Steve FaircloughMar 122 minBlog Intro: This is where it all began....This is one of my school reports. It wasn't even the worst to be honest, but its the only one I could find. Now, at first glance, I was o...
Steve FaircloughMar 311 minTik Tok TuneIt’s genuinely been a source of great joy to me over the years, when people have taken my music and applied it to something they have don...
Steve FaircloughMar 124 minRecording Acoustic Guitars in a Project StudioOK, I’ve been playing a lot of clinics recently, and one of the questions people ask a lot is, how best to record their acoustic guitar....
Steve FaircloughMar 127 minAltered Tunings Whenever I play a clinic or concert, people are always fascinated to know how difficult it is to play in altered Tunings, and why would a...
Steve FaircloughMar 121 minBe-Bop Scales:This is in response to an email from Eddie, who asked about be-bop scales, I cant do individual lesson’s etc. from this site, but I can p...
Steve FaircloughMar 125 minA Thank You to Two David's:A Thank You. If a blog is for anything, I figure its for getting down whats on your mind, and this one is a thank you to someone from my ...
Steve FaircloughMar 123 minA Band Mentality for the Solo Producer A ‘BAND’ MENTALITY FOR THE SOLO MUSIC PRODUCER….. One of the great things about being a musician, is the chance to play with other musici...
Steve FaircloughMar 129 minSkiing: A few years ago, I was asked to write this article, about the experience of learning to ski, at shall we say a ‘later’ age. I’m including...
Steve FaircloughMar 123 minHappiness is Easy: This is a follow on to a post about “Why are we Here” which I received some nice compliments about….. Not particularly original, but I’ve...
Steve FaircloughMar 121 minE Major 13th:This is a copy of the piece I did for the North American Guitar Companies monthly newsletter earlier this year…. E Major 13th: A splendid...
Steve FaircloughMar 121 minVery Fine Luthiers:Here’s an old pic from around 2008. It features me and 2 old friends, both of whom are wonderful Luthiers in their own right. On the left...
Steve FaircloughMar 122 minRickie Lee Jones; Best Gig ever....This, is Rickie Lee Jones. She is my favourite female vocalist ever. Her first 2 albums and most of her 4th would be on my All Time Deser...
Steve FaircloughMar 121 minNicest Gig Setting I've Ever Played:This is a series of pictures from Le Grand Ourse Restaurant on Mont Chery in Les Gets (French Alps). For the best part of the ‘noughties,...
Steve FaircloughMar 121 minGordon Smith Guitars:When I was 18 I did my first tour abroad. It was to New Orleans with my mate Burkey, and we were ‘managed’ by a local entrepreneur and Cl...
Steve FaircloughMar 121 minTommy Leddy's Sound Shop:(Me, Tommy and Maria)… Here’s a shot featuring one of my favourite fella’s in the Music Industry…… Tommy Leddy has run the Sound Shop in ...
Steve FaircloughMar 122 minMusical Familes:It’s hard to know where the drive to make music comes from. I have my own theories. I have a particular memory of my Father, a wonderful ...
Steve FaircloughMar 121 minThe Ash Can School: So, at the age of 19/20, I had a band called “The Ash School”. turns out this was an Art Movement in America in the Early 20th Century wh...
Steve FaircloughMar 122 minThe Les Gets Blues Festival:I’ve mentioned in other blogs about the Les Gets Blues Festival, but it probably deserves a little mention of its own, as it’s been a pre...
Steve FaircloughMar 121 minThe G7th Capo Company Back in the day, when I was a demonstrator for Takamine, one of my favourite places to play was Lecicester. Each year Noel Sheehan of She...
