Subject: Saturday Morning Fun
Saturday Morning Fun
March 12th, 2016 at 11:17 am EDTHey Friend, I sat down this morning with my guitar and placed two fingers on the fingerboard: ring finger on the fifth string, seventh fret and my index finger on the fifth fret of the third string. Everything else was wide open. I started picking th ...
The Gods Have Spoken
March 11th, 2016 at 12:00 pm EDTHey Friend, ....aaaaarrrrrrrggggggghHHHHHHHHHH! Despite your well-wishes and good vibrations coming my way, I failed the exam. Again. In fact, I did worse on it this time than I did on the first. Clearly, the Universe doesn't want me to pass this te ...
Crunch Time...
March 10th, 2016 at 11:13 am EDTHey Friend, Today is the day. I'm retaking the evil "Dread Microsoft Exam" this afternoon. My human nature is getting the best of me right now as I cram. While the nerves are kicking in to overdrive, I'm hearing "Hang on Sloopy" in my head. I just ha ...
Breaking It Down...
March 9th, 2016 at 11:18 am EDTHey Friend, Let's break yesterday's exercise down a bit... The chords we 're using in this exercise come from the key of A major, so we're going to use the A major scale to construct the chords. With every chord there are a variety of fingerings you ...
Get You Something...
March 8th, 2016 at 11:34 am EDTHey Friend, Okay, so it's going to be one of those weeks! By 0700 hrs this morning (yeah, sometimes I revert back to my Army days and go all 'military time'), I was already feeling full-on stress as I prepare to re-take this d@mn M$ exam. I decided w ...
Like Lewis vs. Tyson...
March 7th, 2016 at 11:21 am EDTHey Friend, Wow! Am I having a Monday or what?! For some reason I can't seem to string a coherent sentence together today. I had these grandiose thoughts about the specialized tools I've been talking to you about, but all that's coming out of my brai ...
An UN-Rest Day
March 6th, 2016 at 11:19 am EDTHey Friend, A happy Sunday to you! Today's supposed to be a day of rest, so I'll be brief. I've got a bunch of shrubs to go plant... How did everything work out with your chords yesterday? Were the notes you hummed the same as the chords you tried ou ...
Power Through It
March 5th, 2016 at 11:19 am EDTHey Friend, So I'm sitting here trying to get this email hammered together. Daylight is burning and I'm starting late. I've got a cat in my lap, demanding my attention and time is running out... What's a guy to do? Work around it, I guess. Power th ...
Humming Along... Friday Lesson
March 4th, 2016 at 12:00 pm EDTHey Friend, Yeah, Friday! I'm going to jump right into the lesson today. LESSON Alright, if you've been following along, by now you should have... selected a simple, three to four chord song to learn listened to the song hummed along with the ...
"A House Divided..."
March 3rd, 2016 at 11:19 am EDT"... against itself cannot stand." Abraham Lincoln Hey Friend, You've heard that saying, right? He was referring to the division in the United States caused by slavery. That division tore the US apart and caused the Civil War. Clearly that's a drasti ...