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May 2017

 

* The live giveaway celebrating 100,000 youtube subscribers was stopped by bad hotel internet (I'm on tour) *

 

 SO - it will instead be held Sunday May 21 at 9pm (CET)  

 

SEE YOU THEN at www.facebook.com/Quistguitar !!!

Eeeeeven More April 2017

 

It's been 4 years in the making...

But 'Trigger' is now officially OUT & you are looking at a happy boy 🎸💥







To say THANK YOU for all the support I'm hosting a massive

LIVE giveaway + fun quiz





I'll be giving away lots of copies of the new album

It's tomorrow Sunday - at 10 am PDT 

Live on http://www.facebook.com/Quistguitar 



You guys can read more about the album on Guitar World

or watch the first official video right HERE

I've also just uploaded a FREE 'Thank You-download' to Soundcloud (only 100 available)



Loads more jam tracks coming to QuistJam soon! 

Free jam tracks coming to the Patreon family today as well :)



Thanks for all the support!!! 


SEE YOU TOMORROW!

Even More April 2017




The official 'She #Zen' video is now UP :)

Directed by Kevin Blake Goodwin from FretMonkey Records

Thanks so much for all the comments and shares already!!!!







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More April 2017



Very excited to announce the mighty Guitar World is hosting an exclusive video premiere
of the 1st single from my Instrumental debut album 'Trigger' - THIS Tuesday, April 25!!!!!  

Please go to www.guitarworld.com to watch the video and let us know what you think when it's released!

You can also watch it (and share!) on Facebook HERE



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That same night (April 25) 


We will be performing tracks from the album at legendary venue The Whisky a Go Go!!!! 






Come down & tell your friends..... IT'S FREE!


Thanks so much for the support guys!


The album is coming out on FretMonkey Records next FRIDAY - April 28, 2017!



Do pre-order, listen and help us get it in the Instrumental charts!!!! 


http://apple.co/2pnrXqw
 

Thank YOU!




PEACE, LOVE & MUSIC


Quist 
 

April 2017


Just got back from the first Bryan Ferry tour of this year. Great time touring North America with a new killer lineup.

SO much has happened already this year.....if you're on the mailinglist you'll know some of it. 

In short, it's an exciting time! 


Years. Years it has taken me to finish my debut instrumental album TRIGGER

Thanks so much for the support along the way!! 

I'm so very happy to announce that you can now finally pre-order & listen to the album.....


 .......right HERE http://apple.co/2pnrXqw





Available in full on April 28. 

Do pre-order before then and help us get into the charts! 


TRIGGER features recent Bryan Ferry band members Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson) and Cherisse Osei (Mika, Simple Minds) as well as top drummer Dave De Rose (Mark Ronson), keys wizard Magnus Fiennes (Gary Moore, Shakira) and bass ace Jonathan Harvey (Valerie June)


Come join me and my all-star band as we celebrate the album launch at the legendary Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood on April 25, 2017!

We will perform tracks from the album 9pm-9.40pm and I'll then be available to sign CDs etc for a short time after while the place erupts into an all-star jam night :) 


Speaking of jamming.....loads more jam tracks coming very soon to QuistJam ! 


And....

The latest TAB on the QuistJam Patreon Page is the intro solo for this 

Blues Ballad Backing Track (A Minor) 



Thanks so much for all your support!!!

(More) January 2017


 
QuistJam is celebrating 40 MILLION views on YouTube today!!! 


THANK YOUUUUUUU 🙏


We're giving away a free download of 'Chromey Yum' 

HERE

It comes from the album 'Trigger' - out March 2017 🎸  


You can also download ANY jam track or album at 1/2 price till the end of next week (January 22)

Use promo code 40million


HERE


(It's actually 75% off for my Patreon Family)



Thanks so much for the support guys!!!!






January 2017


Well,

2016 was a crazy year. For the world and for me personally.

Played a bunch of great shows with Bryan Ferry, worked my *ss off on QuistJam, finished my album Trigger, yet was also faced with challenges beyond anything I've ever experienced before...

But somehow I lived through it to tell the tale - with a bunch of stuff to be super-grateful for :)



This morning I drove down the coast to jam and shoot videos with my friend Marty Schwartz 

- for his new kick-ass guitar channel Marty Music





This was SO much fun and maaan is it obvious why Marty is literally the world's most popular guitar teacher.


After our session I stopped by KX93.5 FM in Laguna Beach to chat and jam live on the radio with hosts and fellow guitarists Brett Ecklund and Tommy Benson.

These guys made me feel so welcome and reminded me once again how much I love being here in California.

You can listen to the podcast HERE 





And as if that wasn't enough.. 

After the first hour, the station premiered the whole of my soon-to-be-released album Trigger on the radio!! 


I sat for a moment in my car outside listening to this music it has taken me nearly 5 years to complete...


Next week presents another major milestone for me....

I'll be performing tracks from Trigger live for the first time - at NAMM 2017.





Suffice it to say...I'm extremely grateful for everything that's going on and bloody excited about this year!!!!
 

I'd also like to shout out to my new Patreon family.... love you guys!!!!! 


And.... to all the players, young and old, around the world being creative with QuistJam...

You guys are amazing... you inspire me EVERY DAY and I'm so grateful and thankful for our community!! 


If Blues is your jam....Grab a free track download of the brand new album Into The Blues, vol. 2 HERE



Thanks so much for the support y'all...



 Love!



 Quist
 




February 2016


Oooooooooh how time flies when you're having fun.. 


Let's start off with a free download of Chromey Yum from TRIGGER






This year has brought some really interesting collaborations so far! 

I recently co-wrote some songs with mega-producer Magnus Fiennes here in Hollywood for a new artist on SONY MUSIC..  

A-MAZING voice and talent! 

I look forward to sharing more on that and several other super-exciting colabs going on!!!


This January I also went to my 2nd ever NAMM... and made a Vlog this time :) 





THIS Wednesday (24th of February) I'll be playing at the famous Ultimate Jam Night at Lucky Strike in Hollywood.

I'll be joined by Walter Ino on vox/gui (Survivor), Shane Soloski on bass (Brian Wilson), Dennis Leeflang on drums (plays with Guns n' Roses guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal) and my Bryan Ferry band mate/MD Paul Beard on keys... should be great fun!!! 

Facebook event HERE if you're in LA


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In other news - the January Jam-off was a BLAST!! 

Congrats to the winners, those who got special mentions and everyone who contributed and made this a great success.

I think we will have to act on the many requests and do this again soon! 


HERE is the video announcing the winners 





And you can check out ALL the accepted entries HERE


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Last year a gazillion good things happened, very few of which were documented on these pages. 

Many did make it to the Newsletter tho - you can sign up for that HERE


Apart from touring with Bryan Ferry, I also finished mixing my album TRIGGER, finished recording a sample album of my whackiest guitar sounds, received the first copies of mine and Les Davidson's book The Guitarist's Ultimate Chart Reading Book, co-wrote an album and lots of tunes with lots of great people, met a bunch of new people and some top producers...aaaaand made a TON of music, jam tracks, tour vlogs and more for QuistJam 

Phew. 

Meeting The Kinks' Dave Davies earlier in the year and then being invited by him and his lovely partner to their LA show at the legendary Roxy Theatre was super ..


I also got a thrill out of reaching out to the drum-community with DRUM WEEK on QuistJam 
 

I wanted to give a little back to that community as well. After all, a band is - as you probably know - only as good as its drummer!
 

Here's one of the drum jam track from that week.... 






Also paid tribute to the one and only, the crazy-influential Jimi Hendrix... 


With THIS Hendrix-style Slow Blues Jam Track





We also celebrated Jazz Blues Week on QuistJam 

- and as always we put out 7 tracks during those 7 days!


Here's one of them...

Jazz Blues Jam Track (F) - 200 BPM




 

To make it nice and easy for the jammers amongst you guys we also made a playlist with all 7 tracks... 

Jazz Blues Week PLAYLIST



We also now have LOTS more jam albums (with free scale maps) up for grabs in the SHOP


Check out the best-selling Groovin' Through The Modes - which originally was released on itunes back in 2012! 

and 

Groovin' Through The Modes, Vol. 2 

AND 

10 ROCKING MODAL Practice Backing Tracks



Hours of music fun!!! 


Thanks for the support you guys...


You are amazing....HAVE FUN!!! 


Quist 





January 2016


Happy New Year!!! 

The last few months have been super hectic.. but good. 

Went to the UK for the final Bryan Ferry shows of 2015. 

Wrote some music in Luke Bullen's great Norwich studio...  

FINALLY finished the last mixes of my album in Brighton - with the amazing James Wiltshire! 

Can't wait to share all of TRIGGER with you guys!!!! 

In fact, tons of great stuff has happened in the past few months...

But before I tell you any of it.. I must announce that I've decided to host a 

Jam Competition on QuistJam throughout January 2016!!! 

We've got loads of prizes, including an EXCLUSIVE Skype lesson from #1 guitar teacher Marty Schwartz, an Electro-Harmonix Headphone Amp, Books & several Downloads! If you play ANY instrument, love it, want to get better at it AND would like the chance to be featured in a future QuistJam video - GET INVOLVED! 

This video tells you how you can enter... 





HAVE FUN!!! 

PS. More updates coming shortly.... 





QuistJam turns 5 & Odd Time Signatures Week 


October 19 is QuistJam's 5 year birthday and I decided to celebrate in true music geek style by doing a week of Odd Time Signature themed releases...

7 days. 7 new tracks! 

All revolving around the brain-ticklingly wonderful world of weird time signatures! 

Check out the 7 tracks HERE... 

Odd Time Signatures Week PLAYLIST

From groove blues in 5/4, funk in 7/8, to prog rock in 11/8 and lots more...it was a fun week!!

Here are a few tasters...


Jazz Funk Blues Backing Track in 3/4 



11/8 Progressive Rock Backing Track




Jazz Blues Waltz Backing Track (Am)




Also, I couldn't resist making a version of Pink Floyd's Money!!! 



'Money' is of course one of the world's most famous tunes in an irregular time signature - and an awesome, AWESOME riff and song as a whole...  

And to think I spent all of last year touring and playing with my friend Guy Pratt, who is currently on tour with David Gilmour's Pink Floyd playing this very tune on his bass..

 
!!!!

As always, I really hope these tracks and videos will brighten your day, light a creative spark or just make you smile :) 



October 2015 


I've JUST come back from 5 weeks on the road in Europe with Bryan Ferry.

It was a great tour and I got to do my thing in some seriously beautiful venues along the way - so I'm preeeeetty grateful for that, gotta say!! 

Along the way I started a relationship with US amp maker SUPRO - they kindly sent me a Supro Royal Reverb amp to use for the UK leg of the tour. Great tones!!! 

I also received the very first copies of a book I've been working on for YEARS with my friend Les Davidson, who is a great guitarist, known for his work with artists like Tina Turner and Shakin Stevens. 

I made a quick Tour Vlog about it - check it out here :) 





Also - QuistJam is still growing at a crazy rate!! 

Here are a couple of the latest videos.... 


A Chicago Blues Shuffle Jam Track 



An A Dorian Funk Blues Jam Track to get funky with...



A Slow Jazz Blues Jam Track for those perhaps starting their journey into Jazz...



A Minor Blues Jam Track in Em to get real down and dirty with....




And a fun, silly track I made with my baby daughter, as I was missing her in the middle of our tour...


Silver's Park Song





Hope these will brighten your day, light a creative spark or just make you smile :)

xQuist 



Into The Blues 

A few months ago I released a batch of Jam Tracks for Blues Week on QuistJam.

Due to the popularity of some of these tracks, coupled with literally 100s of people asking me to make a downloadable album of Blues tracks through the past couple of years, I finally went and did it!!!

I looooove playing the Blues. Grew up with it.

So, without further ado... 


YOU can preview and download the album Into The Blues HERE 


And you can listen to the WHOLE THING on QuistJam HERE !!!






Tour Vlog #4






Happy 79th Birthday to the one and only Buddy Guy

Decided to celebrate his inspiring energy with this Chicago Blues style jam track!







June 2015

I'm back in LA after 8 weeks of performing and working in the UK with Bryan Ferry!

You can follow the (slightly delayed) action on the Tour Vlog



In the meantime, 

It's JAZZ WEEK on my youtube channel! 

So - for those of you who are into it, make sure you check out QuistJam this week!

7 days - 7 tracks!!!

Here's the show opener.... 

Easy Jazz Blues Jam Track 




Have FUN! 



Quist x






May 2015


In April, I left Los Angeles for an 8 week period of work with the legend that is Bryan Ferry. 

I decided to expand the "menu" on my youtube channel QuistJam and start a Tour Vlog. So here goes:




and.... 





It has been awesome so far. It has also been pretty hard work to be honest though, so my other output has suffered a little.  

I have a final mix date for my album though! As the tour hits Brighton in June, I will spend the day before our gig in the studio.

So - I will FINALLY be ready to put out my album TRIGGER! 


Here's the video for Wave Trigger, which features bass player Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd) and drummer Dave De Rose (Mark Ronson)





You can also have a listen and download the funky Guy Pratt-fuelled PPC on my Soundcloud 





QuistJam celebrated Blues Week earlier on  - 

with 7 blues jam tracks released in a week. 

Here's a Clapton-style Shuffle Blues 




And a B.B. King-inspired track, which - apart from telling the story of his famous guitar 'Lucille' - now also serves as a way to remember and honour the great man, who sadly passed away at 89 on May 14th, 2015. I saw him 3 times growing up and have always been very inspired by his musicality, heart and humanity. Truly someone worth looking up to in every way. RIP B.B. King. 






I also provided some tracks for the #1 Amazon best-selling music book Funk Guitar Mastery  by Joseph Alexander. Check it out! 


On the tour, I have also put out a few more jam tracks of course :)

Here's a recent 40-minute Funk Jam - recorded in a hotel in Birmingham, before our gig there! 






Actually - come to think of it, I also added another new series to the "QuistJam menu" = Jazzified! 

The first episode was fun and the response it had made me want to make more......






To finish off for now, I'll leave you with a few pictures from our shows......




Live in Manchester. By Matthew Becker


Crazy shadow! Birmingham. By Millie Thompson


Learning from the best at soundcheck. By Matthew Becker


Session guitar legend Waddy Wachtel and I at soundcheck, before he joined us onstage that night in Edinburgh! 
By Matthew Becker


Lots of love! 


Quist 






March 2015 


Howdy all 

Wow, time does fly when you're having fun! 

The last few months have been amazing. I have relocated to Los Angeles, but still continue to work with Bryan Ferry.

We recently had a great time recording at the legendary RAK Studios 



And a week ago I got to realize a lifelong ambition to perform on the Jonathan Ross Show! 

Here we are in the green room :) 



I have spent the past months making a LOT of music.

Co-writing with top songwriters here in LA is something I've always wanted to try out - and so far it's been a blast!!

Watch this space.... 



My first instrumental album TRIGGER will soon be ready for release!!  

The album features a bunch of amazing musicians, including legendary bass player Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd, Gary Moore) and Cherisse Osei (Mika, Paloma Faith) on drums!

You can have a listen and grab a free download here

TRIGGER 






Here's the video for Science of Traffic






In January, I visited the famous Musician Institute in Hollywood for a guest session.

Having dreamt of attending this music school as a teenager, this was like a dream come true! 





With 10+ Million views, my youtube QuistJam is still growing wildly and I'm continually amazed and inspired by the community that is taking shape.


Inspiring people to be creative through music has very much become one of the most important parts of my "mission statement" in terms of what I do as a musician!


Here are some of the latest Jam Tracks 














And a new series - jam tracks for bass players to get creative with! 





And finally - a THANK YOU video, with some of my favorite comments :) 






I have also decided to try documenting a bit more of the work I do as a session guitarist... 


Here's a snapshot from a session I did with a great UK production team in LA 







Aaaaaaaanyways - gotta run now, but if you want to see more of what I get up to, make sure to connect on


Youtube
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram



Lots of Love!  


Quist 







November 2014



Had a great time touring my Scandinavian homeland with Bryan Ferry - here's a picture from my hometown gig in Copenhagen: 




In Denmark, I also took the time to go chat with top gents Mikael Simpson and Carsten Holm at Danish Radio P6 BEAT.

It was SO great to catch up and play some of the music from my own forthcoming album TRIGGER! 


You can have a listen and grab a free download here: 

She #zen - TRIGGER 


I've also done some nice TV sessions with team BF recently, including a revisit to the Jools Holland show.

We played 4 tunes, including 3 new tunes from Bryan's forthcoming new album Avonmore! 

Here we are, performing the first single, Loop De Li 







QuistJam is still growing massively, with over 8 million views and 22,000 subscribers now! 

Here's a recent jam track... I just can't get enough of slide guitar playing!






That's it for now -


Be well. 

Live. Play. Love 

xQuist





October 2014


This year has been an incredible ride so far! 


Admittedly, I have not been very good at keeping this page updated...

If you'd like more frequent updates, may I suggest linking up to my Facebook and Twitter :) 


I've just returned from another great US/Canada tour with Bryan Ferry.


Here's a review from our show at Pabst Theater in Milwaukee , where we debuted Loop De Li from Bryan's new album




I'm delighted to say that I played on Avonmore, alongside an unbelievable cast of guitarists - including Mark Knopfler, Nile Rodgers and Johnny Marr! 


We also spent the summer touring in Europe and playing at various festivals - including Zofingen in Switzerland and of course Glastonbury! We played a few really special shows in Dublin as well - with a full orchestra!!  


The band is about to head to Scandinavia, which - naturally - I'm very excited about, as large parts of my family will be there :) 

I will be guest of the day on Wednesday the 22nd of October from 10am on Carsten Holm's brilliant radio show on DR P6 in Denmark. Here, I'll be talking about working with Bryan Ferry as well as playing some music from my own coming album, TRIGGER.



I've made good progress on TRIGGER over the last few months, having some fab final recording sessions for it..


Here's Cherisse Osei (from Bryan's band) recording for my album in Bryan's Studio One 




And I'm extremely thrilled that legendary bass player Guy Pratt also recorded on my album - playing his trusted "Betsy", which has seen action with Pink Floyd amongst so many other great artists. 


Here is the track She #zen, which features both Cherisse and Guy - 





And here's the video for Spinna - featuring my friend Nils Predstrup, who is a 5 x world champion freestyle skydiver






The album is now being mixed by sound wizard James Wiltshire, from UK hit-making duo Freemasons 



My youtube channel QuistJam keeps growing like crazy, having now reached 21,000 subscribers and nearly 8 million views! 



Here's the video for my track Science of Traffic 





Here's a recent jam track....  





- and here's a London Style cover of Pharrell Williams' HAPPY :) 







Finally, It also gives me great pleasure to say that I recently signed a publishing contract for my second book, which I created with UK session guitar legend Les Davidson.

The book has been underway for more than 2 years, so Les and I are well excited to see the project finally come to fruition!!!! 



Gotta run now, but more updates will come soon...



Peace and Love.



Thank You 



Quist 




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April 2014


Howdy ya'll!

I've just come back from a great tour of the States - my first larger chunk of work as lead guitarist for the legend that is Bryan Ferry

Check out Bryan talking about his new band HERE

And HERE is a review of the last gig of this leg - at the beautiful Santa Barbara Bowl

I had an absolutely fantastic time with the band and crew - undoubtedly one of the best I have ever worked with!

Here is BF in action, looking - as I'm sure you'll agree - as dapper as ever!


Also in view are Bobbie and Jodie, vocalists extraordinaire - and in the wing is Matty, the best guitar tech I have ever worked with. 


Lots of new friends were made - and a load of memorable moments to charish....

not least playing Coachella with Paul McCartney and Steven Tyler standing at the side of the stage for the entire gig....aaaargh!!!

Here's Kiss & Tell from the 2nd Coachella show




and Ladytron live in Oakland 




There's more pics HERE - and more videos HERE



Before the tour, I recorded a few videos with Danish video WIZARD Rasmus Quistgaard

The first one was released a few days ago, for my instrumental track Rise of Silver





QuistTV also reached another milestone a few days ago, gaining its 14,000 subscriber - with the view count now at nearly 6 million and an ever-increasing amount of monthly views. It's a fantastic community taking shape and I'm mega-grateful for it. 


Here's a recent video - a casual slow blues improv

 



I have also written and recorded more features for Guitar Techniques Magazine,  the latest being this Pentatonic Scale piece




I have also been busy working on more tracks for my instrumental album TRIGGER - 

You can grab a free download of my track Glitch HERE


AND... I've been working on a fair bit of film music lately.. more on that later!! 

Gotta run.


LOVE!

Quist



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2014 has been an amazing ride so far!! 

In January, I signed my youtube channel QuistTV to Omnia Media! 

The channel just keeps growing and growing and has now reached over 5 million views and 12,000 subscribers.
Needless to say, I'm extremely grateful for the community taking shape! 

I've also been working as lead guitarist with the legendary Bryan Ferry - and will be heading out to tour the States in April!  

I can't tell you how much fun it is and how "right" this gig feels... the band is a-m-a-z-i-n-g and I can't wait to hit the road with this lot! 

Speaking of new playmates... 

Here's my new Gibson Les Paul Custom! She plays like a dream and I do believe I'm in love :) 



This pic was is from a filming session the other day..I now have more tracks recorded for my album Trigger and can't wait to share more music and videos in the very near future. Last week saw the recording of new videos for two new album tracks - filmed by the awesome and brilliantly creative Rasmus Quistgaard!

Make sure to subscribe to QuistTV to see the results! 

Here we are - in the studio - with Rasmus' beloved camera crane in action :) 



I've also kept the jam tracks coming - here's a slow blues guitar backing track in G I've been having fun with...





I've also been writing and recording more features for the great people at Guitar Techniques Magazine!

Here's my "How Music Works" feature:



As well as my "Giants of Blues" feature, which was great fun to make!



Finally, I'll be heading out in mid March for some TMS promotional Masterclasses in Paris and also REALLY look forward to having my very own Masterclass at Tech Music School on April 29th, 2014! 



That's all for now folks.... 

Be well - and do remember to have FUN! 


Quist 




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I've just come back from sunny LA, where I had an absolutely amazing time, meeting and playing with some fantastic people. 

I went more or less straight to the BBC to do a live acoustic radio session with Bo Saris, at BBC London.

Great fun - and here we are: 





I've spent much of my summer on the road, performing with Valerie June - hitting many of the major festivals as well as radio & TV. 

I've also recently done some shows with the UK's biggest selling jazz musician (ever!), Jamie Cullum. That was a LOT of fun, he's a fantastic musician and a really fun guy as well.

I've also met a fair few of my heroes this summer. Perhaps most notably, we had the chance to hang out in a really intimate setting with Prince at Montreux Jazz Festival, which was amazing.

And....about a week ago we played a great Dutch festival called Into The Great Wide Open - and guess who I met backstage? 




Legendary hitmaker Nile Rodgers and his AWESOME sounding Strat!!

Such a lovely guy - and with such undeniable skills.... I had a lot of fun watching his set with Chic from the side of the stage.

Good times!! 


A few days later we did Bestival - and then iTunes Festival at London's Roundhouse, which was fun. Beautiful venue! 



I've also managed to work a fair bit on my own music and I will be airing a video for a brand new instrumental guitar track next week, featuring mighty musicians Dave DeRose on drums and Jon Harvey on bass. The video was made by video-making wizard Dave from DVRevolution! 


I have also been writing and recording more frontpage features for Guitar Techniques Magazine.


Here's one of the recent ones - my take on building strong solos! 



I have also just published another album of jam tracks - Groovin' Through The Modes, Vol. 5! 



Here's a sample - a fun groove-based jam track for B Dorian Mode :)


 



Finally, I'm putting the finishing touches on a new book these days, co-written with legendary session guitarist Les Davidson. Can't wait to share this book with the guitarists out there... I'm really proud of the results! Nearly 2 years in the making!!


I'm off to Los Angeles in a few days.... now where did I leave that sunscreen????


Peace & Love 


Quist 



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I'm currently touring with US singer Valerie June 

We've been playing sold out shows across Europe and are now touring the UK

Her album Pushin' Against a Stone was released a few days ago, when we were in France for TV & radio shows! 


Here we are on Canal + "Le Grand Journal" playing You Can't Be Told and Somebody To Love

   


The other day I discovered this Little Mix track, which features Missy Elliott!!! 

I recorded the guitar for this a while ago - possibly my poppiest bit of session guitaring so far!







I'm also keeping a steady output of frontpage features for Guitar Techniques Magazine - Here's my Electric Fingerstyle Blues feature from a recent issue







I have also been working on my next album - as well as a host of Jam Tracks.


I've started a new series of tracks featuring odd time signatures. Here's a C Minor ballad in 11/8






Finally, I also created Groovin' Through The Modes, vol. 5 & 6 from the road.


I made special versions of Groovin' 6 for free download with prominent guitar book author Joseph Alexander's next book Modern Music Theory for Guitarists. 

The book has just been released and you can check it out HERE



Spring is in the air - ENJOY :)



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2013 has started in great style :)

I picked up a lovely Gibson 335 from 1968 when over playing in the States..

Here it is, in action a few days ago on a recording for XFM in London



Am absolutely 100% in love with this guitar!!!! 

Returning from the States, I went straight to an acoustic gig with Kristina Train, live on Magic FM for the opening of The Shard in London!

Apparently, we broke some kind of record for highest live gig in Europe!!

The view 

 


We also did some other really fun gigs, including supporting the legendary Ron Sexsmith at The Royal Albert Hall! I was SOOO grateful to be back at this amazing venue - and this time I actually had time to really charish and enjoy stepping into the spotlight on this historic stage. 


I also did some videos and recording with brilliant US singer Valerie June. Much of her album is produced by the great Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys and it's a total joy playing this music! 

Check out the video for her single You Can't Be Told (featuring yours truly) HERE

 

I was also proud to see my very first cover feature in Guitar Techniques Magazine: 




I wrote and recorded both the Arpeggios feature and the blues column on Jerry Garcia in this issue. Great fun!! 


I have just returned to the studio after touring and work is progressing nicely on my new solo album
- as well as my growing collection of jam tracks. 

Here's the latest addition from QuistTV

7/8 Shuffle Funk Groove Jam Track for E Dorian / G Dorian mode :) 


February also saw the release of my 6th album of Jam Tracks:



You can check it out HERE


There's LOADS more in the pipeline, but now I must ruuuuuuuun!

I hope you are all well out there.

Thanks for tuning in :) 

Much Love 

Quist