Ten year anniversary!
I stood up, put my guitar on its stand and reached out my hand to thank Susan for the lesson. She reached into her purse, pulled out $30 in cash […]
Category Archives: Thoughts
Happy Thanksgiving!
This has been a crazy year, but you, my students, have helped me make the best of it. Thank you for trying something new and giving me the opportunity to […]
My guitar and my Grandpop – Part 5
(Here’s a link to part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4.) It was Friday morning, two days after Halloween and I was staring at my Grandpop’s face. I was sitting […]
My guitar and my Grandpop – Part 4
(Here’s a link to part 1, part 2 and part 3.) Grandpop falls My Grandpop had been battling multiple health issues for a few years, but by early October 2018, […]
My guitar and my Grandpop – Part 3
(Here’s a link to part 1 and part 2.) Begone paint! In the summer of 1999, a short six months after I bought this guitar, I defiled it. I stripped […]
My guitar and my Grandpop – Part 2
(Here’s a link to part 1.) The guitar that started it all In December 1998, I walked out of Mars Music Center in Parkville, Maryland with an empty wallet in […]
My guitar and my Grandpop – Part 1
I scratched my head as my eyes darted from the wiring schematic to the tangle of wires on the underside of my old guitar’s pickguard. They darted back. I rubbed […]
Always feel like a beginner
“I am tired of being a beginner.” I hear that comment from my students all of the time. I get it. They want to be able to play songs, master […]
My teaching philosophy
My philosophy is simple: private lessons should be tailored to each student. Nothing demonstrates that better than the binder that I give to each of my students. – – For […]
À la guitare, de Baltimore, U.S.A.: Earle
Paris, the city of lights. Many things come to mind when I think of Paris: baguettes, crepes and croissants. Wine and brie. Cafés and boulangeries. The Eiffel Tower. The Louvre. […]
