The Additive Property
Published: Fri, 01/12/24
As the guy just helping out, I got to absorb these things in smaller doses than my kids did. Also, solving for X is a lot easier when you're not…
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Origin Story
Published: Tue, 01/09/24
Guitar Player. Having learned some basic pattern picking almost as soon as I learned my first chords, and having zero inclination to sing, I also…
Live Stream Update!
Published: Sat, 01/06/24
THIS link may take you right there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_jGMYCz9oA But if it doesn't, just go to the channel and cross your fingers. Like…
Live Streaming Tonight's Show
Published: Sat, 01/06/24
Just like the real show, there'll be a (virtual) tip jar, and if I play something you just have to hear again, chances are it's available on Bandcamp.
Exigencies Of Time And Space
Published: Fri, 01/05/24
Remembering the lyrics is invariably the hardest part of the whole e pedition, so I figure with three or four weeks of regular attention, I should be…
Coming Attractions
Published: Tue, 01/02/24
Item #1: I only occasionally mention when I have a local show in Austin because that information is not all that helpful if you live in Paris or…
"I Have Some Ideas"
Published: Fri, 12/15/23
Growing up, my best friend Peter was also a guitar player, and on a recent visit to the East coast we finally got to hang out again after, we figured…
Kenny Burrell Chords workshop TOMORROW!
Published: Fri, 11/10/23
If you'd like to learn how to comp while you improvise, play chord-melody blues licks up the neck, turn Freddie Green voicings into syncopated jazz-…
Kenny Burrell Chords Workshop
Published: Wed, 11/08/23
Growing up, I had nine years of classical violin lessons. I sat in the school orchestra, learned a few concerto movements, played some baroque chamber…
Ones And Zeros
Published: Fri, 11/03/23
It takes an absurdly sprawling and diverse assortment of digital hoodle-de-doo to operate the global pedagogical empire that is Fretboard…