"Um, wow. Nice review! Thanks, Minor 7th, for the kind words about "This Is How I Disappear." http://www.minor7th.com/shorttakes10_12.html"
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Teachers
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Michael DeLalla's Discussions
Congratulations to El McMeen!
I just wanted to give a quick shout out to El, winner of best instrumental for the International Acoustic Music Awards. Great job, El!MichaelContinue
Started Feb 7, 2010
Michael DeLalla's Page
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Michael DeLalla posted an eventIn Concert: guitarist/composer Michael DeLalla at Glenview Mansion at Glenview Mansion
July 1, 2012 from 2pm to 3:30pm
Come get out of the sweltering heat as I celebrate the release of my new CD "This Is How I Disappear" . FREE.See More
Michael DeLalla posted a status"I'll be on tour this summer. Interested in hosting a house concert as I travel across the heartland? Email me or visit fallingmountain.com"
Michael DeLalla left a comment for Brian Egert"Thanks for the friending, Brian. Nice playing, by the way! I hope our paths can cross sometime. I'll be on tour on the east coast this summer, though I don't have any NJ stops (yet!). Keep up the great music-making.
Warm regards,
Michael…"
Michael DeLalla posted an eventIn Concert: guitarist/composer Michael DeLalla with Craig Matovich (reeds, piano) and Jim Fittz (cello, electric cello) at Ascension Lutheran Church, 1701 West Caley Avenue, Littleton CO
October 22, 2011 from 7pm to 10pm
A special concert featuring guitarist/composer Michael DeLalla with longtime collaborator and Oxymora bandmate Craig Matovich (oboe, English horn, flute, piano) and Jim Fittz (cello, electric cello). If you're in Colorado's Front Range this one is not to be missed. Free admission. Hope to see you there.See More
Michael DeLalla posted a status"Colorado Guitar Festival this Saturday 7/23, near Longmont Colorado. Visit www.coloradoguitarfestival.com for details."
Michael DeLalla posted an event
Fingerstyle Guitar Workshop with Michael DeLalla at Mojo's Music Academy
June 6, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm
Learn some of Michael’s techniques for adding a new dimension to your playing. Develop independence in the right hand to create a more multi-timbral style; find your voice of expression without sounding merely “guitaristic”; learn to transcend the instrument the way the greats do!
Michael DeLalla replied to Marta Cynthia Coto Picart's discussion Hello. I am new in the community. My name is Cynthia"Welcome, Cynthia. Jody Fisher's book shouldn't be too hard to find online. You might want to go straight to his website at jodyfisher.com and ask the best way for you to get it. Ebay might also have a used copy available.
Warm…"
GNuck replied to Michael DeLalla's discussion New composition, video: Enjoy! in the group Fingerstyle players"Thanks Michael for the information.
This Kremona is a solid cedar top, solid Indian Rosewood body and sides Fiesta model the guy is wanting to get rid of quickly. He's only wanting a 6th of what it is worth so I'm going to look at…"
Michael DeLalla replied to Michael DeLalla's discussion New composition, video: Enjoy! in the group Fingerstyle players"Thanks, Ken.
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Michael DeLalla replied to Michael DeLalla's discussion New composition, video: Enjoy! in the group Fingerstyle players"Hi Gary,
The guitar in the video is my longtime main classical, a Kohno Model 15, built in 1968. I'm slowly retiring it--it's become too fragile for touring, and the tone is beginning to flatten out a bit. Too bad guitars aren't like…"
Ken Brodie replied to Michael DeLalla's discussion New composition, video: Enjoy! in the group Fingerstyle players"Michael
Thank you so much. This is simply beautiful.
Total Respect
Ken"
GNuck replied to Michael DeLalla's discussion New composition, video: Enjoy! in the group Fingerstyle players"Michael, I enjoyed your playing and the video.
What brand and model classical guitar are you playing?
Really nice tone.
I'm looking at a used Kremona Fiesta that I may buy this week which would be my first…"
Michael DeLalla added a discussion to the group Fingerstyle players
New composition, video: Enjoy!
Greetings Fingerstyle Guitarists,A new composition and video for your listening and viewing pleasure:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbQu1ASPit8 "Nocturnal Scenes 'Round About Midnight" pays hommageto two of my favorite, if disparate composers.Variations, a la Benjamin Britten's Nocturne, work inreverse to the theme 'Round Midnight by Thelonius Monk.Together with the kinetic photography of Elaine Erb theaccompanying video celebrates…See More
Michael DeLalla commented on Leanne Regalla's group Teachers"I'm alive and well too--sometimes too busy to check in, and the notices I get via email don't usually give enough information to nudge me--maybe there's a setting I can change to fix that.
I'll just say that I believe Theory is…"
Michael DeLalla replied to Michael DeLalla's discussion Anybody interested in House Concerts? in the group Fingerstyle players"Hi Paul,
I certainly will--I'm just now beginning work on a NW trip for next year, probably in March. I always try to stop in Portland--good guitar people there. Let's stay in touch about this.
Warm Regards,
Michael DeLalla"
Profile Information
- Which one of the following describes your involvement in music? (Check all that apply)
- Gigging or professional musician, Music teacher
- How many years have you been playing guitar?
- More than 30 years
- Which of these instruments do you own or play?
- Flattop steel-string acoustic guitar, Nylon-string guitar
- The make and model of your guitar(s) and/or other instruments and gear.
- Kohno 15 Classical, 1968
Ken Hill Classical, 2005
Lowden S23, 1994
Martin O-15, 1951
Guild F-412, 1972
- What is your website address?
- http://www.facebook.com/michael.delalla
- What type of music do you like to play?
- Original compositions for fingerstyle guitar, drawing from a world of influences and traditions.My goal as a composer and performer is for the music to transcend the instrument, to not be confined to "guitarisms".
- Do you subscribe to or regularly read Acoustic Guitar?
- I purchase copies at newsstands/bookstores
Michael DeLalla's Videos
Michael DeLalla's Blog
Would you like to host a house concert?
To all my friends and fans in the east and midwest: I'm currently booking a July tour around a guitar workshop I'll be teaching. I would love to fill out the calendar more with a house concert or three. I'll be in VA/MD/DC/WV for two weeks starting July 4th weekend. So I could land a date the week before or on the way back to CO,perhaps in Indiana, Missouri, or Kansas. I have a comprehensive "How To Host a House Concert" guide that helps the first-time concert host through the details. Let me… Continue
Posted on March 25, 2010 at 4:51pm
Nail Care
I conduct several workshops throughout the year, ranging from an afternoon to two-weeks long, covering a variety of guitar-related topics, from right-hand technique to improvisation to the Creative Process. Without fail, a favorite topic in these workshops is my nail care routine.
This is partly because of a quirky little factoid for which I am known, for better or worse: I haven't broken a playing nail since 1982. That's not a typo--Nineteen Eighty…
ContinuePosted on February 19, 2010 at 9:23am — 1 Comment
Live Music: What is it Worth to You?
Greetings, Friends and Fans.
After finishing up 2009 with a wonderful tour in Florida I’m home for the next few months, and thought I’d take the opportunity to do a little research regarding live music and its place in our busy lives.
We’re all so busy. We all spend more and more time on “social networks”—definitely networking, but how social is it? Likewise, we access music in so many more ways than live and up-close—we download, we trade files; once in a while we even… Continue
After finishing up 2009 with a wonderful tour in Florida I’m home for the next few months, and thought I’d take the opportunity to do a little research regarding live music and its place in our busy lives.
We’re all so busy. We all spend more and more time on “social networks”—definitely networking, but how social is it? Likewise, we access music in so many more ways than live and up-close—we download, we trade files; once in a while we even… Continue
Posted on January 25, 2010 at 3:41pm — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (21 comments)
- At 7:05am on April 2, 2010,
Vince Serrioz said… - Let me know if you make it to the Wichita area. Will drop by the gig.
All the best.
Vince
- At 7:35am on March 29, 2010,
Brandon Dyke said… - Nice to meet you Michael ! yes indeed we do share common interest in music. I really liked your music man! Very nice playing keep in touch
- At 9:36pm on February 2, 2010,
Mike Lowell said… - Michael-
Nice to see another Front Ranger. I will have to check you out sometime.
- At 7:59pm on February 2, 2010,
Larry Edgar said… - Michael,
Thanks for the invite. I very much enjoyed Infinte Loops! VERY VERY cool. Do you ever get down to Denver to play? Looking forward to listening to more of your stuff!
Cheers,
Larry
- At 3:54pm on February 2, 2010,
Craig Bachmann said… - Thanks for the invite - are you pulling together Front Range folks?
- At 3:39pm on February 2, 2010,
Joe Scott said… - Well thank you. We live here in Berthoud. I'll check out your stuff soon. We are in the middle of our winter/spring touring right now so life is full & good.
Take good care,
Joe
- At 11:07am on February 2, 2010, Joe Scott said…
- Howdy neighbor!
Thanks for the invite!
Joe
- At 3:38pm on January 27, 2010, Michael DeLalla said…
- And thank you Eric, for the kind words! I see you're a builder--perhaps I'll get the chance sometime to try out one of your guitars. By the way, I'm doing a solo show in Boulder this Sunday--a little bit of a hike from Erie, but if you're inclined it would be great to meet. Warm regards, Michael
- At 9:53am on January 27, 2010,
Eric Neyer said… - Michael, I really enjoyed "Le Marchais..." and your playing. I'll listen to more later. Thanks for the invite! Eric
- At 9:24am on January 26, 2010,
Stephanie Jackson said… - I figured that out right about the same time you were sending the answer! Thanks so much for your help. :-)
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