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Bob Brozman
Bob Brozman is one
of those rare artists whose exceptional wit, music, energy and depth of
knowledge combine powerfully to create an unforgettable, truly live
concert. A master of blues, slide, hot jazz, Hawaiian and Caribbean guitar
styles, Bob has a fast-paced, wide-ranging show that keeps audiences
worldwide on the edge of their seats laughing, marveling and participating
in his infectious rhythms. His mainstay is the novel mixing of American
and world music styles in completely new ways, as his slide guitar
explores the musical frontiers between the first and third worlds.
Throughout, Bob maintains a disarming talent for humor, from the zany to
the sardonic.
Bob Brozman - Bottleneck Blues Guitar - Book and CD
Includes turnarounds, bottleneck
techniques, blue notes, open G tuning, right hand techniques, blues licks and phrases,
authentic blues
rhythms, harmonics and more. Includes transcriptions of "Terraplane Blues, Moon
Goin’ Down, and Rhythm
in the Blues".
Notation and
tab............................................................................Price
- $19.95
Bob Brozman & Woody Mann - Country Blues Guitar Duets -
DVD
While they
slowly illustrate classic country blues
guitar duets in the styles of Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Blake and Lonnie
Johnson -
Woody Mann and Bob Brozman explore the techniques and thinking that go into
creating cohesive
duet guitar parts that compliment each other. Each part is
taught separately. They explain and illustrate how
you can arrange a simple song
through the use of new chord positions, simple picking syncopation ideas and
open tunings as well as walking you through the basics of how to select a key,
use of a capo and listening to
the song in new ways. The duo presents effective
techniques for improving improvisational skills while
jamming with other
musicians. Each guitar part is a solo tune in itself. The ideas and techniques
covered in
this video offer creative approaches to expanding all aspects of your
playing. Titles include: "Lazy Blues,
Tampa Slow Grind, Mr. Blake, Long Gone
Blues, Tab Guitar Rag".
(62 min) Booklet included..............................................................Price -
$29.95
Bob Brozman & Woody Mann - Delta Blues Guitar Duets - DVD
In this unique
video lesson, Bob Brozman and Woody Mann describe and teach in
detail duet arrangements in the styles
of the great Delta blues guitarists:
Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson and Son
House.
Techniques and ideas for creating a cohesive guitar part that compliments,
rather than competes or
conflicts, are discussed. Each part is taught separately
and presented in tablature and music notation.
Woody and Bob also present
effective techniques for improving improvisation skills while jamming
with
other musicians. The tunes presented in this lesson can be used as
repertoire pieces for either solo or duet
situations. All in all, a very unique
instructional video giving you twice the amount of ideas and challenges
from two
of today's blues guitar masters. Titles include: "Banty Rooster, Moon Goin'
Down, Bye Bye Blues,
Robert Johnson's Blues, Big Road Blues".
(70 min) Booklet
included..............................................................Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - Guide To Roots Guitar Styles
- Vol 1 - DVD
Blues, Ragtime &
Swing.
Move beyond basic folk styles and get into the excitement of fingerstyle
blues, ragtime and swing! With his
dynamic picking techniques and deep
understanding of traditional guitar styles, Bob Brozman provides you
with the
tools to explore your guitar's rhythmic, harmonic and melodic possibilities. Bob
shows you how to
play exciting songs like "Salty Dog Blues, Jazz'm Blues" and
"Sister Kate". Learning these pieces will increase
your knowledge of chord voicings and inversions up and down the fingerboard. As you reach automatically
for the position you need, you'll learn how to connect the chord you are playing
with other chords in a song's
progression and you'll also gain an understanding
of music theory as well. Bob also covers ragtime picking
patterns, compression
strokes, two-hand string damping, harmonics, double-time rhythm and other
exciting
right-hand techniques!
(75 min). Booklet included.............................................................Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - Guide To Roots Guitar Styles
- Vol 2 - DVD
Blues, Ragtime &
Swing.
This jam-packed lesson will build your instrumental skills, improve your fingerpicking and
help enhance your total
understanding of the guitar fingerboard.
Bob's breakdown of his powerful fingerpicking and chording techniques is
designed to move you beyond basic folk styles into more complex musical forms
that are deeply
within the American popular tradition. He teaches the important
32-bar song form, along with the distinctive
chords and rhythms that
characterize swing, Gypsy jazz, '30s Cab Calloway-style songs, calypso rhythms
and
other "hot guitar" sounds! He shows you how to use palm harmonics, play
minor key jazz/blues tunes and
provides you with a variety of rhythm exercises
so you can play those "fat" swing chords that everybody
loves. You'll then put
all these newfound skills into practice as you learn note-for-note renditions of
"Hot
Moments With You Dear, Blue Devil Blues, Dog and Cat".
(75 min) Booklet
included..............................................................Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - Set of both
DVDs (Roots Guitar Vol 1 & 2) on sale now $49.95!
Jazz Guitar Chords & Arpeggio
Patterns - Stacy McKee
-
This unique book includes 300 jazz
guitar chord
formations and matching single note arpeggio patterns in a quick reference format
that no one has ever done before!
Cross indexing makes
this manual
extremely easy to use and regardless of what style of music you play, we know
you
will find this
to be a
valuable, "must have" addition to your library. Stacy McKee was the
featured guitarist with "Les
Brown and The Band Of Renown" and for a limited
time only, we will include an exclusive copy of his book
FREE with
your first
order!
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Bob Brozman - Learn To Play
Bottleneck Blues Guitar - Vol 1 - DVD
In this video, the
powerful blues of the Mississippi Delta, as developed by legendary players like Robert
Johnson, Charlie Patton
and Bukka White, is taught to you in remarkable detail by a true master of the form. Bob
Brozman begins with
the basics, teaching the open tunings needed to get the typical bottleneck sound. Through
careful explanations
of left and right-hand technique, exercises and songs, this video unveils the secrets of
traditional blues/slide guitar. Beginning and experienced slide players alike
will benefit from his detailed instruction teaching powerful licks and runs, rhythm techniques, vibrato, harmonics and other ways to get the true
Delta sound. Before
you know it, you'll be playing dynamic tunes like "Can't Be Satisfied" by Muddy
Waters.
(90 min) Booklet
included..............................................................Price
- $29.95
Bob Brozman - Learn To Play
Bottleneck Blues Guitar - Vol
2 - DVD
Expand your
blues repertoire and master a breathtaking variety of licks and techniques! Bob Brozman's
complete blues toolbox will teach you the styles, innovations and techniques created by the Delta Slide
masters. Robert Johnson's
powerful one-chord version of "Come On In My Kitchen" becomes a real showpiece
as Bob shows you how to
add chords "Scrunch" strokes, damping, palm harmonics, vibrato, slides, trills
and other techniques. His Up-tempo medley "Delta Memories" highlights the chopped rhythms, descending bass
lines, string snapping,
rolling triplets, barre technique and turnarounds favored by these early Delta innovators.
Bob then features
his own percussive slapping techniques and variations to give you a real workout! Pulling
out all the stops,
Bob teaches "Rollin' and Tumblin" by Charlie Patton which is brimming with
material to challenge more
advanced guitarists. This lesson provides an abundance of slide technique, new ideas and
amazing guitar
applications!
(70 min) Booklet included..............................................................Price
- $29.95
Bob Brozman - Learn To Play
Bottleneck Blues Guitar - Vol
3 - DVD
Add eight powerful
tunes to your blues repertoire and develop depth and range in your bottleneck playing!
As in his previous
lessons, Bob Brozman shows in detail what you have to do to get an authentic blues sound,
demonstrating the
rhythmic power of Bukka White, the chant-like tonality of Skip James, the clean tone and
string damping style
of Tampa Red, and the raw power of the great pioneer Charlie Patton. Working in a variety
of major and minor
open tunings, Bob covers swing and "train-time" licks, finger sliding &
vibrato, modal chords, rhythmic variations & a variety of triplets, harmonic devices, string snapping, funky ghost notes,
descending bass lines and
other important techniques. You'll even learn slide in standard tuning &get to play Bukka White's spectacular
"spank the baby" routine. Tunes include: "Aberdeen, Jitterbug Swing, Old
Dog Blues, Mississippi, Denver
Blues, Cypress Grove, Telegram Blues, Green River Blues, Pony Blues".
(75 min)
Booklet included..............................................................Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - All 3 DVDs
(Bottleneck Blues Vol 1 - 3) on sale now $69.95!
Bob Brozman - Rhythm In Your Riffs -
DVD
A fascinating lesson for acoustic guitarists
who want to know more about building rhythmic elements into their accompaniment and lead
playing. Bob
explores many aspects of rhythm guitar, investigating the elements of meter and what makes
a good "groove".
He helps you develop your coordination through a variety of drills; hand and foot-tapping
exercises so that
accents, swing rhythm, poly-rhythms, triplets in blues playing become second nature. You'll
learn how to use
these techniques in songs using strumming patterns, string slapping, fret tapping,
hammering, damping, and
other devices. Bob works all of these into his blues, Caribbean and ragtime picking.
(70 min)
Booklet included..............................................................Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - Slide Guitar for Blues: Lap
Style - Vol 1 - DVD
This course
in lap
style slide guitar will open up exciting musical ideas and powerful
techniques for anyone who wants to get
into the real blues sound. Playing in open D and open G tunings, Bob passes
along all the sounds and techniques that
make up this compelling style. He teaches pieces that range from the "primitive"
one-chord renditions of Charlie Patton to modern-day country/swing blues. You'll
get instruction in the use of the round-nose bar and how you can attain quality
vibrato, pitch precision, good tone, blue notes, rhythmic effects
and control of
the slide. Bob details licks, turnarounds and improvisations along with numerous
exercises
and right hand picking drills to help you develop your picking
strength. By the time you complete this lesson,
you'll have an arsenal of licks
and the improvisational skills you'll need to go on to even more challenging
material!
(105 min) Booklet included............................................................Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - Slide Guitar for Blues: Lap
Style - Vol 2 - DVD
Bob Brozman takes lap blues playing to the next level! Starting off in G tuning
(you'll also learn open C and D Minor), Bob concentrates on the deep blues "Delta Notes". He
runs through 'sharpening' exercises using bar hammer-ons
combined with open
strings and alternate pick strokes, drills designed to help you get your rhythm
together
and practice jumps & slides to allow you to play faster without
sacrificing tone. Bob explores the blues classic
"Rolling and Tumbling"
-
starting with a stripped down version and then taking it to increasingly more
challenging levels. You'll learn numerous turnarounds and get plenty of
play-along examples for great practice
sessions. More advanced moves follow as
you learn how to maintain a steady bass groove while keeping
country swing blues
rhythm and melody going. You'll employ two-hand damping to get staccato chords
to
contract with melody notes, harmonics, sweep picking, raking and other
special effects. From low-down Delta
to sweet New Orleans blues, this course
will have you playing it all!
(85 min) Booklet
included..............................................................Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - Set of both
DVDs (Slide Guitar Vol 1 & 2) on sale now $49.95!
Bob Brozman - Caribbean Guitar - DVD
Add a touch of the islands to your guitar playing!
Calypso's wild pulses, danceable rhythms and playful lyrics will spice up all
your arrangements and inspire you to develop your own tropical repertoire. Syncopation is the key to this distinctive
approach to traditional folk-based world music. Bob Brozman shows you how to use fingerpicking and
strumming patterns to suit the emotional content of these story-songs. Working in a variety of keys he
details all the elements of the single-tone and double-tone forms plus a variety of tempos, including
calypso, tango, samba, waltz, mazurka and Latin-jazz. Bob presents the following techniques and an
array of substitutions and variations: "moving bass lines, chords and voicings, percussive strokes, licks,
arpeggios, octave runs and triplets. Songs include: "Uncle Joe, Down the Road, Death Calypso, Poor But Ambitious, Cinemascope Calypso, It Happened In
Monterey, The Five Year Plan".
(80 min) Booklet
included..............................................................Price
- $29.95
Bob Brozman -Traditional Hawaiian
Steel Guitar - DVD
Bob Brozman's
lesson in traditional Hawaiian guitar will open up new horizons and wide sonic possibilities for
guitarists as well as Dobro, lap steel and pedal steel players. With Bob's thorough teaching style, you'll
learn bar technique, Hawaiian tunings, hand positions, scale positions, harmonies, vibrato, and harmonic
"chimes". He shows many different ways to use turnarounds and builds each tune from its basic form to a complex
highly embellished showpiece. Split-screen close-ups help Bob to illustrate the importance of string pairs,
slants with the bar, playing thirds,
and fifths of each chord, the use of palm harmonics and more.
(85 min) Booklet included..............................................................Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - In Concert - DVD
Brozman is one of those rare artists whose exceptional
wit, music, energy and depth of knowledge combine powerfully to create an
unforgettable, truly live concert. A master of blues, slide, hot jazz, Hawaiian
and Caribbean guitar styles, Bob has a fast-paced, wide-ranging show that keeps
audiences worldwide on the edge of their seats laughing, marveling and
participating in his infectious rhythms. His mainstay is the novel mixing of
American and world music styles in completely new ways, as his slide guitar
explores the musical frontiers between the first and third worlds. Throughout,
Bob maintains a disarming talent for humor, from the zany to the sardonic. This
90 minute DVD concert was recorded at the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
California. Titles include: "Zonky, Highway 49 Blues, Down the Road, Phonograph
Blues, Hawaiian Medley, La Vie en Rose, Ukulele Spaghetti, Love in Vain,
Telegram Blues, Old Dog Blues, Green River Blues, Backwards Blues, Minnie the
Moocher, Cinemascope Calypso, Dinah, Meleana E, Come On In My Kitchen, Train
Song ".
(90 min)........................................................................................Price
- $24.95
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