Welsh Musician/Composer Isaac Holmes On His The Road To Success!

Posted October 15, 2026

Our interview today with Welsh artist, Isaac Holmes, presents his personal path learning his craft from a very early age to today. And for Isaac, like many, he’s driven by a passion for music and a need to dig in to the discipline of learning from his guitar idols, then raising his game to create his own stylish original compositions.

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Prosody for Guitarists, Part 2: Phrase Contour and Emotional Weight

Posted April 18, 2026

In PART 1 we looked at syllable stress: how individual words carry natural emphasis patterns and how the melody either supports or fights those patterns. Part 2 zooms out one level. Beyond the word there’s the phrase, and beyond the phrase’s stresses there’s its shape.

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