Brendan Mac's Guitar Blog

Guitar 🎸 with a pinch 🤏 of philosophy 📚 
Silver Ocean Storm - Architect Of A Dying Sun
January 20, 2022 | 

These lads are a band that my band, The Cilikis, once or twice shared the stage with.  They are the reincarnation of an old Brisbane metal band called Minus Life who split for some reason and re-incarnated as Silver Ocean Storm with an absolutely outstanding vocalist, Toby Skeates.  This man sounds like Mike Patton from Faith... ....Read more
Fancy Chord Re-voicing
June 21, 2020 | 

Sometimes when you play a chord, it may be in a similar frequency spectrum as another instrument, for example, you might be playing a solo on your guitar down in a lower register around the 3rd to 5th fret positions when another musician decides to play a chord in the same register.  Not that this is a bad thing, but it can... ....Read more