Subject: 2020 Do It Now
2020 Do It Now
December 31st, 2019 at 8:33 am EDTPhoto by Jamie Street on UnsplashHey Friend, Here we are, about to start yet another new year and decade. I sincerely hope 2019 was a great year for you, and that 2020 looks even more exciting! Even though there’s no real difference between Dece ...
Happy Holidays 2019
December 24th, 2019 at 8:32 am EDTPhoto by Jamie Coupaud on UnsplashHey Friend, Wishing you a very Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Joyous Kwanzaa! Happy Festivus! Whichever holiday you celebrate, I hope this finds you with music in your heart and rhythm in your feet. All t ...
What if???
December 20th, 2019 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, Happy Friday! Picture this: You’re standing in the garage, sanding down a table top to refinish it. You’ve got the local Rock station on the radio and the DJ comes on, blabbering about this 80's rock star coming to town... ...a ...
Struggle with hearing chords in songs?
December 18th, 2019 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, What is your method for deciphering the different guitar parts you hear in a song you’re learning? Do you flesh out the melody first, then try to match chords? Or are you like me, where you find the chord progression first and go fro ...
Tone: The musician’s quest
December 13th, 2019 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, One of the greatest mysteries to solve for every musician is their personal quest for tone. Finding the perfect balance of touch to hardware, the perfect ratio of flesh and steel and wood and circuitry. Transferring and translating hea ...
Checking in...
December 4th, 2019 at 8:29 am EDTHey Friend, Hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend (in the US at least) and are weathering the avalanche of Black/Cyber emails coming to your inbox... #Buried I’ve been building barn doors for my office/studio so I can get a little privacy at ...
Life-changing...
December 1st, 2019 at 5:27 pm EDTHey Friend, Happy Sunday! My how time flies… 22 years ago today I was in a hospital maternity ward welcoming my oldest daughter into the world. There are few experiences in life that have such a profound impact on your life - I still remember ...