Jason Sidwell

Jason Sidwell

Techniques Editor for GuitarPlayer.com. GuitarWorld.com, and MusicRadar.com

Jason Sidwell (BA Hons, MA, ALCM) was editor of Guitar Techniques, is senior tuition editor for Guitarist and has written/edited over 25,000 printed articles since 1998. He is an advisor/guest tutor for UK music academies, a director/tutor for the International Guitar Foundation (IGF) plus author of How to Play Guitar Step by Step (Dorling Kindersley) and tutorials for The Guardian and Observer. His unique Guitar Day teaching events have been running for over a decade. He is also a busy classical guitarist and theatre musician, has recorded with musicians such as Steve Morse, Paul Gilbert, Andy Timmons and Marty Friedman and has a broad cliental for studio work.

Latest articles by Jason Sidwell

LEFT: American Jazz musician Jaco Pastorius (1951 - 1987), of the group Weather Report, plays bass as he performs onstage at the Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Illinois, February 9, 1980. RIGHT: Jeff Buckley onstage at Wetlands, 1994. New York.
“I said, ‘What happened?’ He said he just got really nervous. Crazy, considering his future.” Allen Hinds on Jeff Buckley’s guitar genius, and his “stupid” question to Jaco Pastorius

By Jason Sidwell Published

L.A. legato master Allen Hinds reflects on his Musicians Institute years with Buckley, Scott Henderson, Don Mock, Joe Diorio and other guitar greats

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Jesse Cook
Add vibrant rhythms and sophisticated chords to your guitar playing with Jesse Cook’s five essential flamenco techniques

By Declan Zapala Last updated

Delve into the world of rasgueado strumming, triplet rhythms, percussive golpe taps and fast picado picking

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American rock guitarist and singer Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) performs live on stage playing a white Fender Stratocaster guitar with The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 24th February 1969. Image is part of David Redfern Premium Collection.
"He brought the elements of expression that a voice has: sliding, bending and the best vibrato anyone had heard in 1966. Guitar was NOT built to do that!" What Jimi Hendrix means to me – by some of the world's greatest guitar players

By Jason Sidwell Last updated

Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942. Here, Eric Gales, Paul Gilbert, Jennifer Batten, Joe Bonamassa, Kirk Fletcher, Steve Lukather, Joe Satriani and more talk about his enduring legacy

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