The long awaited compilation of Matt Baldwin's classic "How to Play Guitar" zine series is now available for pre-order on Tarantula Press. We are very excited to present this labor of love.
Praise for How To Play Guitar
“In these zines, Matt Baldwin generously shares what it took me years to learn on my own: that the path of creative liberation comes from hard-won self-knowledge.”
— Wayne Kramer, guitarist and prison reform advocate (MC5)
“A fun read, especially for those who suffer from guitar.”
— Blake Mills, guitarist, songwriter and producer
“Matt Baldwin connects the dots from Friedrich Nietzsche to Bo Diddley. Open this book to any page and you are guaranteed to find sneaky wisdom and humor, strategies for writing songs and organizing you life, how to play guitar and how to not play guitar.”
— Dean Wareham, Guitarist (Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean & Britta)
“Playing music, on your own or with a collaborator, is the most intimate way to spend your time. Matt Baldwin describes the almost indescribable aspects of this intimacy. As a practice or for pleasure, MB invites us all to experience this for ourselves.”
— Paz Lenchantin, bassist (Pixies, Zwan, A Perfect Circle)
“This sleek volume contains the secrets to everlasting love and passion with ones six string, the most faithful companion you'll ever know.”
— Ian Svenonius, musician, author, film-maker (Nation of Ulysses, the Make-Up, Chain & the Gang, Escape-ism)
“You may not learn how to play guitar but you could learn how to live.”
— Ben Schechter (Magician)
