Things are slowly settling back into the usual routine around here now, after a somewhat surreal trip to a distant planet, or at least about as far as one can go from California on this planet. It was great to spend time in Tasmania with Matt, Jameela, and the rest of the TG team, most of whom I met for the first time. I did manage to get away a couple times and see and experience some of the beautiful country in and around Hobart, and a lot of the details are in today’s update.

This week we got a couple new lessons out, The Decembrists’ Rox In The Box, and Herbie Hancock’s Watermelon Man. Max made great use of his looper creating that one.

I had a few thoughts on some threads on the Forum, a quick one on nails and a bit more on what the Beatles might have been like a few years into the 70s.

And then there was some music. As I recall a little blues in the beginning, a stab at a long forgotten tune, Tickle Me, and somewhere later Quicksand and a Beatles solo version of George Harrison’s first song. That led me to think it might be about time for some more solo guitar stuff, any requests?