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Mosaic Festival & WCGN 2012

October 22, 2012 in Behind the scene at the Gigs with 0 Comments

Hey everyone,

Here’s a few photo’s from the gig’s this weekend. Friday Rossi Tzonkov, Marlin Ramazzini and I performed at the Mosaic Festival then Ben Woods and I played for West Coast Guitar Night.

The first photo on the right was Ben and I playing Saturday night. (you can click on the photo for a larger image)

Both performances were at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. (my new home for the weekend)

The photo above is the Carumba set with Rossi’s steel drum and Marlin’s congas, bongos and timbales before our performance.

The next photo to your left is Rossi Tzonkov, Marlin Ramazzini and I hanging out for a photo op in the not so green, green room before out performance Friday night.

What a great weekend! Thank you Ben, Rossi & Marlin, You guys are fantastic!

Also a special thank you to Cal Koat, it was an honor to perform at Festival Mosaic this year and to Les Finnigan for having Ben and I once again at this years 14th Annual WCGN!

John Gilliat, Rossi Tzonkov & Ritmo Caliente!

July 31, 2012 in Behind the scene at the Gigs, Day to Day with 0 Comments

July 26th, 2012 was my first performance with a group I created with Rossi Tzonkov called “Ritmo Caliente”

The idea to form this group was from Smooth Jazz Artist Gabriel Mark Hasselbach. Gabriel introduced me to Rossi and from there we added Brent Gubbels on bass and Chris Haas on drums and percussion.

The band is in it’s development stage so there will be a lot of tweaking with music, arrangements, instrumentation, etc… One thing for sure is that Rossi and I are having a great time working together in my own group, Ritmo Caliente, and Carumba.

So check out the video and by all means… offer up your feedback and suggestions!

Rumba Flamenco Guitar in Cochrane Alberta and on Roof Top of the Hotel Vancouver

April 16, 2012 in Behind the scene at the Gigs, Day to Day with 0 Comments

Playing solo guitar at the Cochrane Ranch HouseRumba Flamenco Guitar in Cochrane, What a week it’s been!

I began by week flying to Calgary last Friday for a solo rumba flamenco guitar performance at the Spring is in the Art Show.

It’s the middle of April so we kind of laughed as it was snowing a lot the evening before I arrived. It was more like “Winter is still in the Air”! The picture on your right is the Cochrane Ranch House where I performed Friday and Saturday.

The Stage in the Cochrane Ranch House Theatre for my Rumba Flamenco Guitar performanceMy performance was a blast and what a fantastic group of artists! I’m looking forward to returning to the event again next April 2013.

The picture on your left is my solo rumba flamenco guitar setup on stage for the performance in the Cochrane Ranch House theatre.

As a mater of fact, I had so much fun playing for everyone that I returned to the event Saturday to play solo guitar again from 11am to 3pm.My solo guitar setup on the Roof Top of the Hotel Vancouver

From there it was a rush back to the Calgary Airport to return my car.

Next I was off to Vancouver again for a solo rumba flamenco guitar performance up on the roof top of the Hotel Vancouver for an event for the University of Michigan.

The view of Vancouver from the roof top of the Hotel VancouverThe picture on the right shows my solo guitar setup for my performance on the roof top at the Hotel Vancouver. Can You Find My Chair?

The picture on the left is the view of Vancouver from the Hotel Vancouver roof top.

The event on the roof was really a room on the 15th floor known as the “Roof Top” This event went from 6pm to 8pm then it was time to head home.Here's me being a good Canadian working on my taxes

Today, Monday, it’s back to reality and here I sit spend my morning doing my year end books.

Yuck!!!

 

Happy Holidays!

December 26, 2011 in Behind the scene at the Gigs, Day to Day, Guitar Slinger Episodes with 1 Comment

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Just in case you’re wondering were I’ve been the last month…

Here’s a little video update!

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My New Years Goals…

This year I plan to make YourGuitarSchool.com even better than ever!

Please keep sending me feedback and lesson ideas I truly want it to be “Your” guitar school.

Also this is the year for a new music and a new cd!

As for the “Guitar Slinger Program” … It hasn’t generated a lot of views so I’m going to focus all my energies on the new music!

Wishing everyone a fantastic 2012!

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