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Bandskool has always represented the human element for what it’s worth: human players interacting: making music together with what are considered to be ‘real’ instruments. I think there are lots of reasons why that is a good thing – as Read More …

Here’s a topic that is rather…topical! It’s about change. Change is all around us. Some of it is natural: seasons, the shape of a river, ageing etc. And some of it is manmade. Whilst I accept the changes that nature Read More …

The year 2024 should be a good year for DGK; a year which should keep the band relatively busy and ‘out there’. I would like to think so but time will tell. A development that has been in the pipeline Read More …

I have often wondered what Frank Zappa would have been doing now, had he still been alive. Of course, he died almost exactly thirty years ago, at the age of 52 (in this 53rd year) from prostate cancer. By then, Read More …

My own history with playing slide/steel guitar goes back a long way; in fact, all the way back to when I first started playing guitar (self taught at the age of around 11). For some odd reason, I purchased a Read More …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQgOcuqoQGM link to Vanguard Jazz  Orchestra website https://www.vanguardjazzorchestra.com/music

I love chord melody; and I may have said that before…but I’m saying it again. So what is it? Well, you could always go look it up elsewhere; but let’s just say that it is the idea of supporting a Read More …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5fE12zmqHs Cruising (or surfing) around on youtube, looking for a video to…watch…I came upon this one. The title drew me in. Well, in fact, it did and it didn’t – my first response was, ‘ oh no…not another video reporting Read More …