My niece Sophia celebrated her first birthday a few weeks ago and my wife Pam asked me to create an arrangement of “Happy Birthday” for a video she was creating […]

One of the benefits of being a guitar teacher exclusively is that I have more opportunities to write music. I love creating music almost as much as I love teaching […]

Can a relatively privileged young man play the blues as well as an impoverished old man? That is a debate that is held repeatedly in blues circles and it cropped […]

At a fundraiser for my friends’ animal rescue program, Walter Rescue, I had the opportunity to meet many new people. One person in particular had some very interesting things to […]

Dear Student, As you may know, I work part-time in the mornings for a printing company. I’m pleased to announce that February 4th will be my last day at that […]

I have confession to make. I’m a bit of a woman’s rights advocate. You can thank my wife Pam for that. Nothing’s better than being married to an intellectual, independent […]

Check out this video from Axis of Awesome and be sure to read my comments below afterward. Every song in this video follow the I-V-VI-IV chord progression. Are all of […]

Teaching your child to play music is a great way to enrich your child’s life. Not only is music fun, but it helps to sculpt several fundamental attributes important to […]

Yeah, you’re reading that correctly. Today, we’re gonna talk about how to keep your music from making a penny. I’m an expert on this subject. I’ve kept my music from […]

Everybody has a story behind their desire to pick a guitar for the first time and start the long, rewarding learning process. What is so magical about the guitar? What’s […]