December 13, 2024 This week we published a Free Lesson on Carol Of The Bells, a not-too-difficult look at the main themes with some variations. That traditional Ukrainian melody kicked off today’s Update, leading into ...
December 6, 2024 Last week I played a bit of some of the songs from our new strumming packs (Neil’s Top Strumming Songs Volumes 1 & 2) and a few of my students wanted to ...
November 30, 2024 Thanksgiving week was a huge blast around the Hogan house, so the only News I have is that we released a couple new strumming packs, based on some of my recent lists. ...
November 22, 2024 Our latest lesson was Singin’ Call by Stephen Stills, and since I still had my guitar in the D5 Tuning (DADDAD) today’s Update opened with some improvising and pieces of other Stills’ ...
November 15, 2024 Neil Young had a birthday this week so I had some of his songs and albums on my mind heading into the TG news. I think I mentioned most of them by ...
November 8, 2024 This week I had a chance to offer some particular advice to a couple students, which turned into keeping a log with the status of everything they had ever played. That became ...
We put out a couple interesting lessons this week, a slightly obscure Eagles’ tune and another big hit from David Gates and Bread. The Bread tune is Make It With You, featuring a lot of ...
October 25, 2024 The Five Man Electrical Band hit Signs, from 1971 was running through my head as I started the camera so it turned into the introductory music today. Along the way I also ...
October 18, 2024 You may have heard that I have been asked to play for a few hours at an event here in Los Gatos next Saturday, October 26. It has been many years since ...
October 11, 2024 I still have intervals on my to-do list for students, and while reviewing thirds Dance With Me popped out of my guitar. Being in the key of D, it led me into ...