Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including a Paul Simon interview, football, and more. Here we go… [Read more…]
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (A Guitar Cheat Sheet, The Stones & Ed Sullivan, and What Next?)
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including a guitar cheat sheet, what next, and more…
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Chris Cornell – My Biggest Hero, a Lennon Documentary, and Jamming With Yourself)
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including remembering Chris Cornell, a Lennon documentary, and more…
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Country Guitar, Hero Reading, and “I’m a Talentless Hack”)
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including country guitar music, reading about your heroes, and more…
Here we go.
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Paul Simon, Avoiding Gimmicks, and My Biggest Course Yet)
Here is another one of the usual Monday posts with 3 thoughts on guitar, music, and life featuring an early record by Paul Simon, my new video course, and more.
I hope you enjoy… [Read more…]
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Slowing Down, Mozart, Lennon and McCartney)
As it is Monday, here are another 3 random thoughts about guitar, music, and life. This week includes thoughts ranging from Mozart to John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
I hope you enjoy…
3 Random Thoughts This Wednesday (the Van Morrison Protest Song, Baseball, and One Practice Habit to Avoid)
Last week I shared a post with 3 thoughts about guitar, music, and life, and it went down well, so here is another. Three things I have noticed this week, from the new song Van Morrison wrote to a common practice habit it’s time to break. I hope you enjoy…
What Thinking Big Can Do for Your Guitar Playing
Lately, I have been reading a good book called Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars.
In it, there is an interesting story about one of the biggest legends of music.
A Wonderful Video of Paul Simon Showing His Ability
Optreden Simon and Garfunkel (links) in Feijenoordstadion, Rotterdam by Rob Bogaerts / Anefo, licensed under (CC 1.0)
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I just wanted to share with you a lovely video I watched the other day of Paul Simon playing, talking about, and clearly enjoying his guitar playing.
It is a gem of a video and one that shows his passion for music and songwriting.
What Keith Richards Knows About Playing Guitar That Most People Don’t
Love him or loathe him (personally I love him), Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones knows a thing or two about guitar playing.
After all, he’s older than a conker tree and has over 3000 guitars (which is 2992 more than me!). Here are some tips from “Keef”, (courtesy of an interview with Alan di Perna) that are very apt…