Oh man! I youtube channel of 50 or 60 examples of gospel guitar playing with a focus on the guitar? I'm so thankful for this. Thanks for bumping your thread mt_spiffy
Uh....yeah. It sorta changed under the current mod when he insisted this should be a broad based general guitar style forum (...then the mod took off with the keys).
This doesn't even make sense. Gospel guitar is a broad based guitar style that covers a vast array of techniques and sounds. If the "gospel guitar heroes" had the opportunity to be more nurturing about making their styles and techniques accessible to up-and-comers, this forum would not need to exist. CCM and P&W guitarists have begun posting video tutorials on how to play their songs now, but not so much with black gospel guitar. The guys who play guitar for the major gospel artists draw influence from such a vast array of styles, yet there are next to no "How To Play Gospel Guitar Licks and Riffs" books or video series out there. So then we have to go to the source of the music these guys are influenced by, which is well documented and accessible for instruction. A lot of general lick and riff tutorials titles look like "How To Play Gospel Guitar/Funk/R&B/Jazz/Soul" for a reason. I'm not saying I like it, but I hardly see anybody actually DOING anything about it besides (apparently) distancing themselves.
LGM in general really lost a lot of steam during the crash. A lot of people went off to other social networking venues while LGM was down and never came back. Actually, forums in general have taken a hit thanks to the Facebooks and Twitters and Instagrams.
If anything, this place needs more people willing to answer the hundreds of guitar chords/tabs requests that we have, hahaha. Man... since my account got accidentally deleted, I think all the guitar chords and tabs that I posted as a response to a request up until last year are gone