The late Artie Traum was an award-winning guitarist who had been featured on over 30 albums, including "South of Lafayette," (a "hip fusion of folk and jazz esthetics," writes Sing Out! Magazine) and his 2007 release "Thief of Time." "Letters From Joubee" (1994) spent six weeks at #1 on the smooth jazz radio charts, while "Meetings With Remarkable Friends," with The Band, Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Tony Levin, Laurence Juber, John Sebastian and other top musicians, was awarded Best Acoustic Instrumental Album of 1999 (NAV Award) and voted Best CD of 2000 by Hudson Valley Magazine. In 2001, Artie released "The Last Romantic," which was placed "on this year's list of best releases" by Jazz Times.
Performing since the 1960's, Artie Traum had worked with his brother Happy Traum, songwriter Pat Alger and The Woodstock Mountains Revue. Artie's songs have been recorded by The Band, David Grisman and Tony Rice, among others. He has produced CDs for Tony Levin, Laurence Juber, Livingston Taylor, Diane Ziegler and many other top artists. Artie performed at dozens of festivals, including the Catalina Jazz Trax Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival and the Newport Folk Festival, and composed music for film and TV shows.
For twelve years Artie Traum was a popular clinician for Taylor Guitars, performing guitar workshops around the world. His instructional materials continue to be best-sellers for Homespun Tapes.
"Artie Traum has the natural, soulful touch that other guitarists only dream about," says Donald Fagen of Steely Dan.
Artie passed away on July 20, 2008. You can read some of the may tributes to him on the Remembrance Page of his website.
This encyclopedia of licks is jam-packed with lead lines, bends, arpeggios, flatpicking tips, speed-licks, unique runs and great playing advice! It's the ultimate way to improve your technique and gain inspiration -- fast! A Must for every guitarist's lib
This special set includes Easy Steps to Blues Guitar by Happy Traum, Blues Guitar Jamming by Happy and Artie Traum, Happy's The Blues Bag and The Fingerpicking Blues of Mississippi John Hurt taught by Happy Traum and John Sebastian
By moving one finger to a different fret, a familiar chord takes on a whole new quality! Move a chord shape to a different position on the neck and you have a rich, advanced-sounding progression! Welcome to Artie Traum's lesson in how to use chords to enh
Skill Level 1
85 Minute DVD, includes chord diagrams, music and tab
There is nothing more fun and exciting for a guitar player than having the skills to improvise in a jam session. The trick is to have your fundamentals down so you can be comfortable when you play with others.
Play along with Happy and Artie Traum as they continue their excursion into blues jamming and improvisation. Good songs, sage advice, important tips and fascinating insights into blues guitar techniques.
There is nothing more fun and exciting for a guitar player than having the skills to improvise in a jam session. These two DVDs are filled with a huge amount of material for players at all levels.
Award-winning guitarist, songwriter, author and Taylor Guitars clinician Artie Traum explores essential blues techniques in fret-by-fret detail for both finger and flatpick styles.
Expand your chord knowledge and make your playing come alive! Whether you play folk, swing, jazz, blues or rock, this easy-to-follow CD/book will take you to the next level as a rhythm player.
Artie Traum helps bring your guitar to life by showing you DADGAD applications in traditional mountain ballads, fingerstyle blues and contemporary songs.
Artie Traum tunes his guitar to DADGAD almost exclusively these days, and on this DVD he shows you how this tuning enhances his powerful original songs and instrumentals.
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The late Artie Traum was an award-winning guitarist who had been featured on over 30 albums, including "South of Lafayette," (a "hip fusion of folk and jazz esthetics," writes Sing Out! Magazine) and his 2007 release "Thief of Time." "Letters From Joubee" (1994) spent six weeks at #1 on the smooth jazz radio charts, while "Meetings With Remarkable Friends," with The Band, Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Tony Levin, Laurence Juber, John Sebastian and other top musicians, was awarded Best Acoustic Instrumental Album of 1999 (NAV Award) and voted Best CD of 2000 by Hudson Valley Magazine. In 2001, Artie released "The Last Romantic," which was placed "on this year's list of best releases" by Jazz Times.
