Comments on: Forty Essential Instructions Books

By: Glenn Thompson

Glenn Thompson — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:09:37 +0000

Hi Mike,
It’s been awhile since I’ve checked the site. Trying to keep busy and being successful at it! Yes that GP article was the beginning of what he’s written on the “Right Brain” stuff. The springboard for his ideas came partially from “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” by Betty Edwards(another great book). But he continued writing several books,
Jazz Structures for the N.M.(mentioned above), Jazz Blues Styles,etc.
These he registered as “The Right Brain Guitarist Series” published by Mel Bay. His older books have been re-released w/ cd’s(no longer cassettes or flexi-discs lol) by 2 different publishers, Hal Leonard, and Alfred. So lucky for us guitar players there remains a treasure trove of knowledge from Joe Diorio.
I have to mention 1 more title, “Guitar Compendium-The Praxis System” by Howard Roberts & Gary Hagberg,vol 1-3. Incredible resource material for any teacher or student covering all styles.
Thanks. Take care.
Glenn

By: Mike Outram

Mike Outram — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:00:27 +0000

Hi Glenn,
Been away for an aeon, so forgive my tardy response!
Thanks for your suggestions.
Do you mean those articles Joe wrote for Guitar Player magazine? I really enjoyed the one article I read; are there more?
Probably from the 80s, no? The golden age of Guitar Player and their flexi-disc! Michael Hedges and Steve Vai in the same month, Jerry Donahue, Gambale, etc.
Thanks,
M

By: Glenn Thompson

Glenn Thompson — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:08:32 +0000

Hi Mike,
Reading through your list was very close to looking through the bookshelf in my practice room. Although there’s a couple of your suggestions I’ll have to add ie. the ones by Jon Damian and Bob Moses. I don’t know how they slipped by me unnoticed. A couple I’d like to suggest are: Jazz Structures for the New Millennium from Joe Diorio’s Right Brain Guitarist Series (anything by Joe Diorio is a welcome addition to my library); and Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner. So there’s my 2 cents worth…
Cheers,
Glenn Thompson

By: Mike Outram

Mike Outram — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:00:02 +0000

Thanks, Dave! I got that one at christmas but haven’t gotten around to reading it yet. Looked a bit Carlos Castenada-ish from my brief scan through.
I’ve been going nuts reading creativity/GTD books at the moment. Trying to get creative about procrastination by reading massive amounts of books on procrastination. And loads of podcasts on the road. Just listened to Writing Down The Bones by Natalie Goldberg and Word by Word (the podcast related to the book Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott). Also Seth Godin’s new book Linchpin was fun.

By: Dave Tompkins

Dave Tompkins — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:59:29 +0000

Hi Mike,
I recommend The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten. It’s not like any other music book I’ve come across. There’s a review of it here http://music-education.suite101.com/article.cfm/review_the_music_lesson and it’s only about 6 or 7 quid on amazon.