Category: YouTube
Coronavirus Song – In our Hands
So here we are. Easter Bank Holiday 2020, England, and coronavirus lockdown! Hearing about all the coronavirus deaths in the UK, (over 7000 and rising), while also seeing people out flaunting the rules has inspired me to pick up the guitar and write a song today. It’s about someone in hospital alone and close to…
New Years Day: Celebrating 100 YouTube Subs with a Song
Thanks to all for getting us over our first milestone, the 100 YouTube subscriber mark! Here’s a song: New Years Day. To celebrate, I’ve had a few requests to play a song, so I picked one from my back catalog entitled ‘New Years Day’. It’s a song I wrote around 15 years ago about putting…
Beautiful and Easy Moveable Open Guitar Chords
Stuck in a songwriting rut? Bored of the same old open position and barre chords? Let me take you through my favourite moveable open guitar chords, using the chord shapes you’re already familiar with, opening up a world of exotic tones and extensions that I know will inspire you to explore further. This was a…
Beginners Guide to Guitar Chord Changes
Chord changes will be one of your first obstacles on your guitar playing journey. Here are my top 3 tips to help you along! Subscribe to The Blogging Musician on YouTube. More Guitar Lessons and Guitar Tips @ The Blogging Musician
Yamaha FG850 Unboxing Part 2
Part 2. Detailed unboxing and close-ups of the Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Guitar. Please subscribe to the Blogging Musician on YouTube. Specs: Body Shape Traditional Western (Dreadnought).Scale Length 650mm (25 9/16″)Body Length 505mm (19 7/8″)Total Length 1038mm (40 7/8″)Body Width 412mm (16 1/4″)Body Depth 100-118mm (3 15/16″- 4 5/8″)Nut Width 43mm (1 11/16″)String Spacing 11.0mmTop Material…
Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Review
In-depth video review of the Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Guitar. Please check out my Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Review, live from the Garden Shed! I’ve finally taken the plunge of adding a little more interaction to The Blogging Musician, in the form of our new YouTube Channel. After a few ‘practice runs’ in the shape of an…
Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Guitar. Unboxing Part 1
Unboxing the Yamaha FG850 Acoustic Guitar. (Part 1). New Guitar Day! Specs: Body Shape Traditional Western (Dreadnought). Scale Length 650mm (25 9/16″) Body Length 505mm (19 7/8″) Total Length 1038mm (40 7/8″) Body Width 412mm (16 1/4″) Body Depth 100-118mm (3 15/16″- 4 5/8″) Nut Width 43mm (1 11/16″) String Spacing 11.0mm Top Material Solid…
Welcome to our new YouTube Channel!
Introducing our new Blogging Musician YouTube channel. 3 years ago, I founded The Blogging Musician @ adamharkus.com. ‘The ultimate resource community for Guitarists & Musicians’. In that time I’ve been hiding. Hiding behind the singer in our band. Hiding behind the pages and contributors of the blog. Hiding behind my own guitar and my own…