Before you can take guitar lessons, you need a guitar. But which one to buy and how much to spend on it? Here are some things to consider before taking the plunge. It’s going to get thrashed, so don’t buy something expensive This isn’t about you being irresponsible, it happens[…]
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New music! Can you believe it? Me neither. But here it is! After an exceedingly long dry spell, I’m finally starting to explore some of the musical ideas that have been floating around in my head for the past couple of years. This new track is the first of three[…]
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Greetings everyone, We all know things are crazier now than ever before. We’ll take that as read and move on. Maybe I’m behind the curve, but it seems like the performing arts are never going to get back to the way they used to be. When bands go on tour[…]
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Think of this meditation as a ‘micro-vacation’ to the Oregon coast. Sunny but then the clouds roll in, then they blow away and it’s sunny once more. The original idea for this song came out of a 2-chord progression I first played with a dedicated group of hobbyist guitarists many[…]
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This is the first in a new series of videos designed to be musically and visually soothing, meditative, or otherwise pleasing. More videos will feature other instruments and guest musicians. If you have an idea or inspiration for a meditation, please share it with me. Who knows? Your idea could[…]
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Today I want to pay tribute to a true pioneer. Not just a pioneer, but a trail-blazer in her field. The first to break the gender barrier in one of the most prolific and lucrative parts of the entertainment industry in every country on Earth: Ms. Pac-Man. From the very[…]
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Um….here’s like….a song we wrote….” Bands spend a huge amount of time & effort on selecting their songs, doing the arrangements, and then rehearsing over and over until everything sounds great. And then they get up on stage and have no clue what to say to the audience or how[…]
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“I’m not good enough.” Those four words are responsible for a staggering amount of failure in every discipline you can think of. That curse very nearly ended my music career before it got started. But it’s a total myth, and myths are made to be busted! What Is Good Enough?[…]
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I recently had a chance to learn a bit about neurological Darwinism. While the theory has been around for more than 40 years, some things just don’t find their way into your consciousness until you need them. In a nutshell, the theory of neurological Darwinism suggests that groups of neurons[…]
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Sometimes, the devil really is in the details I recently spent several days at the Accent on Music guitar seminar in Portland. It was challenging, and I got to meet a number of other players from around the world, as well as receive instruction from the amazing Clive Carroll, the[…]
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