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1. 1. Bob Brozman Tips and Advice for Guitarists

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   Published on: 5/20/2008   Last Visited: 5/20/2008

   Bob Brozman Tips and Advice for Guitarists
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   Bob Brozman Tips and Advice for Guitarists
   
   This is a special page for guitarists, guitar students, and working musicians.The links below will lead you to various articles prepared by Bob, in an effort to share his ideas and experience.

2. 2. Bob Brozman, National Guitar Master: Biography

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   Published on: 5/20/2008   Last Visited: 5/20/2008

   Biography of Bob Brozman, world slide guitarist
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   Bob Brozman - Official Website
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   Redefining musical diversity worldwide, Bob Brozman is a remarkably prolific artist whose wit, energy, and musical technique combine powerfully to create an unforgettable live performance.A master of slide, fingerstyle, and percussive guitar, Bob's exhilarating show spans the global and musical spectrum, and keeps audiences enthralled, begging for more of his endearing, infectious energy.
   
   Bob's familiarity with diverse world music cultures produces a novel blending of rhythmic and timbral influences, unparalleled in today's musical environment.His rhythmic dexterity resonates with elements of blues, jazz, Gypsy swing, calypso, sega, and even the most modern hip-hop and ska beats.
   
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   Bob Brozman with his custom National Baritone guitar from National Reso-Phonic.Slide guitarist Bob Brozman with National Baritone Tricone Guitar
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   Bob has a collection of hand-tricks that make audiences look for electronic effects that in fact don't exist: his show is the clean product of acoustic genius.
   
   Bob's disarming talent for humor and rapport invariably adds spice to his already well-seasoned repertoire of music.A lifelong study of ethnomusicology and the global migration of musical styles ensures Bob's committed attention and respect to each of the cultures in his repertoire.He casually shares historical facts with his audiences, and charms them with his ability to integrate local languages into his show: over the years, Bob has taught himself useful phrases in over 30 languages, which he regularly uses both on stage and off.
   
   Undoubtedly, however, Bob's preferred language is music - which he speaks fluently, around the world.His most recent projects have rendered him a true player in the world music scene.Since 2000, Bob has completed 15 full-length recordings, both solo and with reknown artists from around the world.
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   Bob Brozman - Early Biography
   
   Bob was born in New York in 1954 and has been involved in music since early childhood.
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   A guitarist since age 6, Bob discovered National guitars at age 13.In their unique sound, the young Bob found his musical calling.He studied music and ethnomusicology at Washington University with an emphasis on the earliest roots of Delta blues.He has since also become a respected authority on historical Hawaiian music, publishing articles and amassing a large collection of 78rpm records.He has produced five re-issue albums from this collection on the Rounder and Folklyric labels, documenting the best of Hawaiian music from 1915 to 1935.
   
   In 1988, Bob rediscovered the legendary 1929 Hawaiian recording artists, the Tau Moe Family.
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   With N.E.A. funding, Bob began production of a feature-length documentary film about the Moe family and their amazing 54-year-long world tour.
   
   Over the years, Bob's passion for National Guitars led him to build a large collection of these fascinating art-deco era instruments.After receiving a letter from the then-88-year-old inventor John Dopyera, Bob visited and became good friends with John and his family.
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   In the last year, Bob produced albums for Ledward Kaapana and the Asylum Street Spankers; he also continues to generate educational and concert videos for Homespun Tapes and Vestopol Videos, respectively.
   
   In 1999, Bob and Woody Mann co-founded International Guitar Seminars, which hosts over 120 students annually at sites in California, New York, and Canada.
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   The team has pioneered a week-long, deluxe workshop in which students study day and night with a faculty that includes Bob, Woody, John Cephas, John Renbourn, Orville Johnson, Michael Dunn, Mary Flower, Mike Dowling, Jim Nichols, Pat Donahue, and more.
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   Through the auspices of the University, Bob has been recording and collaborating with a wide variety of musicians from these interesting locales.He is also working toward the creation of a foundation to help third-world musicians to obtain the musical basics that western musicians take for granted, such as playable instruments, strings, tuning gears, and basic recording equipment.
   
   Bob maintains a nearly superhuman tour schedule throughout the year, every year.Live performance tours are a vital part Bob's activity, in addition to his collaborations.He tours constantly throughout North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa.
   
   As Bob says, "There's so much music out there ...

3. 3. Postgrad and Beyond E-Newsletter: Humanities

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   Published on: 3/12/2008   Last Visited: 3/12/2008

   This equipment includes the remote field recording unit that was used recently on an excursion to Papua New Guinea to record American slide guitarist and Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University, Bob Brozman.