Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Barrett Tagliarino started playing guitar at age 9. He studied privately with Tony Bowles, who now tours with Hank Williams, Jr. Barrett attended Indiana University, and then made the move to Los Angeles in 1984.
Barrett's extensive performing
experience includes tours of Asia and Europe. In Los Angeles, Barrett has
appeared on every stage from the Whisky-a-Go-Go to the Viper Room. He's
recorded commercial projects for ARCO, Sony, Miller Lite, the Food Channel
and MTV. A full-time instructor at Musicians Institute since
1987, Barrett was chairman of the MI teachers union from 2001-2005. Barrett also served as Rock Department Head at Hohner Musikschule in Vienna, Austria, in 1994.
Barrett has written four instructional books: The Guitar Fretboard Workbook, Chord Tone Soloing, (both MI Press/Hal Leonard), Music Theory: A Practical Guide for All Musicians, and Play Ukulele Today! (Hal Leonard). Classic Rock Guitar Soloing is his DVD, also available from the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Guitar Edge magazine features a bimonthly "Crash Course" 2-3 page column by Barrett. He has also published instructional articles in Guitar Player and Guitar One mags.
Barrett has lately been gigging on guitar with Gis Johannssen's Big City, an LA country band. He's recently played with Jimmy Fuller (of original "Wipe Out" by the Surfaris fame), and Lightnin' Willie and the Poorboys.
Here's Barrett's c.v. as an editor/proofreader:
2003
Ukulele Chord Finder
Guitar Arpeggio Finder
Boogie Blues Riffs
Bass Arpeggio Finder
Best of Rockabilly
2004
Ragtime Guitar
Albert King Signature Licks
Tenor Masters
Acoustic Blues Guitar
Sid Jacobs Advanced Jazz
Rockin' the Blues
Country Piano
Ed Shaughnessy Show Drumming
Red Hot Country Guitar
Rock Bass Method
101 Sax Tips
Best of Blues Guitar
Smooth Jazz Piano
Best of Blues Piano
Pedal Steel Guitar Method
Best of Surf Guitar
Groove Mastery MI Press
Funk Drumming
Jazz Improvisation Berklee Press
Fingerstyle Blues
The Offspring Signature Licks
Modern Jazz Piano MI Press
Classical Themes For Electric Guitar
Jazzology
Play Guitar by Ear
Acoustic Classics Signature Licks
2005
Jazzin' the Blues
Miles Davis Signature Licks
Dizzy Gillespie Signature Licks
Music Theory for Guitarists: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
Jazz for the Rock Guitarist
Pop Rock Keyboards MI Press
Rock Drumming
Blues Bass Method
Theory for Bassists
Lynyrd Skynyrd Signature Licks
Exotic Scales and Licks for Electric Guitar MI Press
R&B Bass
Ultimate Guitar Technique MI Press
Hal Leonard Classical Guitar Method
Hendrix Signature Licks Vol. 2
Pentatonic Pizzazz!
Eric Johnson Signature Licks
Jazz Guitar Signature Licks
Chord Melody MI Press
2006
Ukulele Roadmaps
Chords for Bass MI Press
Hal Leonard Flamenco Method
World Guitar
Alternate Tunings
Greg Koch's Guitar Clues: Operation Pentatonic
Chords for Bass
Fretboard Roadmaps 2nd Ed