Five Ways To Get Better In 2025

Published: Fri, 01/03/25

Updated: Fri, 01/03/25

This New Year's Eve, my friend Billy introduced me, Ms. Fretboard and a few other folks to a ritual called The Log Of Regret. It's a bit of a…

One Stanza About Measures 9-12

Published: Fri, 12/27/24

Updated: Sat, 12/28/24

The holidays are still afootAnd so, I'm simply going to putA link to the new videoOn Youtube for you down below: Triplet Pentatonic Turnarounds More…

The Mayor Of MacDougal Street

Published: Fri, 12/20/24

Updated: Fri, 12/20/24

On my birthday, we swung into Spec's to rummage up a couple of bottles of wine and before we walked out, Ms. Fretboard, knowing my silent film…

Signature Move

Published: Fri, 12/13/24

Updated: Fri, 12/13/24

I can't remember how I discovered the great jazz pianist Ray Bryant; it may have been as simple as chancing upon his classic 1950s LP Alone With The…

A Life In The Blues

Published: Fri, 12/06/24

Updated: Fri, 12/06/24

A couple of weeks after Roy Book Binder was in town, I got a package in the mail. It was a hardcover copy of Dick Waterman: A Life In The Blues, Tammy…

Holiday Tetrameter

Published: Fri, 11/29/24

It has an ever-shifting date,This holiday, here in the StatesThe secret, then, is to remember:Final Thursday in November That is when Thanksgiving…

Ride That Wave

Published: Fri, 11/22/24

Most of the time I don't think about the fact that it's totally up to me whether anything gets done at all. I've been freelancing since I was twenty-…

Talking About Practice

Published: Fri, 11/15/24

I practiced today. In fact, I practiced more than usual, because there is construction going on ne t door to my studio, making it harder to focus. So…

Work In Progress

Published: Fri, 11/08/24

Updated: Fri, 11/08/24

I've been teaching a lot of traditional material lately in the Fingerstyle Five membership. Earlier this year, we did the Leroy Carr classic "How Long…

Last Call – Blue Note Blues Workshop

Published: Fri, 11/01/24

Updated: Sat, 11/02/24

A final reminder that my Blue Note Blues workshop live streams tomorrow morning at 10:30am Central Daylight Time. You can also register now and plan…