Category: Music
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New guitar: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster
So I got my taxes all paid yesterday and ended up owing much less than I had anticipated. With the extra money I had saved up Kristen and I decided to pay a few things off and I was able to purchase a new guitar for myself. So we packed up and headed to the…
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Pat Metheny Group: First Circle
Possibly my favorite group of all time, the Pat Metheny Group. You owe it to yourself to listen to the entire song.
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Guthrie Govan live performance
Another great performance by the amazing Guthrie Govan. The first half of the video is the song “Sevens” the second half is “Wonderful Slippery Thing”. Enjoy!
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Michael Hedges – Cello Suite #1 in G Major (Bach)
A wonderful performance of a beautiful song by one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived. The late great Michael Hedges on the harp guitar.
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Guthrie Govan – My new favorite guitarist
If you’ve never heard of him before, I’d like to introduce you to Guthrie Govan, an amazing guitarist from the UK who has just claimed the top spot on my list of favorite guitarists. Not only is he amazing, he also is one of the most tasteful players I’ve ever seen, often choosing the tasty…
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“Always” guitar solo
I’ve uploaded another video of me playing the guitar solo from one of my songs. This time it’s the solo from “Always”. If you’d like you can also check out my other solo video for “Line”.
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The State of Things
It feels as if my blog posts lately have been sporadic at best. I suppose it’s mostly due to all of the changes lately, most of them in my professional life. I decided it was a good time to write another entry and tell about the things that have been going on lately. So here…
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“Line” Guitar Solo – Guitarists, show your stuff!
I’ve taken the leap and uploaded the first video to YouTube of myself playing guitar. Here goes. The solo section of “Line” a song I wrote and recorded. This video features the solo which I wrote to go with the song. HOWEVER, I’d love to see what some of you other YouTube guitarists would do…
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Fox News: Sting is worst lyricist in the world…
I happened to catch a few minutes of Fox News this morning. They had conducted a poll of their viewers of the “top 5 worst lyricists”. I love the idea that the general public is in any way qualified to judge the writing capabilities of anyone, but hey. So, I was a little surprised when…
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Flooring, new guitar in the works
Kristen and I finally bit the bullet and Sunday we went to the Richmond Carpet store and looked at laminate flooring for the living room, hallway and office. We found a color/grain that we really liked and scheduled a time the following day for the installers to come and measure the rooms so we could…