The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon interviews Tony Morris, who hosts the radio show Classical Guitar Alive! Simon and Tony talk about CGA! and its global audience as well as Tony's work on the script for the film Mangoré about Agustín Barrios Mangoré. You won't want to miss this great conversation! [...]

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon sits down for another Q&A session with CGC Academy member Michael Clunn. Michael recently submitted his Level 1 Certificate Course submission and has been a member for a little more than two years now. He's an active member of the community and is helping to [...]

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon interviews . . . well, me! This was a fun conversation, mostly discussing what I do as the Community Manager at CGC, but also touches on some other topics you may find interesting, like the intersection of music and spirituality, and what have been some [...]

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon offers a sneak peek into one of the live sessions at the CGC Academy. This session was a wrap-up of our monthly member challenge, focused on scales. Enjoy this session where we walk through some of the tangible progress students have made through the month [...]

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon sits down for a Q&A with CGC Academy member Martha Kreipke. There are some great topics in here, including whether the use of language like "mistakes" and "bad habits" (something I'm guilty of!) might not be the best language to convey the positive nature of [...]

In this episode of the CGC Podcast, Simon talks about "information overload" and what you can do to simplify when you feel overwhelmed or distracted, or to know where to start when it just seems like there's too much. Leave a comment below to share your own experiences and what you do to overcome information [...]

In this episode of the CGC Podcast, Simon sits down for an interview with one of the newest members of the CGC Faculty, Connie Sheu. Dr. Connie Sheu is the General Manager for the Guitar Foundation of America and teaches at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and Moreno Valley College. She is also a member [...]

In this week's episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon discusses three techniques on classical guitar that are constantly evolving and so will take time to develop: tone, musical line, and speed. Leave us a comment below and let us know how you are working to continue to develop these techniques.

In this week's episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon sits down for a conversation and a bit of Q&A with Academy member Roger Ramirez. They get into all sorts of things, like Roger's ensemble group Divergent Strings (which recently had its arena debut...no kidding!) and Ramirez guitars (no familial relation to Roger). We [...]

In this week's episode Simon sits down for an interview with Michael and Evita . . . only this time Simon's the one being interviewed! This is a great conversation about what is the true nature of musicality (and also how this applies to dance). Simon, Michael, and Evita talk about errors and how essential [...]

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon shares some personal stories about failure on the classical guitar and his own perseverance to keep moving forward. You definitely won't want to miss this inspiring episode!

In this week's episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon interviews Classical Guitar Corner Academy member Richard Kordel. Simon and Richard discuss the nature of etudes, differences in fingerings as they evolve over time, and some of Simon's own practice habits. Be sure to tune in and leave a comment to thank Richard for [...]

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon sits down for an interview with internationally renowned artist Sharon Isbin. Here Sharon shares many wonderful and engaging stories about her life in music and talks about many of her collaborations and projects with some of the most well-known figures in music around the world. [...]

In this week's episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon sits down for a conversation with Bradford Werner, who runs the website This Is Classical Guitar, an excellent resource for classical guitarists, as well as a brand new site, Werner Guitar Editions, dedicated to providing high-quality pdfs of classical and fingerstyle guitar editions in [...]

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon gives you tips on audio editing. Here Simon picks apart the editing process of classical guitar recordings and will change the way you listen to recordings of classical guitar music. (So, if you'd like not to know in-depth about that process, you might want to [...]

In this episode of the Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon walks through five tips to help you better prepare and make it through live performance situations. You'll get advice on the long lead-up to the performance--preparation, which pieces to choose, and so on; the few weeks just before the performance; the day of the performance; [...]

In this episode of The Classical Guitar Corner Podcast, Simon kicks off a new series where he will sit down with members of Classical Guitar Corner Academy and do a Q&A session to help those members with various questions they have in their own playing but also to perhaps answer some questions you may have [...]

In this episode, Simon sits down with cellist Dr. Jacques Lee Wood to discuss J. S. Bach's Cello Suites. This is a fascinating discussion focusing on the importance of quality of voice, dynamics, Baroque style versus a flatter modern style of playing, and much, much more. J. S. Bach's Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello were [...]

Its that time of year where we can reflect, plan, and toast to the new year. In this episode Evita and I discuss how to make the most of our new year resolutions.