Chapdelaine is the only person to have won both the GFA competition (as a matter of fact the very first one) and the National Fingerstyle Championship. If you happen see Chapdelaine live you’ll see him switch effortlessly between the steel string and the nylon string guitars and hear a blend of his autobiographical compositions, his spot-on arrangements of Rock ‘n’ Roll classics like “Come Together” and “Hit the Road Jack,” and classical pieces by composers like Roland Dyens, Leo Brouwer, and Bach. On today’s episode you’ll Mike’s take on arranging for the solo guitar, about his impactful and perspective changing run-in with Segovia, and overall I think you’ll get the sense that it’s never a bad idea to embrace those big life changes by taking those risky leaps into new realms, as Chapdelaine has done over and over again.

Michael Chapdelaine

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