My Favorite Chord

Published: Fri, 10/04/24

Updated: Fri, 10/04/24

It has been a lot of fun welcoming over a hundred new guitar players into the Fingerstyle Five membership this week. We've had our first Orientation…

Last Call – Your Fingerstyle Five October

Published: Tue, 10/01/24

Updated: Sat, 10/05/24

This is your final boarding call to begin October with the Fingerstyle Five. Sing up now to get started with "Key To The Highway," take advantage of…

A Certain Deep Allure

Published: Tue, 10/01/24

Updated: Tue, 10/01/24

Good evening. It has been a whileSo let us speak of fingerstyleIs it a genre? A technique?You must admit: while hardly chic There is one thing of…

Me, John Fahey and the Fingerstyle Five

Published: Tue, 10/01/24

Updated: Tue, 10/01/24

There used to be these ads in Guitar Player for John Fahey's Takoma Records label. They were mostly te t, in about 7-point type, and I wish I could…

Kick Early And Often

Published: Mon, 09/30/24

On Saturday afternoon, I rolled up to the Yarborough branch of the Austin Public LIbrary, and as I walked in, I realized with a start that I had…

Live stream starting soon!

Published: Sun, 09/29/24

Updated: Sun, 09/29/24

2pm CDT Today No muss, no fussThis quick alertWill be, I promiseShort and curt The NFLMay field your teamRight as I startToday's live stream And if…

Live Stream Today! 2pm CDT

Published: Sun, 09/29/24

Updated: Sun, 09/29/24

A preview of "Key To The Highway" Join me online this afternoon... Sunday, September 29th at 2pm CDT ...for a live stream preview of what you can…

More FAQs: This Time It's Plural!

Published: Sat, 09/28/24

At the moment, my daughter and her friends are having the first rehearsal for their band at my studio. Like a good dad, I set up a practice PA for…

FAQ #2: Count Basie Redux

Published: Fri, 09/27/24

Today's Fingerstyle Five FAQ is a response to the eminently reasonable question 'If I join the Fingerstyle Five now, what e actly will I be working on…

A Fingerstyle Five FAQ

Published: Thu, 09/26/24

Updated: Thu, 09/26/24

If FAQ stands for "Frequently Asked Questions," I have a feeling that using the pluralized "FAQs" is a little like using the phrase "ATM machine." But…