Masters in Mechanics
It is fair to say that there is an adventuring spirit within Gary Dranow that is persistently looking for new possibilities and undertaking fresh adventures. The same can be said for the Park City, Utah based artist’s music that explores, evolves and never stands still. Born in Santa Monica, Gary’s musical journey began the moment, at the age of 11, he heard “Crossroads” by Cream on the radio. It was an encounter that sparked a realization that he wanted to be a guitarist, that acknowledgement and intent further brought to life the following day with his mother taking him to the Ernie Ball guitar shop. Within a year, he had started his first band, The New Invaderz, and his musical voyage, like his guitar collection from that first Fender Stratocaster, has continually grown and embraced a rich variety in its adventure. Similarly, his entrepreneurial prowess has been centered by instinctive enterprise, Gary notably founding Spoiled Brats of California, a garment manufacturing company, a mortgage brokerage company, and developing and selling Cyborg Information Systems, a fully automated mortgage process software. Across a host of other projects and collaborations with musicians such as guitarist Chris Zoupa in their new EDM project, Astralix, and Ukrainian singer-producer Klim Apalkov, Chris persistently pushes his boundaries and landscape of enterprise with “Never Give Up” for one, a highly rewarding adventure for creator and listener alike.
LocationPark City

Technique critiques

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Getting Stasrted take two

I was just too busy to put the time in on my first attempt. Life and business happened. Now I have 30 to 45 minutes a day, 6 days a week, to throw myself at this. My issues are many: too much elbow involvement, sloppy, and slow. I generally economy pick, or so I'm told by my instructor in the academy I'm now attending (Sonoira Guitar Intensive). I'm a few weeks in. I have fairly recently changed from a Dunlop Jazz III XL to an Ernie Ball 2.0mm. I just like the sound and feel better. I would like to post a new critique video with the new picki, but I can't see how to do that; my technique has changed since July.

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New Tremelo

Hey Tommo, I’m finally back after sorting out that I had two accounts, Duh’ I tried to keep it consistent, forearm pronated, small motion, trying not to hit adjacent strings.

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0.70 Pick

Compared to my 2.0mm it feels really weird, but I am see some translation from one to the other.

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