Recently I released my Secrets of Tasty Riffs & Solos course (which guitar players seem to be really loving, by the way). It focuses very deeply on using thirds in solos - both in double stops and single note lines. A lot of folks recognized that the course was a little over their heads, but […]
The other day I received a nice letter airmailed from France... you can click on the picture on the right, and read the scanned copy, if you want. I opened it up, thinking perhaps that one of my students had sent me a note or something like that, but instead to my surprise, I found […]
Just before writing this, I spent a half hour noodling around on a piano a friend lent me for a while. Reminded me of years ago, when I was about 6 years old and taking piano lessons... Anyhow, piano is a cool instrument, no doubt about it. BUT - and I say this knowing that […]
The other day I came across this quote that made me think: "I'd rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies" It was talking about having a few great friends, versus tons of unreliable friends... But it applies to the guitar as well. Would you prefer to have tons and tons of scale patterns that you […]
The other night I stayed up past my bedtime to checkout a meteor shower... Have you ever seen something like that? There weren't quite as many as I was hoping for, but nevertheless, we did see a number of fireballs burning up in the atmosphere... Not to mention an incredible number of stars! I've taken […]
So last week I spent a wee bit of time in the great outdoors - I don't get to do that enough, but I sure love it when I do get the chance... Anyhow - have you ever gone for a hike in an area that isn't very well marked? Usually, if you're on some […]
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