Lisa McCormick and Julian McBrowne

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About our guest artists:Lisa McCormick and Julian McBrownewww.lisamccormick.com

Lisa McCormick is a Brattleboro, VT-based guitar and ukulele instructor, and performing singer/songwriter. She began playing guitar at the age of ten, and by the age of sixteen, was performing in clubs.  McCormick's debut album "Right Now" was released in late 1996, containing songs which she described as "sketches of our tiny inch of history, these 1990s, with their unique spin on love and sex, science and culture and heroes."  She won the grand prize in the 1997 USA Songwriting Contest, received three preliminary Grammy nominations in 1998, and was awarded with "Artist of the Year" and "Album of the Year" by Maine Public Radio.Lisa is one of the online tutors on Guitar Tricks.com, having created the foundational hub of Guitar Tricks' Core Learning System, with her new versions of Guitar Fundamentals, Levels 1 and 2.  She teaches ukulele - online classes, as well as Ukulele-in-a-Day workshops.

Julian McBrowne is a audio engineer, music composer and producer and musician.