Six Voicings And A Rhyme Scheme
Published: Mon, 04/17/23
According to what they prefer: The one workshop this Saturday Or also those in June and May But those who still have yet to choose Instead have…
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Dress Code
Published: Fri, 04/14/23
We raided my closet yesterday morning for costume supplies. The Dauphin is appearing in a school musical tonight and I was able to hook him up the…
New Workshop: Freddie Green Chords
Published: Tue, 04/11/23
The first workshop, Freddie Green Chords, takes place on Saturday, April 22 at 10:30am CDT. The Swing Scale, on May 20, will cover playing the changes…
Swing For The Blues Guitarist
Published: Fri, 04/07/23
One summer at the National Guitar Workshop, I agreed to teach a one-off elective class on blues songwriting. I didn't really know quite what I was…
Reliable Source
Published: Fri, 03/31/23
I thoroughly approved, even as I thanked my lucky stars it wasn't me combing through the pages for e tended metaphors and e amples of Homeric irony.
Bad Press
Published: Fri, 03/17/23
I used to go see the songwriter David Massengill in Greenwich Village, and in that pre-digital age he would keep a stack of paper handouts on the…
Don't Try To Learn Everything
Published: Fri, 03/10/23
The family dog is way into treats. Lately I've been bringing a pocketful along on walks, so if there's some other dog coming down the street in the…
Creative Overreach
Published: Fri, 03/03/23
There are worse problems to have, no doubt. But February has just wrapped up, and with it, February Album Writing Month, or FAWM, as it's known to…
Vinyl Freak
Published: Fri, 02/17/23
I found it combing through the shelves at the used book store near my studio – a place, I might add, where I have stumbled across my share of…
Orcs, And Gorgonzola
Published: Fri, 02/10/23
Last week the city of Austin more or less shut down for the week as two nights of freezing rain wrought complete havoc on the trees, power lines and…