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MUSIC LESSONS IN GUITAR STORE FROM AMATEUR TEACHER

Music lessons come with the territory when the territory is a music store. Was it strange that I was the teacher? A little strange, yes, but well received. I had ordered a guitar from the store and stopped in to check progress since I got an email stating the order was canceled. But I didn’t […]

GUITAR GLUT: CRACK THE CODE TO FIND THE SOUND

The guitar glut includes too many guitars and too many names. I’m looking at you, Fender. How many names can you call the same thing. It seems simple enough. To the uninitiated there are two guitars in the world: big acoustics and smaller electrics with big sound. That’s like saying there are only two metals: […]

EMOTIONAL RESCUE? BUDDY, IT’S JUST A GUITAR

An emotional rescue always happens at the same time. Guaranteed. First, we go through some things, then some more things. Just to keep it interesting, we go through even more things. Sometimes good, sometimes not so good, sometimes in between. I’m focusing on ‘sometimes in between.’ Why? As a constantly adjusting guy in a constantly […]

GUITAR RELATIONSHIPS? IT’S NOT THAT COMPLICATED

Guitar relationships are like any other. Some are better than others, and we remember them all. The best part about guitar relationships? They last a lifetime. Can’t say that about every relationship, unless there’s a guitar link. There’s something about music creating the ties that bind. But where does it start? By making something that […]

COUNTRY BAND, BLUES BAND, PLAY ‘EM IF YOU’VE GOT ‘EM

From a country band to blues band, it all started in the school band. I don’t know what makes others want to stand up and make noise, but for me it’ simple: have some fun. You remember fun? It’s spelled f – u – n.

PLAY MUSIC ON THE PORCH DAY HEALTH WARNING

“Take a stroll and listen to people play music on their porch,” they say. Sounds inviting to me. But what ‘they’ don’t say are the dangers of hearing others play music in such an inviting place as a front porch.

USEFUL NOISE WHEN SKIP A ROPE IS THE SOUND OF COMFORT

The sound of useful noise is a comfort. Some find it in a guitar, others in a piano, still more in the song they sing in the shower. No one sings Skip A Rope for comfort. It’s a mean song that’s beginning to sound like a new national anthem. Hit the link to hear it. […]

MUSIC EDUCATION MAKES A GOOD LISTENER

From flutophone to virtuoso, music education is an essential subject. One online expert said there are two kinds of music: easy and impossible. They finished with: The path between them is called practice.

IT TAKES A WORRIED MAN TO SING A WORRIED SONG

A worried man singing a worried song needs to check the lyrics first. Since they’re not carved in stone, the words change from artist to artist. But don’t worry too much, just add a few lines of your own. For example:

FUN TIME BALANCES REGRET AND REMORSE

A fun time is the break in the clouds, a ray of sunshine on an otherwise darkened day. How’s that working this week? We all having a fun time yet? If not, why not? Maybe we need a new soundtrack, new songs for this space in time? (Thank you Ten Years After.)

MUSIC LESSONS IN GUITAR STORE FROM AMATEUR TEACHER

GUITAR GLUT: CRACK THE CODE TO FIND THE SOUND

EMOTIONAL RESCUE? BUDDY, IT’S JUST A GUITAR

GUITAR RELATIONSHIPS? IT’S NOT THAT COMPLICATED

COUNTRY BAND, BLUES BAND, PLAY ‘EM IF YOU’VE GOT ‘EM

PLAY MUSIC ON THE PORCH DAY HEALTH WARNING

USEFUL NOISE WHEN SKIP A ROPE IS THE SOUND OF COMFORT

MUSIC EDUCATION MAKES A GOOD LISTENER

IT TAKES A WORRIED MAN TO SING A WORRIED SONG

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