WOW! We haven't officially announced the opening of TTSB yet, but we're glad you found us! The Master Classes will begin to appear on Tuesday and you're welcome to set up your Student Page and tell us a little something about yourself. Upload a video to Tony or just post one on your Student Page if you prefer to have your peers give you feedback. Welcome Early Birds and watch for your "Original 100" badge to appear on your Student Page. Enjoy! The TTSB Team Read More

PBS is airing the celebratory and talent-laden Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday Show on its stations coast to coast from July 30th through August 16th. Banjo master Tony Trischka was among 44 other stellar performers who joined Pete for his birthday and fund-raising celebration on May 3rd at the Madison Square Garden. PBS captured the singing and picking 4-hour marathon into a pared down version for its “Great Performances” series. Read More

Greetings, first-round beta users, and welcome to TTSB. We look forward to your participation, and we're counting on you to help us break it in. Please take a few moments to fill out your personal Student Page. Click the "My Student Page" in the right-hand navigation column to visit your personal page. We hope that you'll introduce yourselves in the Forums as well, contribute things of interest, and leave a shout-out on the Home Base shoutboard. Once you've had time to dig into the lesson curriculum, we hope you'll submit a video for Tony's personal review and response. Read More

The Tony Trischka School of Banjo has begun beta testing with banjo players from around the world. Tony's entire video curriculum is posted and testers will be taking the lessons, recording themselves practicing, then uploading a video for Tony to review. No matter where Tony is, he responds and posts his comments and further assignments to the site along with the student's video submission available for viewing, only to members, in the Feedback Center. Read More

Andreas is asking that everybody use the backing tracks for their lessons from this AGU site as much as possible. He set up these backing tracks with certain playing elements in mind. And, as well, it helps all other students watching the Master Classes to be able to have the same backing tracks to practice and demonstrate with. Read More

AGU Picked Up for Global Podcasts and Itunes Podcasts Read More

Qbert is in Toulouse, France, for the Skabazac Festival, a celebrated celebration of many genres of music, including skratching. Qbert is awing old fans, winning new fans and promoting his Qbert Skratch University. The festival was packed. Let's look for new students from France. Read More

Jazz Times gives "My Favorite Guitars" a thumbs up. Read More

More live footage of Andreas now posted at AGU Read More