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Rob Michael’s “Christmas by the Fire” Music & Video release

by Rob Michael

Happy Holidays!
Is it really holiday season already? With each passing year, the time warp factor kicks up a notch.

New Videos, New Album, New Store

I made a new jazz guitar Christmas EP “Rob Michael’s Christmas by the Fire.”  Because I believe an album should more than some audio files and a pretty picture, I’m inviting you to listen and watch via this Youtube playlist.

This features the actual performances heard for the entire album, yours to experience for free.

Let me know what you think!!


We have two new stores on the Android Market

One for Atmos Trio and anothr for Rob Michael projects.
Put “Rob Michael’s Christmas by the Fire” in your Google Music library.

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Give the Guitarist You Care About a Gift That Will Last Their Lifetime.

by Rob Michael

We’ve all done it: subjected ourselves to crowded stores, spent too much money…and for what? We have the best of intentions, but we buy a box of widgets that we often exchange, re-gift or discard.

It feels like giving, but is that  really it? Or is it  just a transfer of stuff– stuff we don’t need or want. Clutter.

Knowledge is the best gift I know of. Everyone is hungry for knowledge, what if you could gift that? You can.

I am offering my popular Online Guitar Lessons at a very Special Holiday gift rate.

You can now, until then end of December, purchase my popular LIVE hour-long, one-on-one lessons for $59 each (Normally $75)or a month’s worth (4) for $199 (Normally $300).

These are not pre-recorded videos, these are live, realtime one-on-one lessons via Google+ Hangout or Skype. I’ve been doing these more and more with students all over the world and they’ve proven to be great!

This holiday pricing will only be available during December so please make use of this offer and gift some professional guidance to the guitarist(s) in your life.

How many lessons would you like?

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I’m hangin’ w/ Mad and Eddie Duran for their Vallejo Jazz Society Concert

by Rob Michael

The Vallejo Jazz Society are having another great concert this Sunday, September 11th featuring the legendary guitar great Eddie Duran together with his wife Mad on sax.

Eddie is truely a live legend of jazz who has played and recorded with such icons as Vince Guaraldi, Red Norvo, and Cal Tjader, as well as with Charlie Parker, Stan Getz George Shearing, Earl “Fatha” Hines, Benny Goodman, Pearl Bailey and Barbara Streisand.

I think Eddie’s got the guitar duties covered so I’ll be on hand during the show acting as videographer during this event.

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Restarting My Live Stream Studio Concert Series, 1st Stop: a G+ Hangout w/ 9 Front Row Seats

by Rob Michael

This Friday, July 22nd, 4PM (PST), I will be re-starting my Online Concert Series.

It may have been a year since the last online show, but I’m bringing it back: My Live Stream Studio Concert. This is the studio where I compose music, record albums and this is also where I practice. It’s a comfortable spot and I like to take chances and test-fly pieces of audio-tech that I might not try in other settings.

it all started…

Over the past couple of years, I streamed a bunch of Solo Guitar Shows, which are still the core of what you may hear. I was also joined by several very special guests. My friend guitarist/ vocalist Ruth Parry and I first started out streaming our duo guitar gig from a cafe that happened

to have free wifi. I streamed my Atmos Trio gigs. Touring musicians caught wind of the show and when they were traveling through my area, they’d come play. That’s how I ran in to the good fortune of playing with electric bassists Damian Erskine and Todd Johnson. I even recorded an entire album on the show w/ Steve Uccello.

This time it will be different.

This time, I’m inviting you to join in a more real way. Rather than play to the unblinking eye of the camera, I’ll be able to see you too!

Nine front-row seats will be available via my Google Plus Hangout. There you’ll be able to see, hear, be seen and be heard just as if we were all in the same physical space. (Except here, if you need to sneeze really loud, you can mute your mic.) Want to know what song that was or what effect I have on my guitar? You just ask and I’ll answer. Your free to come and go but if you leave, someone else may take your seat.

When the hangout gets full…

I will also be streaming the Hangout to my Video Page and my Ustream Channel so that more than just the original 10 (me and 9 others) can be there. On Ustream, you can watch and listen and communicate w/ those of us in the hangout via Usteam’s chat module, twitter (#GPlusConcert), or a designated G+ thread.

This will al happen on Friday July 22nd 4PM (PST)/ 7pm (EST). Let’s hangout.

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“What So” from “Guard the Point”, an internet collaboration from artists the world over.

by Rob Michael

Here is the track from the 4-song EP Guard the Point. Please let me know what you think!

*** If, for some reason an audio player doesn’t appear above, reload the page and it will probably show up. I’m not sure why… ***

Here is the guitar set-up review:

Two guitar cabs each w/ an 12″ EV are stacked atop one another and powered by my Mesa/ BoogieSimul-295

Stereo all-tube power amp.

Cab 1 is powered by 90 watts & blowing off-axis to mic (below)
Cab 2 is powered by 15 watts (Class A) close-mic’d w/ a Shure SM-57

To get the bluesy overdrive tone a Boss GT-8′s dual preamp system sends two signals:

1. a fairly clean Fender Twin model to Cab 1
2. A dirtier “Pro Crunch” overdriven tone to Cab 2.

Let me know what you think either in the comment here or on this Google+ thread.

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My Google+ Hangout Jam Session

by Rob Michael

By now, you’ve heard of Google’s new social network Google Plus (G+).

Among all of the great features, the one that gets talked about the most is the ‘Hangout’ where up to ten people can participate in a video chat; either public or private. It’s bone-head easy and works great!

I pretty much always have my guitar in my hands–even when surfing the web. It’s nothing new to me. Whenever I would see a hangout float down the stream, I would pop-in, say ‘Hi’ and play a bit and split. Folks in the hangout have generally reacted very positively. I would always offer to not play (or mute my channel) because I didn’t want to be that obnoxious guy who imposes his guitar playing on everyone. That offer has, so far, always been declined.

Edit By request, I’ve decided to make this tune available for streaming and download. As always, “Pay What You think it’s Worth.”

One potential use for this amazing tool is a real-time jam session with musicians in remote locations. There is still plenty of lag for this not to be totally useful for this yet, but I can see it coming. That gave me the idea to make this video: a Proof of Concept of sorts.

So–wanna hangout?

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Shout out to 1/365th of everyone whose ever been born. Rob Michael, Bari Guitar

by Rob Michael

Day 2 of experiments w/ my (Feux) Baritone Guitar tuning. Low to high it’s Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, F, Bb.

Here I’m playing some chords to a melody that meandered by. You likely know someone for whom this tune is perfect.

..and if it’s your birthday, this should set the mood for some reflection/ self-evaluation.

Enjoy.

Rob Michael, Solo Baritone Guitar. #HBDTY by Rob Michael

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