Today I started with a little bit of Bethena, and a little more later, the piece that has haunted me for years in more than one way. I keep plugging away on it and maybe ...
Well, another Halloween has come and gone, except that we are running a Halloween Special on Lesson Packs through the weekend. Be sure to check them out if you are into the a la carte ...
Just this morning I was watching some John Renbourn videos and I am still amazed at his musicianship, creativity, and comfort with playing the guitar. It reminded me of a few things we played together, ...
Today there was a lot of playing and stumbling though old pieces in various stages of disrepair, starting with some random blues picking. Since this week had a couple new Acoustic Snapshots, Sylvia and Imagine ...
This week’s update included a bunch of playing– bits of Man On The Moon by REM, Break On Through, Walk Don’t Run, tips on barre chords, Sultans Of Swing, Reflections Of My Life (with a ...
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 ...
On special assignment in Tasmania, Jameela and I took a few minutes at Matt’s house in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. We talked a bit about our journey and things that had been happening with our colleagues ...
A few big pieces of news this week but one thing I have been working on is getting ready for a presentation that might need 45-60 minutes worth of playing. I think I mentioned that ...
Today I found myself with my first real guitar, a Yairi OM, made out of mahogany. I got it when I was about 12 or 13 and it is still fun to break out every ...
This week I had a lot of fun finally getting around to a lesson that had been on my mind for years, a solo arrangement of Your Mother Should Know from the Beatles’ album Magical ...