Dancing Strings Guitar Lessons

04/03/2018

This group I just discovered in online search. Their mixed styles are creatively interesting to me because of the music history they combine plus originality of their own. I can hear the sounds of two or three bands plus their own signature in these two songs. I share them because they captured my interest and about 5 hours of my time on their four most played songs online. I hope someone besides me will enjoy their flare and mixed yet harmonious personalities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EANy7ORfLWY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgZTfZTMOCA

http://KEXP.ORG presents Superorganism performing "Everybody Wants To Be Famous" live at the Halle de la Courrouze in Rennes, France, during Trans Musicales ...

02/25/2018

Being a budding songwriter I always seek advice and encouragement from successful songwriters through their shared insights on personal videos and videos from classes they teach at Berklee. Today I heard a phrase I did not consider and so share it here with other budding songwriters. There is an audience out there that "needs your songs" for the difference your songs and your messages will make in their lives; either through encouraging them that life is still ok, or that they are not alone, or infusing an extra ounce of strength in them to go forward with a dream, a plan, or to finish either one. So keep on writing. Watch youtube videos of songwriters. Many people pay tons of money to see and listen to the ideas you can pick up for free. Even though you might get only half of the conference or workshop, you still get great value with what you hear. Consider also buying a book from a songwriter you admire.

01/30/2018

This song and this band I am sharing again because they create songs that make a difference, that make people stop and think and do it without offense. I share this band and this song with all of my guitar students. Hope you like this version of this song. All of those people in that big house; a real sample of community spirit.

SHEET MUSIC NOW AVAILABLE FOR THIS SONG! For more info, write us at [email protected] This is Ages and Ages Performing "Divisionary (Do The Right Thing)"...

01/19/2018

Sharing this article about me via an interview in December 2017. The interview was partly advertising my playing at the New Copperfield Bookstore in Macomb. I want to keep a copy on this site. It's short but I like it. :)

MACOMB – Local guitarist David Otey will perform a selection of Christmas songs and original compositions at New Copperfield’s Book Service on

07/26/2017

This is the spark of incredible faith and trust at work in one man's spirit during taking a risk to follow a dream. Watch all the way through, please. It might give you what you need for the day.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFnR2-sAqAA

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05/07/2017

Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. has lots of videos like these to help aspiring songwriters. Genuine working professors from Berklee provide instructions through these videos. Many of the videos are sections from their classes, others from interviews and special video segments for people who cannot attend Berklee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKq9wdpugq4

Learn songwriting online with Berklee: http://berkonl.in/1LAfAK0 In this free creative writing lesson, Berklee College of Music Professor and Berklee Online ...

04/16/2017

Last article I can find with more info in the article and especially in the accompanying comments below the article. http://diymusicbiz.com/soundcloud-music-licensing-pumpaudio-pt2/

Soundcloud and Getty Images have made music licensing easier for musicians but their are some disadvantages which I explain in this video

04/16/2017

This is more current to show soundcloud and getty working together; read the answers to the questions for a detail of how they work. http://soundcloud.gettyimages.com/faq

Once we receive a request to license one of your tracks, it usually takes a few days to a few weeks to prepare your track for licensing. Also, if you haven't yet sent us a signed W9 (or, for non-U.S. residents, a W-8 BEN form), the entire process is blocked until you do so.

04/16/2017

This article awakens more of corporations striving to rob to own the creativity and financial rewards of musicians. http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/10/soundcloud-getty-partner-for-licensing-musicians-lose-100-control-paid-35-50-of-s.html

SoundCloud has partnered with leading licensing company Getty Images to simplify music licencing. The new SoundCloud feature allows users to make selected tracks available for sync licensing directly within the SoundCloud player, and commercial users to request a license by clicking a "license" butt...

04/15/2017

Some time ago I heard a professional musician refer to the Getty Images Music, as it is now called, as "greedy Getty". Here is a very important article for professional musicians wondering how to protect their music and performances with regard to the Getty company which does seem to play games with musicians to control their music. http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2014/03/28/madashellgetty/

Why Getty Music is suddenly on the wrong side of artists and musicians, and guilty of devaluing music by forcing artists to sign a really bad deal.

04/11/2017

This is for guitar players who lack interest or finger strength for bar chords. Bar chords look cool but they are not really necessary to play most songs. The goal is mainly to play a range of low, middle and high tones at the same time, most of the time. Here are the chords you can play easily with 5 of the strings on your 6 string guitar: A, C, D,and F. Chords E and G are easy to play with all 6 strings. So, right there you have a good range of tones covered. I use a capo for songs in keys where I have to play a B chord or would need a bar chord. The capo makes playing more comfortable for me. Some players like moving the F chord shape up to make a G or an A and more. That's fine. You are still using 5 strings comfortable to play those. The D and A shapes are also used in bar chord positions. In those cases I just play 3 notes for the D as I move it up, if I have any reason to do so. On the A I can use four strings comfortably. But, overall, I just use the capo and, if need be, a few strings of a chord I must move to reach. Hope this helps some struggling guitar players.

04/09/2017

My latest late "discovery" of another great Tiny Desk Concerts performance. The first song was very different and held me in for the whole show. These ladies both drive trains, working together and writing together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzzVdi3HOfU

November 06, 2015 by BOB BOILEN My Bubba is the duo of Sweden's My and Iceland's Bubba, women whose quirky, delicate, sweetly sung folk songs are a delight. ...