{"id":4927,"date":"2026-01-17T19:05:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?p=4927"},"modified":"2026-01-18T03:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:37:23","slug":"totally-guitars-weekly-update-january-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-blogs\/guitar-news\/totally-guitars-weekly-update-january-16-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Totally Guitars Weekly Update January 16, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Totally Guitars Weekly Update January 16, 2026\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J_LowIwe0ac?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><\/p>\n<p>January 16, 2026<\/p>\n<p>After a couple weeks of teasing a new lesson I managed to finish <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/3049-the-windmills-of-your-mind-solo-accompaniment-versions\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Windmills Of Your Mind<\/a> from The Thomas Crown Affair. It became a slightly bigger project when I realized I should start with an accompaniment version before moving on to the solo version. I also decided I needed to watch the 1968 movie as well, which was a treat! The solo version is not too difficult, especially if you have a little experience combining chords and a melody into this type of chord solo.<\/p>\n<p>We had our first weekly winner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/totallylessons.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=210&#038;t=28220\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3-Minute 30-Day Challenge<\/a> and a set of <a href=\"https:\/\/store.santacruzguitar.com\/collections\/strings\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Cruz Guitar Strings<\/a> will be on its way to its new home on a Santa Cruz OM.<\/p>\n<p>We opened registration to our Fall <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalguitarcamp.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">International Guitar Camp<\/a> this week, and have a couple openings still for the Spring Camp (April 23-26). 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