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		<title>Upcoming Shows with Joseph Brenna</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joseph is taking a short break from performance while developing new solo and band songs. Please click the box below to receive updates when new shows are scheduled.



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		<title>Chicago Jazz Fest report part III</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday afternoon and evening I returned to the main stage for the festival&#8217;s final three sets. First up, Holland&#8217;s 9-piece ICP (Instant Composer&#8217;s Pool) Orchestra, led by Misha Mengelberg, and anchored by his forty-plus years collaboration with drummer Hans Bennink. This set was a revelation. ICP plays free music interspersed with rigorously arranged pieces. Their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://guitarlessons.josephbrenna.com/chicago-jazz-fest-report-part-iii/</link>
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		<title>Chicago Jazz Fest Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were rambling about town most of Friday, so we missed some terrific sets, including Dee Dee Bridgewater&#8217;s with Mulgrew Miller and Ira Sullivan (I had a chance to hear Dee Dee on Sunday night, more on that in my report part III). But we returned to Grant Park and the Petrillo Music Shell in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://guitarlessons.josephbrenna.com/chicago-jazz-fest-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>Chicago Jazz Fest Report  part I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During Labor Day weekend, my wife  Rachel and I had the pleasure of spending three and a half days in downtown Chicago at the historic Palmer Hilton, just blocks from Lake Michigan, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Grant and Millenium Parks, site of the Chicago Jazz Festival. The festival, like so many arts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://guitarlessons.josephbrenna.com/chicago-jazz-fest-report-part-i/</link>
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		<title>Playing with others &#8211; get out and jam!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So you&#8217;re new to guitar, or perhaps you&#8217;ve been playing awhile and want to improve your technique, or learn applied music theory to break out of your current confines, or become a more expressive soloist, or a better rhythm guitarist. One of the most important steps you can take is to find others to play [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://guitarlessons.josephbrenna.com/get-out-and-jam/</link>
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		<title>Using Loops to learn Lead Guitar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently began meeting with student who had been studying with a couple of other teachers, but wasn&#8217;t getting what he wanted out of lessons. He&#8217;s a fellow with a real passion for blues and rock guitar, as well as dedication, and good musical instincts &#8211; a natural sense of rhythm and phrasing. But although [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://guitarlessons.josephbrenna.com/practicing-with-loops/</link>
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		<title>Guitar, the Mandala of Tonality, and the CAGED Method</title>
		<description><![CDATA[a workshop with Joseph Brenna
Saturday, May 17, 2008    3-5 PM

 Mojo&#8217;s Music Academy, Longmont
 $20 includes admission to evening concert at the Laughing Goat in Boulder!
pre-registration: (303) 776-3373
level: intermediate through advanced
One of the most difficult things about guitar playing is visualizing harmonic and melodic relationships across the strings and up and down the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://guitarlessons.josephbrenna.com/guitar-workshop-on-saturday-may-17/</link>
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		<title>Videotape your Guitar Lessons!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past couple of months I&#8217;ve been teaching a student named Jenn who is in Boulder temporarily to take an 8-week class. The class goes from 8am to 6pm, and we have a guitar lesson once each week in the evening. Unfortunately, that schedule doesn&#8217;t leave her much practice time, which means that she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://guitarlessons.josephbrenna.com/videotape-your-guitar-lessons/</link>
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		<title>Elevision Video now online</title>
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Recently I played for Elephant Magazine&#8217;s live talk and music show, &#8220;Elevision&#8221;, at Trilogy in Boulder. The show features interviews about all things sustainable and eco-friendly, and music (which is also, of course, sustainable and eco-friendly). A clip of the music, introducing the show, is now up on Elephant Magazine&#8217;s website. I&#8217;m looking forward to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://guitarlessons.josephbrenna.com/joseph-brenna-live-on-elevision/</link>
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		<title>Playing with Injuries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently one of my students mentioned that he has occasional weakness in his picking hand. When I asked what he was doing about it, he said he thought it was diet related, and made some changes. The red flags immediately went up for me!
While its&#8217; good that he was taking some action, guitar players should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://guitarlessons.josephbrenna.com/playing-with-injuries/</link>
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