
Starting out on classical guitar
In 1988-1989, I attended Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids Michigan, USA. In that same year, I decided to take my first guitar lessons. I was apprehensive: wasn't I too old to learn an instrument? And also: I had tried to learn…

Zappa for Beginners
Article © 2020 by Emiel F.A.J. Stöpler
By Helge Øverås - Own work, CC BY 2.5
The American composer and rock musician Frank Zappa lived from 1940 to 1993. In his day he was considered controversial because of his satirical songs,…