Artie Traum Movies

Explore the magic of the blues fiddle with seasoned instructor Darol Anger lesson that allows home viewers to work at their own pace by employing Anger's unique "call and response" teaching method. By analyzing both the pentatonic blues scale as well as the "blue notes," Anger instructs viewers on how to effortlessly transpose tunes and licks from one key to another. Additional tips on bowing techniques, right vibrato, and bowing give viewers all the tools they'll need to master a variety of styles ranging from Mississippi Delta to rock and roll. A perfect learning tool for both the beginning and experienced musician alike. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

For over 30 years, Artie Traum has been a performing guitarist, recording artist, and session player, often working with some of the world's most talented musicians. On this video, Traum teaches students numerous types of licks, slides, and bends. He also shows viewers how to use hammer-ons and pull-offs. Each technique is first demonstrated slowly so that students can easily follow along. Traum then plays the songs containing the featured techniques at tempo so that viewers will know how the songs should sound once mastered. Jeff Pevar joins Traum in a jamming session, showing how to combine various riffs to create unique blues progressions.

~ Elizabeth Smith, Rovi

This instructional video features respected guitarist Artie Traum leading the viewer through a number of tips on how to apply the DADGAD system to a number of musical styles including mountain ballads, blues, and contemporary songs. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

If for nothing else, Greetings would be memorable as the second feature-length directorial effort of Brian DePalma (his first, 1966's The Wedding Party, was released shortly afterward). A satire of late-1960s manners and mores, the film aims its barbs at Lyndon B. Johnson, Vietnam, the draft, the counterculture, Greenwich Village and the John F. Kennedy assassination. Billed first, Robert DeNiro actually has a supporting role as a young longhair who tries to help his best pal (Jonathan Warden) flunk his Army physical. Gerrit Graham is a JFK conspiracy theorist who may well have good reason to be paranoid. Though largely ignored by the mainstream press in America, Greetings was effusively honored at the 1969 Berlin Film Festival. The film was originally rated X due to its considerable sexual content. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi