December 15, 2023 Lately there have been some great requests for lessons on the Forum, and I check them all out. A couple recent requests became topics for discussion this week. One started a foray ...
December 8, 2023 A classic Christmas Carol somehow materialized as I started today’s Update, which led into a bit of Ferry Cross The Mersey, one of this week’s new lessons. The other new lesson was ...
December 1, 2023 I hope everybody is back into their real-world routine after last week’s feast. A great time was had at the Hogan household, apart from a couple broken nails, putting lesson creation into ...
November 24, 2023 Just a little News this week, but snippets of a bunch of Christmas songs as they popped into my head. I realize I need to take my own advice and start brushing ...
A lot of News this week… November 17, 2023 A lot of News this week and a little less playing than usual, although I opened with some thoughts on The Earl Of Salisbury, as popularized ...
November 10, 2023 This week I stumbled into the new Beatles tune, Now And Then, and figured I had to put together a lesson on it. It is a slightly unusual progression, or really just ...
November 3, 2023 This week I finished a couple instrumental fingerpicking lessons, one of which I started over 6 years ago, and another that I have messed around with for about 40 years before it ...
October 27, 2023 I am almost feeling back in the swing of things now. I did manage to get to work on a couple upcoming lessons, and even got back in the teaching studio for ...
October 20, 2023 This week we just returned from a week in Hawaii and I am still resetting back to the real world. I did manage to finish up a lesson on Treetop Flyer by ...
October 6, 2023 A couple new lessons, a cool discovery (and fix!), tips on percussive playing and ear training, and a friend’s band playing the music of Django and Stephane Grappelli next weekend for anyone ...