August 15, 2025 Once again James Taylor is high on the bandwidth meter here at Totally Guitars. We released two new lessons on songs of his: Steamroller and Anywhere Like Heaven. These will be part ...
August 1, 2025 This week quite a variety of things crossed my path, so the Weekly Update is a bit scattered and disjointed, not that that is unusual. I started with some thoughts about The ...
May 2, 2025 Last weekend we held our Spring International Guitar Camp (IGC), and had a blast. Today’s Update started with a day-by-day recap, followed by a short lesson, or possibly another way of thinking ...
March 21, 2025 This week our 3-Minute 30-Day Challenge led to a related subject – scheduling practice and how long should you try to practice. We lean towards the 3×3 approach. That is 3 minutes ...
February 28, 2025 A couple new lessons this week – Wade in The Water by Eva Cassidy and Lou Reed’s Perfect Day. One of those inspired and reminded me of a bunch of songs that ...
June 21, 2024 This week there was a lot more playing and only a bit of News to talk about. A list of the tunes I remember touching on will be at the end. As ...
June 7, 2024 This week’s events and TG additions were driven by, or at least inspired by requests and suggestions from students. I was asked by a couple students about what we had at TG ...
March 22, 2024 Music inspired by Pat Metheny, Alan Parsons, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, and even Stevie Wonder crossed my strings today throughout the Update. And speaking of strings, they were brand new and ...
March 15, 2024 Recently I talked a bit about swing time, which many people confuse with syncopation. Today I talked more about syncopation, what it is, how it is independent of swing, and then opened ...
February 2, 2024 Not much in the way of headlines or news this week, but a lot of tunes. Due to a recent lesson I have had Can’t Help Falling In Love running through my ...