PRESS

with Max Corona of WBVX radio

I was recently asked about press stuff I'd done. Most of the broadcast media is local TV, which is no longer available, and many of the radio things were never available, and the various local print pieces are also not available. That said, there are quite a few out there - from blogs to radio to TV and the like - so I'm trying to collect them all to put here. 

I'll include pieces on me in general (usually as a teacher or player) as well as interviews I've done for the Lexi Music Awards (a show I founded and still produce). When possible, I'll include publish/air dates.

The list will NOT include appearances on national TV & radio (Woodsongs, PBS, Lifetime, MTV) as I wasn't being interviewed in most cases, and also won't include interviews or stories on students who mention me or SDML Academy of Guitar in the stories (various TV spots, Family Magazine, and others), or articles I've written for Zen Guitar or 8-notes or MusicDish or other web publications or print publications in the past. The list will also not include long-form shows where I've also been interviewed, like my 2017 appearance on Red Barn Radio.

SDML Help for Music Instructors

Right to the point: The current COVID-19 situation caught many of us completely off-guard. Luckily for Paulie & JD & me at SDML Academy of Guitar, we had been using online resources for students for quite some time, and had even implemented our VGC (Virtual Guitar Class) many months ago, so the quasi-quarantine forced transition to the 100% virtual model was not as painful as it has been for many.

Due to this, we've been asked multiple times by individual instructors if we can help them. This brief post is an attempt to lend a quick hand.

The good news: There are dozens of options!

The bad news: There are dozens of options!

Sooo....

APRIL Guitar Lessons

EDIT: This post will NOT be up-dated. All up-dates and future student info will be available at the new SDML Student Blog. If you are a student and did NOT receive the new URL, please contact me as soon as possible!

Hello, everyone! I hope this finds you and yours doing well and adjusting to our new (but thankfully temporary) pandemic-driven reality. Info for both group & private students below (including supplemental material for everyone).

Also, if you haven't already, please sign up as a member at the SDML membership page so you will have access to all the material we offer.

Those students signed up with me, you can pay for April with card or Paypal account at my directly link http://www.paypal.me/skinnydevilmusic or Venmo at www.venmo.com/David-McLean-47 ....and I'm looking into options from Square for online payments, as many of you have been using your card via my Square reader.

1) PRESS - I've done a fair bit of local press in the past couple of weeks discussing SDML Academy of Guitar's transition to 100% virtual learning model, our needs-based scholarship program, the impact on the local & national music & arts community, and much more. I've collected the WLEX-TV interview and the WUKY and WBVX radio interviews and placed them HERE for anyone interested

WLEX-TV Story and WBVX & WUKY Radio Stories

MY THANX to Nancy Cox and  Kristen Edwards and all the folks at WLEX-TV Channel 18, as well as Chris Teesdale, the good folks at Willis Music Company, and David Miller for being the perfect test subject!!

And major shout to JD Wright & Paulie Felice of SDML Academy of Guitar and all of our students!

The WLEX website has the web story HERE (text & photos & links) while the WLEX YouTube channel posted the broadcast version of the story (see below).

In addition, a couple of weeks ago I did 2 radio interviews....

My thanx to both NPR affiliate WUKY (& Joe Conkwright) and the mighty Max Corona at Classic Rock 92.1 WBVX for allowing me to discuss the current hardships in the local music & arts community, as well as the entire chain (venues, bar & restaurants, retail support, broadcast & print media, music educators, etc) that performing artists rely.

The audio for the WUKY story can be heard HERE.

Needs-Based Scholarships

We (me and my partners-in-crime at SDML Academy of Guitar) have always had a standing policy that lack of cash should never EVER stand in the way of learning music. Ever.

With the COVID-19 induced quasi-quarantine, we have moved to a 100% "virtual" model for guitar lessons so that no one has to miss a lesson (or risk their health), whether a private or a group student. And this will extend to the workshops I conduct, from songwriting workshops to improvisation workshops and the like. We will resume the face-to-face option once things settle down, BUT.....

.....the situation has also created huge and often unimaginable financial hardships. As we move forward together through this global emergency, please be aware that if you (or someone you know, wherever in the world they may be) can no longer afford lessons, you need only tell us! Fill out the scholarship form and submit it, and you won't need to miss a single lesson.

We at SDML Academy of Guitar are incredibly fortunate to have found a path in life that we not only love, but have been able to turn into a vocation that allows us to pay the bills.

What we do, we do for YOU....whether you can currently afford it or not.

Stay strong, stay safe, and keep playing!

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