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Jeremy Young

Jeremy is a Montreal-based musician, sound artist and improviser who loves giving advice to emerging artists on how to make their tours more effective. He writes, records and performs electroacoustic “concrète” music for tape, oscillators and amplified objects and surfaces, as well as solo guitar. He has performed and released material throughout Europe and the UK, Asia, the US and Canada, mostly with his trio Sontag Shogun.


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  • Learn to Play Bob Dylan, Mumford & Sons, and Joni Mitchell in Open E

    Learn to Play Bob Dylan, Mumford & Sons, and Joni Mitchell in Open E

    In Soundfly’s new multi-module course, Alternate Tunings for the Creative Guitarist, we’ve started the series off with an introduction to one of the most popular alternate guitar tunings for songwriters, Open D. In this tuning, you can strum all the strings openly, without touching any frets, to play a brilliant D major chord. And that’s…

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  • How to Play Alternate Tunings on the Guitar: A New Free Series

    How to Play Alternate Tunings on the Guitar: A New Free Series

    We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our latest free course series, “Alternate Tunings for the Creative Guitarist”! The first installment, new this week, explores the nearly endless creative possibilities of the Open D tuning. If you’ve ever played a guitar, you’re probably familiar with standard tuning. The six strings of the instrument are commonly tuned…

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  • Dreamy, Shoegaze Chord Patterns for Alternative Guitar Tunings

    Dreamy, Shoegaze Chord Patterns for Alternative Guitar Tunings

    Break out of standard and add rich, wistful tones to your shoegaze guitar tone using alternative guitar tunings! Explore Open D, C Wahine, and more!

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