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 ...
It has been a few weeks since the last update and I am still reeling and recovering from the whirlwind that really started back in July with IGC Europe. Today’s update included some random improvs ...
We are heading into our California IGC next week but it has been business as usual here in a lot of ways. A few new lessons: Pure Imagination, Who Knows Where The Time Goes by ...