About
The New Wave of Acoustic Guitar* (NWOAG for short) is what I call the recent surge of modern solo acoustic guitar, perhaps best represented by Andy McKee’s spectacular success on Youtube. It’s a whole generation of players building on the work of guitarists like Michael Hedges and Preston Reed, to name a few… Thanks to the technology of our times, this (relatively) new style of playing has reached a much wider audience than it ever did in the 80′s and 90′s.
This blog is my attempt to carve a little space where fans and players of this style of music can get together and share ideas to keep exploring new techniques and ideas. The focus will be on acoustic players that use alternative techniques or are using the acoustic guitar in creative and unexpected ways. But as you already know, the lines in music and art are usually blurry, so bear with me…
*Yes, that’s a reference to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.
About Me
My name is Ernesto Schnack and I’m a composer and guitarist from Panama, now living in Berlin. I got into acoustic guitar back in ’98 when I discovered the music of Michael Hedges. I left it behind a bit after I got busy with other bands and projects, but that changed when I moved to Berlin a few years ago. I wanted to reinvent myself as a musician and composer, and solo acoustic guitar seemed like a great vehicle for that. You can check my music out on my website.
