Banjo GED #1: Chords! Chords! Chords!
Michael Bremer makes his living through words, music and teaching. As a writer, editor and publisher, he has worked on projects ranging from computer games to medical equipment to online math courses to music instruction.As a musician, he has played guitar since 1968. In 2002, he moved to the Sierra Nevada foothills in Northern California, and decided it was time to learn banjo. It took over his musical world. Today, he plays banjo (and guitar) in a number of bands that play everything from old-time to swing to rock and roll (yes, he plays electric banjo in a rock band but don t tell the California Bluegrass Association). He also writes songs and believes it s time for banjo to re-enter the world of singer-songwriters.Through it all, Michael is a compulsive teacher, holding workshops and seminars for writers as well as banjo players, and has taught classes at the California Bluegrass Association Music Camp. Combining his instructional writing, his love of music (especially banjo), and teaching, he began writing and producing theBanjo GEDseries of instructional books and videos. He also writes music instruction books for Hal Leonard, includingBanjo Aerobics,andThe Clawhammer Cookbook,both of which are due to be released in 2012.