40th Guitar Anniversary
March 2, 2020
Today marks my 40th guitar playing anniversary (March 2nd, 1980) – whoa! What a great journey it has been. I’d like to note the occasion with this little instructional video. Here’s to 40 more!
Deliberate and Melodic
September 4, 2019
Some deliberate and slow playing – another exercise. I try to give each note or short cluster some musical “weight” by giving it a different treatment, whether tone, vibrato, duration or something else.
Stream of Consciousness
August 23, 2019
“Stream of consciousness” playing here – an exercise I use often to expand my musical vocabulary. The goal is to rely as little as possible on stuff that is worked out ahead of time, and just play – connecting the musical dots as it makes sense in the moment. 👍🎸
Subdued chords and Big Muff Tone
August 16, 2019
A minute and a half of varied playing here. Dropped in some subdued 👼 chordal stuff with a Big-Muff 👌 tone in places.
Fiery and Pretty
August 13, 2019
Here’s a short piece that starts with a kind of fiery 🧨Em thing, and ends with a pretty 🎶 Gmaj thing.
Inspired by the Outdoors
August 6, 2019
Here’s a 2-plus minute outdoor 🦅 inspired session from my most recent recording. A mix of different techniques in this one.
Simple Patterns Spiced up with Speed Changes
July 23, 2019
Some simple patterns here, spiced up with acceleration and deceleration. 🎸😎
Chromatic Ascent
July 17, 2019
Here’s a little section that includes a cool little chromatic ascending 🧗🏻♂️ run from a recent recording.
Mixing it up
July 9, 2019
A minute-plus of playing from my most recent recording. I’m trying to mix it up here; using the whole fretboard, arpeggios, octaves, reverse bends, chromatic phrases, open strings and vocal vibrato. 🎸🎶😎
