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A Conversation with Brian Sherrill on The Gary Dranow Show 🎸

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Tagged: Brian Sherrill's story

  • This topic has 4 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 2 days, 5 hours ago by sunjamr.
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    • September 3, 2026 at 12:54 am #421985
      JoLa
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        I’ve just found this on YouTube 🙂

        🎸JoLa

      • September 3, 2026 at 5:13 am #421991
        Georg B
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          Thank you JoLa for sharing. Great!

        • September 3, 2026 at 7:55 am #421996
          Richard G
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            Thanks for highlighting this interview JoLa.
            I joined Active Melody in 2011 and have watched and learnt a lot over those intervening years. During this interview Brian was critical of his performances in those early years, however he was still head & shoulders above anyone else at the time.

            Brian always comes over as a humble and likeable character, we all know his talents as a teacher and musician even though he somewhat plays it down but, we all know different. Brian’s strength as a teacher and enthusiasm for guitar is contagious and probably the main reason why Active Melody is so successful.

            Richard

            • This reply was modified 2 days, 16 hours ago by Richard G.
            • This reply was modified 2 days, 16 hours ago by Richard G.
          • September 3, 2026 at 10:15 am #422006
            Michael Krailo
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              The interviewer mentioned being influenced by Ted Greene. I looked up info on him and that must have been so confusing to learn using his method of bombarding students with every possible variation on a chord.

              I liked that little snippet of Brian teaching the blending of E major and E minor pentatonic to play the blues. I could see and understand exactly what he was explaining. It’s so awesome to just know how all of this actually works now.

              Now I know Brian’s story. So glad he is doing what he loves to do. And that video with Tomo was very insightful as it pertained to vibrato technique.

              Root note patterns >>> CAGED shapes >>> TRIAD'S. Just put in the work and watch your guitar skills soar.

            • September 3, 2026 at 6:39 pm #422016
              sunjamr
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                What?? Why didn’t Brian tell us about this?

                Sunjamr Steve

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