"Recognizing what we have done in the past is a recognition of ourselves. By conducting a dialogue with our past, we are searching how to go forward." (Kiyoko Takeda)
David's guitar instruction program is sponsored by: 
David is the winner of the (the first non-employee contractor to receive the award) from he YMCA of Central KY!
David proudly uses:
LAVA Guitar Cables "Let your signal flow!"
HALO Electric Guitars
DiMARZIO Pick-ups
TurboTrem - the Way Cool Whammy Tool
FastAxe Guitar Tools
Godin GuitarsAwards offered by the Music Lab: SDML "Awards for Guitar Excellence". See "music & merchandise" for details on this FREE program.
David on stage, 2005.
David in studio, 2002.
David at photo/video shoot, 1991.
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I've snatched down a handful of web awards for my work on-line, for which I'm extremel grateful. It's nice to get recognition letting me know people appreciate all the stuff I've posted. I'm happy enough to get e-mail from around the world, but awards are also kinda cool! Some of these are serious, some just for fun...I appreciate them all, and all those who nominated me.
This, aside from a couple of "Golden Web Awards" (see below), was the first award that the Skinny Devil Music Lab web-site received. I was very happy about it, since I'd been offering free lessons for quite some time. My sincerest thanx!..
The Troy Stetina camp offers these awards to only a handful, so these were a thrill to receive. It was all the sweeter for two reasons: 1) Because they were awarded to me in April (International Guitar Month) of 2004, and 2) because I landed 2 awards rather than just one (an extremely rare event). Being recognized as both a guitarist/musician AND a guitar instructor is way cool. Uber-Thanx, guys!
Lorraine sent me a very kind note saying that my site had received this award. I'm told it is generally given for tributes (my Hendrix lessons and such probably opened the door), but she had very nice things to say about the entire site. Thanx so much, Lorraine (and to the anonymous reader who kicked the whole thing off)!
Art Space 2000 awards not for music or content, but for web design; as they word it: "...creativity, integrity and excellence...". This was very cool - A mighty thanx to the folks at Art Space!
Well, I lost the 2002-2003 banner, but here's the award for 2003-2004. I'm not sure what these signify, to be quite honest, but I'll try to find out as soon as possible. If you know, drop me a line...
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These guys crack me up. They tell me I had a clean sweep, though I suspect everyone else does, too! All in good fun, though...they're selling stuff, but it's still way cool to get e-mail out of the blue telling you you've won something other than a lottery for which they need you bank account numbers (hahaha!!!). They actually have some cool stuff, too - thanx guys!
We've been nominated for a 4-Elements Music Award. Way cool. Cross your fingers (unless you're playing guitar)!..
We brought this program on-line officially on March 1, 2005 following some intense work and many valuable contributions from guitarists & instructors from all over the world. I sat down and went thru the criteria on March 2 and found that I score a Gold due to the speed requirements.
After considerable effort with the metronome, I finally got the Blues Scale up to speed by July, 2005.
Corporeal Awards & Honors
I've been lucky enough to be nominated for & even win a few awards, plus there are the obligatory band battles & guitar contest from back in the day (whatever exactly that phrase means), not to mention some very flattering top 10 spots on local & regional radio and store sales lists. A big thanx to the folks who have downloaded "Children's Songs" - we've now exceeded 39,000 unique downloads!I'll try to provide a more complete assessment in the future, but for now I'll just hold my breath for those ADDYs, Grammys, BMI composers, Pulitzers, Nobels, honorary doctorates, and all that sort of stuff (hahaha!). On second thought, maybe I won't really hold my breath.....
Partial "top of the charts" list:
Vice - "Vice" (1985) number 1 Recordsmith Charts for 5 weeks (primary artist)
Pharaoh - "Birthrights" (1986) number 1 Recordsmith charts for 6 weeks (hired gun)
Vice - "To Change a Season" (1987) number 1 Recordsmith Charts for 6 weeks (primary artist)
Sam I Am - "Big Green Zenith" (1988) number 1 Recordsmith Charts 2 weeks (hired gun)
Aur'a-Sen - "Choice of Fools" (2001) number 1 most downloaded song at BarChord for 3 weeks. (primary artist)
Aur'a-Sen - "Backstep" (2001-2002) number 1 most downloaded song at BarChord for 9 months! (primary artist)
Aur'a-Sen - "Backstep" (2000-present) number 1 most downloaded song (metal) at Tinfoil.Music! (primary artist)
David M. McLean - "Heather's Rain" (2001-present) number 1 most downloaded song (classical) at Tinfoil.Music! (primary artist)
David M. McLean - "MacLean (for musicbox)" (2002-present) number 2 most downloaded song (classical) at Tinfoil.Music! (primary artist)
Skinny Devil Music Lab - (2004-present) Top 10 rated site for both music and instruction at various web-sites, including GuitarGear (top-rated), GuitarHoo (hot sites), Free Sheet Music (top-rated), and more.
David M. McLean - "Garden of Wind (demo)" (2005) Top 100 (Soundclick) last week of November, 2005. (primary artist)
Alien Blue - "Ain't No Grave" (2006) 14 days straight at (overall) and (blues) at Unsigned Direct. (primary artist)
Alien Blue - "DI (2004)" 60 days straight in the top 50 (overall) at JamWave (10 of those days in the top 10 & peaked at #2); 80 days straight in the top 50 (blues) at Jamwave (14 days at ) - February & March of 2006. (primary artist)
Alien Blue - "Breath" (2006) #6 at IndieMoosic and JamWave! (primary artist)Sponsors & Endorsements
We have several endorsement deals pending here at the Music Lab. I'd also like to thank the folks who sponsor me via special arrangements for free &/or discounted merchandise. If you'd like to donate or discount goods for my personal projects or my Student Awards Program, drop me a line.
Sponsors:
Currier's Music World (Richmond, KY - USA)
Hurst Music (Lexington, KY - USA)
Guitar-Trader (San Diego, CA - USA)
Creative Dreams Printing (Trenton, NJ - USA)Endorsements (personal):
Lava Guitar Cables (Ft. Bragg, NC - USA)
Halo Electric Guitars (Cupertino, CA - USA)
DiMarzio Pick-ups (Staton Island, NY - USA)
TurboTrem Whammy Bars (Chicago, IL - USA)
FastAxe Guitar Cleaners (Chicago, IL - USA)
Godin Guitars (Montreal, CANADA)Endorsements (instructional):
Gibson Guitar's Gibson Foundation (Nasheville, TN - USA)
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