A little DADGAD groove #fingerstyle

Playing along with string quartet is just the best… #fingerstyle

Trying to capture Islay 🥃 in music… #fingerstyle

Sometimes, you just need to noodle 🍜 #fingerstyle

☀️Sunburst ☀️ by Andrew York #fingerstyle

DADGAD is a helluva tuning

Absolutely love this song #fingerstyle

When I heard this tune I just had to learn it… #fingerstyle

The most beautiful melody… #fingerstyle

A nice way to round off the day… #fingerstyle

Arthur’s Lullaby feat. Innotet #fingerstyle

Didn’t know if this was going to work… #fingerstyle

Have you tried these before? #fingerstyle

✨Tremonics✨ You should try them - they’re great.

String slaps, hammers, melody separation - working on all the good stuff.

One of my favourite techniques

This may be my most challenging piece yet…

‘Laputa Castle in the Sky’ for Fingerstyle Guitar #studioghibli

7/4 → 5/4 → 4/4

Some classical repertoire works so well on steel strings…

I love a bit of tonal variety I do…

The funnest bit of guitar playing I’ve ever written…

Here’s a super quick warm-up I like doing. TAB at the end if you wanna screenshot and give it a try!

Is there anything better than guitar with string quartet? Not much in my mind!

Check out this DADGAD duet with @SoenkeMeinen

Cello is simply out of this world!

One of the most beautiful melodies (Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar)

Fiddle playing out of this world courtesy of Innes Watson

The most challenging track on the album!

Watch the journey from 2018 to 2020 to 2024. A tune’s development from initial ideas to full piece!

Howl’s Moving Castle for Fingerstyle Guitar (Merry-Go-Round of Life - Joe Hisaishi)

One of my favourites from the new album. Full video landing on my channel tomorrow!

Let’s hear it for Patsy Reid on viola! So many magical moments from her on this new record…

Alice Allen giving the cello the full beans! (Track’s called Cessna from our upcoming album)

And this is no exception. The final few phrases of my arrangement of Merry-Go-Round of Life - enjoy!

Tricky articulation in abundance! (MERRY-GO-ROUND OF LIFE) - Joe Hisaishi)

Placing a capo mid-way through my arrangement of Merry-Go-Round of Life!

Merry-Go-Round of Life - finished my arrangement!

Volume Two, coming soon!

Celebrating 50 years of Fylde Guitars with Clive Carroll!

Such a fun phrase to play - from my tune ‘As the Leaves Fall’

Gotta go fast!

It took some practice, but goodness me is it satisfying to play =)

An extract from my first teaching book, ‘Expressive Fingerstyle Guitar Techniques’ =)

Brush and loop pedal - a fun combination!

Sometimes the nastiest tunings can be the best tunings….

A little noodle on Bert Jansch’s old Fylde

Working on my arrangement of Merry-Go-Round of Life from Howl’s Moving Castle…