The November 2005 issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine should hit the newsstands sometime this week. Acoustic Rocker Monte Montgomery will grace the cover and in their section called ‘The Basics,’ you’ll find a lesson from me on ‘Crosspicking Pop Songs,’ complete with a cross-picking arrangement of the Counting Crow’s’ song Rain King. I hope that […]
Hello to everyone! Sorry I’ve been a bit remiss about keeping this site up to date. Now that I seem to be settling into a true schedule, let’s see what I can do to keep everone up to date. In the latest issue of Play Guitar! Magazine (Fall 2005) you’ll find an article titled “Chord […]
Hello to all! My latest piece for Acoustic Guitar Magazine will be in their August 2005 issue (which should hit the newsstands any day now). It’s called “Embellishing Cowboy Chords” and it’s about how to spice up your strumming of open position (“cowboy”) chords with some very simple and great sounding riffs that anyone can […]
I’ve recently posted a very old song of mine, Waiting For Nancy, up at my soundclick.com music page. Written in 1981, this is a copy of a copy of a copy (you get the idea!) of the original demo, recorded by the band Balance of Power at Soto Sound Studios in Evanston, Illinois in the […]
I’ve just added another song to my music page at Soundclick.com. It’s called “PoRR’s Blues” and the lyrics were written by Mike Waggett, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at one last year’s Guitar Noise Seminars. It’s a fun take on the traditional twelve bar blues and is also my first time playing and […]
Just a quick note to let you know that I’ve now a page at soundclick.com where you can here some of my original songs and songs that I’ve cowritten with others. Currently, there are three songs online: One By One – a song that I wrote with Nick Torres (his lyrics, my music and arrangement) […]
The editors of Acoustic Guitar Magazine contacted me shortly after last Thanksgiving and asked if I’d be interested in writing a lesson for them. Would I ever! This week, their May issue hits the newsstands and in it you will find a piece called “Alternate Tuning Made Easy.” Do I have to tell you it’s […]