February 3, 2023 I spent a lot of time playing this week, probably too much as things started to hurt a little. One of my obsessions was revisiting songs from a John Renbourn book I ...
December 31, 2022 So it is New Year’s Eve and dark and storming here in Northern California (please excuse the mood lighting). This week I started revisiting some of Dan Hicks catchy swing tunes, which ...
December 22, 2022 Coming to you a day earlier than usual this week as Christmas Eve Eve may get a little hectic. Today’s musical excerpts ran the gamut of Holiday Favorites, too many to itemize ...
December 9, 2022 This week I finally completed a lesson that was years behind schedule – Death Don’t Have No Mercy as originally done by Rev. Gary Davis. It will now open the door to ...
November 4, 2022 Beatles arrangements started today’s Update. I got a request from a student to put up an arrangement of In My Life that was not as difficult as one I did a few ...
October 28, 2022 Melody, melody, melody… this is what was my focus this week. It even got a bit out of control and prevented me from finishing a lesson that was on the schedule (not ...
October 14, 2022 This week we added a lesson on a classic tune made famous by Frank Sinatra in 1965, It Was A Very Good Year. The haunting song was written a few years earlier ...
September 23, 2022 The re-entry to the real world is almost complete as our 2022 International Guitar Camp is now in the rear view mirror. Plans for next year are underway, but we managed to ...
September 9, 2022 Back at home for a few days before IGC and the recent John Denver lesson on Sunshine On My Shoulders was running through my head at the start of the Update. The ...