{"id":4882,"date":"2025-10-18T00:25:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?p=4882"},"modified":"2025-10-18T00:25:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:25:27","slug":"totally-guitars-weekly-update-october-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-blogs\/guitar-news\/totally-guitars-weekly-update-october-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Totally Guitars Weekly Update October 17, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Totally Guitars Weekly Update October 17, 2025\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xWM22hZ3Es4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nOctober 17, 2025<\/p>\n<p>We started this week off with a new addition to the TG Library with <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/3026-flowers-are-red\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flowers Are Red<\/a> by Harry Chapin. For too long the only songs of his we have had were Taxi and Cat&#8217;s In The Cradle. We are certainly looking to add even more and would love anybody&#8217;s suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>Next Saturday, October 25 we will be hosting another TG Live event, this time looking at intros and riffs of Jim Croce songs. Some of these will be lessons we already have but a few will be ones we are considering for addition. So again, your input will be helpful. <a href=\"https:\/\/totally-guitars.kit.com\/jim-croce-live-session\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Register here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a mid-October warning&#8230; It is never too early to start brushing up on your Christmas tunes. I ended today&#8217;s Update with some random stabs at a few, along with some improvised noodling, which I hope you will enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>And in that vein, we are running a special this week on our <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/packages\/10-christmas-songbook-sing-a-long-bonus-package\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas Sing-Along Bonus Pack<\/a>. It includes 15 songs with charts and lyrics along with a half dozen solo instrumentals.<\/p>\n<p>Catch you again next week,<\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 17, 2025 We started this week off with a new addition to the TG Library with Flowers Are Red by Harry Chapin. For too long the only songs of his we have had were Taxi and Cat&#8217;s In The Cradle. We are certainly looking to add even more and would love anybody&#8217;s suggestions. 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