no two solos from a performer are ever identical, and that is an intentional, defining characteristic of the bluegrass aesthetic.
