12-Week Blueprint for Fingerstyle Mastery | Adam Miller
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Adam Miller has spent over a decade touring internationally, carving out a niche as one of the most innovative fingerstyle players in the world. In this episode, he breaks down the reality of touring as an independent artist, his journey of meeting Les Paul on a whim, and the exact techniques he uses to bridge the gap between bass and guitar. 🚀 Book a Free Skills Assessment with Sonora. https://www.learnwithsonora.com/yt/h269?d=1 👇 Want to go deeper? Join the Playback Sessions community for tabs, breakdowns, and more. https://www.skool.com/playback-community-9570 ⏱️ Free Tool for looping videos on YouTube and Instagram https://www.learnwithsonora.com/yt/h269/looper?d=1 0:00:00 – Intro 0:05:11 – Started on Organ at 4: The Ear-Based Yamaha Method 0:06:03 – Guitar at 9: Learned Keyboard Layout Before Chords 0:07:00 – Mom Bought a Tommy Emmanuel Cassette 0:09:34 – Why Australia Builds So Many Great Fingerstyle Players 0:11:21 – Teenage Years: Playing Tommy by Ear Every Day 0:14:25 – Opening for Tommy Emmanuel at 19: Same Day They Met 0:16:39 – Lecturing Guitar at University for 9 Years 0:17:54 – Teaching Finger Independence: The Alternating Bass Method 0:20:46 – Learning Constant Bass Notes From Clapton's Unplugged 1:06:53 – Recording at Dave Grohl's Sound City Studio 1:08:30 – The Blanket Story: Improvised EP That Started With Tea 1:11:38 – Performance: Times Like These (Foo Fighters) 1:13:43 – Why He Ditched the Thumb Pick and Uses One Pick Only 1:17:32 – Performance: Love (Song Written for His Wife) 🎸 Follow Playback Sessions on socials: -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playbacksessions/ -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playbacksessions -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Playback-Sessions -Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@playbacksessionspodcast -Spotify: @ Playback Sessions Podcast 📍 Filmed live at Carter Vintage Guitars in Nashville, Tennessee. 🎥 Host: Spencer Handley Guest: Adam Miller Editor: Carl Reeverts, Clayton Hopkins, Evan Bowser Executive Producer: Spencer Handley Camera/Sound: Mitch Goudy #PlaybackSessions #SpencerHandley #CarterVintageGuitar #SonoraGuitarIntensive #AdamMiller #FingerstyleGuitar #CharlieHunter #TommyEmmanuel #LesPaul #AcousticGuitar #GuitarLesson #IndependentArtist #MusicBusiness #PercussiveGuitar