October 23, 2020 This morning I was caught by a post in the Recommend A Lesson Forum that had a bunch of suggestions for lessons. Most of them were from bands I tend to keep ...
Hi Everyone, The weekly wrap-up is ready. October 16, 2020 Today’s musical introduction started with a bit of the intro to one of this week’s new lessons, which turned into a slight improv in the ...
October 9, 2020 Blues was the opening theme today, St. Louis Blues to be specific. I recently had a couple students working on this W.C. Handy classic, mostly as done by John Fahey on his ...
The Animals, Frijid Pink, The Box Tops, Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, and a few other bands/songs have been running through my head lately. I started today’s Update exploring Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood and ended ...
This week I spent some time resurrecting some forgotten tunes, starting with some Gershwin from my album Yesterday’s News – Our Love Is Here To Stay. I also played an arrangement of Can You Read ...
Somehow today’s update started with a blast from the way past, and others popped up unexpectedly in various spots. Keep an ear out for Judy Collins, Gordon Lightfoot, Peter, Paul & Mary, and even Tex ...
This week I put together a little musical education presentation for a group of 5th grade students at my wife’s school. I thought I would start what may become a regular series with some very ...
A few weeks of meetings of the Neil Young Appreciation Society will be coming to a close next week but I hope some of you have been enjoying our Journey Through The Past of the ...
Greetings from smoky Northern California, although it is starting to get better thanks to cooler temps and a little moisture in the air. Still heavy airplay here of old Neil Young albums, which inspired today’s ...
It is hot and smoky in Northern California and we are prepping TG Central for some evacuated relatives from the Santa Cruz Mountains, which has led to a little blip in lesson production, hopefully back ...