"All I Do Is Keep The Beat"
Published: Fri, 03/15/24
My first year of college, when I wasn't struggling with modal counterpoint or poaching on my upstairs neighbor's enlightening stash of T-Bone Walker,…
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Published: Fri, 03/08/24
Chord Substitutions on an 8 Bar Blues Also, thanks for the bee advice. Steps will be taken... –David david@davidhamburger.comP.O. Bo 302151 Austin TX…
Wild Kingdom
Published: Fri, 03/08/24
I think the bees are trying to set up shop in the front door to my studio. This door, which is painted red and has a kind of distressed look, has a…
On Tour
Published: Fri, 03/01/24
"Well, thank god you didn't say 'I'm going on tour.' Guys come in here, they're like 'I'm going on tour, man,' and I'm like 'Dude, you're driving…
6 String Ranch
Published: Tue, 02/27/24
Mostly people make records there, but every few months Matt hosts a different guitar workshop for a small, limited number of students. It's a chance…
Well, Yeah...
Published: Fri, 02/23/24
Shortly before I moved to Austin, I spent two weeks working on a record at Chris Rival's My Generation studio in Boston. It's the only record I've…
Streaming Tonight!
Published: Wed, 02/21/24
https://www.sunradio.com/ That's 7pm Central time tonight, Wednesday February 21st. More soon (like, Friday), David david@davidhamburger.comP.O. Bo…
Turnarounds, Workshops and Imminent Snow
Published: Fri, 02/16/24
I've been up in New England all week doing things of one musical sort or another. On Monday, I spent the morning at the venerable Music Emporium in Le…
Just The One Breakfast
Published: Fri, 02/09/24
That said, I've been in bit of a words-first groove this FAWM. There's about an hour in the morning when only the family dog and I are up, enough time…
Beyond The Alphabet
Published: Wed, 02/07/24
This month in the Fingerstyle Five, we're working on improvising over a steady bass in the key of A – specifically, how to get started with simple…