Greetings fellow Indabians! I hope you're all well. Sorry for getting back to you so late but we had the passing away of a close family member, which sort of slowed down our direction for a minute. Hope you are well and have had some fun and success with things we touched on last time. Practicing dynamics not only makes me a better player, but also causes me to hear the various volumes more in everything. I'm a real lover of brain exercises, especially lately, and here are a couple of them that I would like to share. Two things that make music, and almost everything else, so exciting, interest...

Hi to all my Indaba friends and family! Finally getting back to you all (or ya'll since I'm a native Texan).   Once again let me say how happy I am to be a part of the Indaba community and to be sharing our creative projects and efforts together. One of the things that I have found to be such an important part of technique and composing music is dynamics. Dynamics are a major part of music that are neglected by students (which we always are regardless of our degree of expertise and experience). There are two things I have always found to be true which my first and most important teacher t...

I want to begin with a warm hello and thank you to the entire Indaba staff and community for the honor of being an A.I.R. I'm excited to be a part of the Indaba organization and to offer with care my experience, knowledge and life's work to each one of you. My name is Jackie King and I have always - and continue - to span the world through land, sea, air, and space (LOL) sharing every atom of information I can about every area of music, and the guitar in particular. I continue to be, as I have for many years, lucky and blessed with knowing, studying, performing, and working with great artists,...