April 23, 2021 A little jazzy improv started today’s update, followed by a story on what I have been working on for my daughter’s wedding, coming up in 3 weeks. As I will be officiating, ...
April 16, 2021 One of the subjects that popped up this week, particularly in a chat with Vanessa, but also referred to on the Forum this week, is how hard it can sometimes be for ...
April 9, 2021 This morning a song ran through the house that stuck in my head and I started the Update with it and turned it into a ‘Name That Tune’ contest. If anybody can ...
April 2, 2021 This week a friend of mine asked for a short lesson on a song I was not familiar with and I figured I might give enough info, squeezed into the Weekly Update, ...
March 26, 2021 A little Unforgettable to start and some really old Renbourn at the end today. In between there were some thoughts on recent lessons and how they came about, the end of our ...
March 19, 2021 Once again, I started the day with the lap steel, which I promise to re-retire again soon. But it has been fun to mess with. I opened with just some improvising, then ...
March 12, 2021 Today I started with the lap steel and played a bit of the new lesson on Sleep Walk, thinking I was ready to retire that guitar for a little while. And of ...
March 5, 2021 A new month and a little new optimism on the horizon. Today, feeling a somewhat upbeat, I tried to start with a little of Laleña, which didn’t quite translate into the mood ...
February 26, 2021 This week’s update had a lot of playing and less talking than usual. I have been pretty inspired by some of our recent lessons and Student Reviews. As a matter of fact, ...
February 19, 2021 I mentioned last week that The Carpenters’ song We’ve Only Just Begun woke me up early one morning and I had to get up and figure out the progression. I felt like ...