Blog Entries

Edward Hamlin's New Album, Rooted!

scott@scottallyn.com — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Another one of the Road Trip participants, Edward Hamlin (known as Zenpicker on the forums), has released his latest album, titled "Rooted"!

The album, which is 3+ years (and numerous re-recordings) in the making, contains 12 beautifully arranged original solo acoustic guitar pieces performed by Edward. He descri [...]

My McKnight MiniMac Double-top Guitar!

scott@scottallyn.com — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Earlier this year, I commissioned a guitar with Tim and Mary McKnight of McKnight Guitars. We've recently settled upon the final design (well... final except for the last minute changes that are bound to come as I fret over some of the finer details) and Tim has actually begun building the guitar.

I took advantage of Tim's offer to recieve the guitar [...]

Paul Woolson, Guitar Gala Featured Builder!

scott@scottallyn.com — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Paul Woolson of Woolson Soundcraft, who kicked off the first Road Trip of this website, has been named Builder of the Month at the Guitar Gala!

GG: Hello Paul, could you provide a little background information on yourself and your interest in guitars?

PW: I grew up in a very musical family. It seems like there was always some sort of instrument being play [...]

Larry Pattis, What Tomorrow Brings

scott@scottallyn.com — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100

After two years and four complete start-to-finish re-recordings, Larry Pattis has finally released his new CD, "What Tomorrow Brings":

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBuEQBkYqmU&fmt=18 320x267]

Twelve original pieces and two covers make up this exquisite display of fingerstyle guitar artistry. Pattis' most ambitious work to date, these most recent compositions and arrangements are intensely personal, yet they are [...]

The Guitar Artistry of El McMeen DVD

scott@scottallyn.com — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:00:00 +0100

El McMeen has released a new DVD with performances of 30 tunes and more. In El's own words:

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S_bs2ZGZM0 320x267]

I am pleased to announce that a DVD on my music and me has been released by Vestapol Productions, a division of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop, in Vestapol's "Guitar Artistry Series". It is a 90-minute, 3-camera, studio DVD, presenting my performance of 30 tunes, along with interview clips and a mini-lesson on the tune "S [...]

Masa Sumide

scott@scottallyn.com — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:00:00 +0100

I've been listening to a lot of Masa Sumide lately (check out the cool video and you'll understand why).

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko6TPwlLkvg 320x267]

Masa is originally from Japan but spent a number of years living in Australia, where he switched to playing solo fingerstyle guitar, before finally returning back home to Japan. He has several albums to his credit and has played on stage with the likes of Laurence Juber [...]

Masaaki Kishibe

scott@scottallyn.com — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Masaaki Kishibe is quickly becoming one of my favorite fingerstyle guitarists.[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yimg4FGCiYI&fmt=18 320x267]He composes some of the most beautiful melodic guitar pieces that I've ever heard. His playing is very expressive and full of emotion and proves that you don't need to play 20 notes a second or have a bag of guitar tricks to get your message across. 'Course, Masaaki is a very accomplished player and does have such a bag of tricks, but he knows when to [...]

My Little Corner of the Internet...

scott@scottallyn.com — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:00:00 +0100

This is my little corner of the internet where I'll post some of my own guitar recordings and other music/guitar-related odds and ends that I find out there on the net. I should probably do this on a separate website, but maintaining two websites is really more work that I want to do, so here it is!