As many of you know, the last month has been quite a challenge for me health wise. The short history started on October 11th with a fever (that I figured was the flu coming on) ...
Well I am sorry to have been away again due to some serious unplanned events, which I gave you some info on in a thread a couple weeks ago. Today’s update starts off with the ...
As we head into IGC week a lot of exciting things are happening here at TG. The rebuild continues, and adds a few bumps in the road as you may have noticed. We should have ...
Ken Burns was on my mind at the top of today’s update, well his new documentary on Country Music specifically. I was not familiar with the term ‘Carter Scratch’ but had explained the technique hundreds ...
Modes, modes, modes… Great additions on the Forum this week about modes, which got me into doing a bit of an improv in D, playing through 4 different modes with D as the tonic. These ...
Between the Forum, live students, and last week’s open mic in Los Gatos a few tunes ran through my head that caught me by surprise this week. This led to a few stabs at instrumentals ...
Vanessa was taking her 2019 Holiday in California, as many of you know, and she stopped by TG Central after about 3 weeks touring much of the Southwestern US. We had a chance to sit ...
A lot of messing around in the key of E Major in today’s News, starting with a blues improv based on the Forum post about Tony Joe White’s Polk Salad Annie, with only minor snubs ...
This week TG Central has become temporary headquarters for my partner and globetrotter, Matt Williams. He happened to come with a long list of songs that he thinks should be lessons at TG. I made ...
It’s been a few weeks since our last regular update and all the new lessons are listed below. I imagine most of you know I was in Europe for a couple weeks mixing a bit ...