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Meerkat Parade: Disturbed Nature
by Geno Thackara
If Disturbed Nature's nature isn't quite as disturbed as advertised, it's still a bit unsettled much of the time on Meerkat Parade's second recording, and always in interesting ways. Guitarist David Series has a knack for spinning pieces just a little off-kilter, as is evident from the outset. Nostalgia" coasts on a slinky zoot-suit-noir groove that would almost be catchy if it wasn't served up with some perversely odd-timed rhythm-skipping. It's in this manner that the offbeat quartet makes everything ...
read moreDavid Series: Meerkat Parade
by Geno Thackara
Apparently the official term is clan" or mob" when meerkats gather in a group. Despite their being social animals, nothing suggests they'd be organized enough for anything resembling a parade--that would only be a silly distraction from the business of burrowing, foraging and avoiding the jackals. Nonetheless David Series and a sharp crew find some good humor in the idea. His debut as leader doesn't aim to be quite as wild and aggressive as its namesake; this quartet's initial fusion ...
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Guitar
Location
Edinburgh
Willing to teach
Beginner to advanced
Credentials/Background
Have taught for over 15 years at amongst others: Fettes College Edinburgh, Cargilfield School Edinburgh, London Academy of music. I am keen to find a way of learning the guitar that each student enjoys individually and try to help with that. Areas I can help with include: Improvising concepts and ideas (e.g.through chords changes, motific development, how to build a language etc), Sight-reading, learning and building repertoire, transcribing (learning solos from the record etc), metronome use, developing rhythm, Chordal vocabulary, whilst my main interest is jazz I can also help with Classical guitar(beginner to Grade 8) and traditional Scottish/ Irish folk accompaniment.