Subject: Duct Tape and a Paper Clip
Duct Tape and a Paper Clip
April 30th, 2016 at 11:10 am EDTHey Friend, Thanks for the birthday wishes for my wife - the day did get better! Our neighbor is kind enough to let us connect a hose between the houses, so we're piggy-backing off their water pump. We had water back in the pipes by noon yesterday. I ...
The Un-Birthday
April 29th, 2016 at 9:06 am EDTHey Friend, It's my wife's birthday today. Her present came early - last night, to be exact. It wasn't something she wanted, and it wasn't a welcome gift... The pump that supplies water to the house died just after dinner. At least it waited until th ...
Change Your Mood With a One Inch Shift
April 28th, 2016 at 11:10 am EDTHey Friend, To make a major chord into a minor chord is very simple. In fact, it's a minor little shift as you will change only one note in the chord. With this one shift you will begin to see where the magic in guitar chords starts. Major chords are ...
Mixing Up Chord Notes
April 27th, 2016 at 11:19 am EDTHey Friend, Once you have a fundamental understanding of the major chord construction, minor chords are the next step. Just to refresh you, a major chord has three notes from the major scale: the one, three and five notes. If we're making a C major c ...
Its Got Teeth, But It Doesn't Bite...
April 26th, 2016 at 11:16 am EDTHey Friend, There are many twists and turns that can happen as you try to learn about the basics of music theory. People get uncomfortable whenever music theory is mentioned, especially those of us that have no formal training. I wish it didn't sound ...
Just a Little Ska, Mon.
April 25th, 2016 at 11:12 am EDTHey Friend, Whew, busy day today! Besides sending you a daily dose of guitar goodness, I have a phone interview, first draft due for a writing client and an awards assembly for my daughter. And then there's the bathroom renovation project I got elbow ...
Sunday Morning
April 24th, 2016 at 11:17 am EDTHey Friend, Sunday Morning is probably my favorite song by No Doubt. It proves that you don't have to have a complex chord progression or melody to make great songs. In fact, simple is often the best approach. Goes to show you can pair a simple chor ...
Light Bulb Moment...
April 23rd, 2016 at 11:23 am EDTHey Friend, How'd you like those chord progressions I sent you Thursday? Did they make sense? When you start getting a basic understanding of how guitar chords fit together, it's as if you've opened a new door to enlightenment. Okay, I agree, that's ...
We Interrupt The Normally Scheduled Program...
April 22nd, 2016 at 12:00 pm EDTHey Friend, Truly another devastating day yesterday for the music business and fans all over the world. Prince passed away at the age of 57 years old. He left some HUGE shoes to fill. I can't wrap my head around losing all these larger-than-life musi ...
10 Super-Easy Exercise to Learn Chord Progressions
April 21st, 2016 at 11:19 am EDTHey Friend, There are tons of chords you can use when playing Rock music. But time and again, new songs are written every day using very common chord progression formulas. When you start analyzing songs, you begin to see the same patterns in the pro ...