Here's Part Two of my visit. I dropped in on my favourite guitar builder, Marc Beneteau, in the Fall of 2019 at his home in St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Marc is one of the world's pre-eminent luthiers, and I have worked with him exclusively on the design and building of my acoustic stage and studio guitars for over 25 years. Not only is he a force to be reckoned with as a luthier, he is also a truly wonderful man, and I consider him a dear friend. I've been really fortunate to work with him al...
I visited my favourite guitar builder, Marc Beneteau, in the Fall of 2019 at his home in St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Marc is one of the world's pre-eminent luthiers, and I have worked with him exclusively on the design and building of my acoustic stage and studio guitars for over 25 years. Not only is he a force to be reckoned with as a luthier, he is also a truly wonderful man, and I consider him a dear friend. I've been really fortunate to work with him all these years.In this first part of...
In October 2021, I conducted an online interview with the great Quebecois guitarist Antoine Dufour as my monthly guest interview feature for the Don Ross Guitar Academy. Here’s an edited version of the chat we had.The Don Ross Guitar Academy is my online teaching site. Right now we have 40 beginner-level lessons and another 40 intermediate-level lessons. You can start at the very beginning if you like, plus learn about altered and open tunings, slide guitar, reading tablature, and start learn...
The third part of my long-form interview with Rob Poland, founder of CandyRat Records, the leading guitar-based record company.
Part 4 of my long-form interview with CandyRat Records founder Rob Poland.
AT LONG LAST! Here's the second of a three-part interview with CandyRat Records founder Rob Poland. In 2019, at the Fingerstyle Collective Guitar Festival in Arkansas, I met up with the founder of CandyRat Records, Mr Rob Poland. I was CandyRat's first signing, after releasing nine CDs on conventional record labels between 1989 and the early 2000s.In the second of three parts, Rob and I talk about the launch of the label and early signings and successes with such artists as Antoine Dufour, An...
This past Fall, at the Fingerstyle Collective Guitar Festival in Arkansas, I met up with the founder of CandyRat Records, Mr Rob Poland. I was CandyRat's first signing, after releasing nine CDs on conventional record labels from the late 80s to the early 2000s.In this first of three parts, Rob and I discuss how he decided that it was time to move into a new business, how he and I met, and how we decided to work together on my tenth CD, MUSIC FOR VACUUMING, the first CandyRat release which cam...