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EP 3: Adam Rafferty's Wild Journey to Fingerstyle Guitar, Groove, and Building a Sustainable Music Career

EP 3: Adam Rafferty's Wild Journey to Fingerstyle Guitar, Groove, and Building a Sustainable Music Career

Fingerstyle guitarist Adam Rafferty shares his journey from jazz roots to hip-hop influences and fingerstyle mastery. He discusses groove, mentorship, and the challenges of building a sustainable music career, with insights from legends like Tommy Emmanuel and Wes Montgomery.

'The Inner Game of Fingerstyle Guitar', by Adam Rafferty

'The Inner Game of Fingerstyle Guitar', by Adam Rafferty

Adam Rafferty's recent book, "The Inner Game of Fingerstyle Guitar", wants to make you a better fingerstyle guitar player.

How to Practice Scales on Fingerstyle Guitar

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How to Practice Scales on Fingerstyle Guitar

One of the practical problems I've had with fingerstyle guitar is figuring out the best technique for practicing scales. And the problem really boils down to this: what exact type of fingerstyle picking are you using? The techniques for your fretting hand are very similar across playing styles.

5 Places to Get Modern Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons Online

5 Places to Get Modern Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons Online

Modern finger style guitar has grown in popularity over recent years, but what about fingerstyle guitar lessons? What's the best resource to learn fingerstyle guitar? Exciting players like Tommy Emmanuel, Andy McKee, and Antoine Dufour, have generated huge numbers of views on YouTube, and toured incessantly, elevating this

Top 6 Fingerstyle Guitar Christmas Albums

Top 6 Fingerstyle Guitar Christmas Albums

The classic melodies of Christmas music are just crying out for some acoustic fingerstyle arrangement. So here are six great albums that hit the spot, from fingerstyle greats like Tommy Emmanuel and Lawrence Juber. The arrangements vary - from full band with Chet Atkins, to the strippped down, grooving acoustic

Adam Rafferty

Adam Rafferty (born New York City, January 26, 1969) is a guitarist and composer. He is known for his arrangements of pop songs by Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and the Beatles and for the use of beatboxing while playing guitar. In 2007, a friend showed him a video of fingerstyle