June 2, 2023 This week I thought it was time for a little music theory lesson or review, depending on where you are in that world. I started with a piece that I needed to ...
March 10, 2023 Here we are in the second week of March and I have been enjoying revisiting some old lessons that never got finished. Today I started with a bit of a Dave Van ...
March 3, 2023 Last week’s revisiting of Fleetwood Mac’s Bob Welch period (1971-74) got me to finish a new lesson on Sentimental Lady from Bare Trees. The lesson is quite different from the way I ...
February 10, 2023 Lately I have been obsessed with a couple tunes that are on their way to becoming lessons. Both of which will not come as surprises to those of you who regularly tune ...
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 ...