Having spent the afternoon with Jeffrey at his “Grateful Dead for Acoustic Guitar” workshop, I headed home to do some quick errands. That evening I was going to attend the first ever “Berkshire Strings Presents” event at Dewey Hall in neighboring Sheffield. Two things you’re going to want to know about this: first, Berkshire Strings is […]
Last Saturday (March 11, 2017), I did something I’ve never done before: I went to a guitar workshop. Usually, I’m way too busy to spare a few hours on a weekend afternoon, but things worked out so that I could attend “Grateful Dead for Acoustic Guitar,” taught by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. I knew of JPR through […]
People have been asking for ages whether or not I’d teach lessons online and I’ve reached a point where it might be possible. So I’d like to find out just how much interest there actually is for this.
I got the email on a Saturday (exactly one week before the gig), asking if I knew anyone, myself included, who’d be able to play bass with a band on very short notice. The next day I practiced the first set. Monday I practiced the second set. The rest of the week I worked on getting very […]
Hello to all! The Spring 2017 Guitar Workshop classes at Berkshire Community College will be starting up the last day of January!
Hello to all. It occurs to me that I’ve never announced three of my last four books! So let’s rectify that, pronto!
Hello to all. UPDATE – FEBRUARY 23, 2018 Okay, hate to tell you, but if you came to this article because of the title, I need to direct you to another page – the January 1, 2018 column, “One More Time” has (as of a few moments ago) all the right links to the four […]
Hello to all! I’m thrilled to announce my latest book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Art of Songwriting will be available at bookstores everywhere as of tomorrow, August 2! This is a new experience for me as it’s the first book I’ve co-written, working with Nashville songwriter, Casey Kelly. As you can read in […]
Here’s a recent question posted on the Guitar Noise Forum pages: Howdy, This is my first post in this sub-forum. Honestly I’ve been lurking on GN for a long time and havent posted in a while. Anyways. I set the guitar down for a bit while some big stuff happened (moved 2000 miles, bought my first home, […]
Hello to all and I hope you’re having a wonderful summer (or winter as the case may be!) so far. Here’s a recent email: Hey guys, I just want to write how much I love your site and your lessons. I’ve recently picked up my guitar again, i’ve been trying to get into it and […]