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Indirect Listening Apr 23, 2020

Every six months or so, I put on Louis Armstrong and wait for two of my main philosophical impulses to slug it out. On the one hand, I'm for listening...

Last Call For The Fingerstyle Five Apr 14, 2020

According to my friend Tim, there was a college professor in the William Patterson jazz program who began every sentence with the word "Dig." As in,

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"Who's It For, What's It For?" Apr 14, 2020

The studio where I've been shooting my new Youtube live streams is only ten minutes from my house. Last fall, when it was still a half-hour drive to w...

So Not A Marketing Email Apr 14, 2020

Word on the street is you can't make an omelette without shattering a few eggshells. Inside the sanitized cocoon that is the Fretboard residence, we k...

Improvising on "Key To The Highway" Apr 13, 2020

I feel like I've spent more time thinking about improvising than almost any other aspect of playing music. Some of that time has been spent wondering ...

Arranging "House Of The Rising Sun" Apr 11, 2020

At its simplest, arranging just means starting with the bare bones of a song – a single pass through the melody and the chord progression – and making...

The Membership Is Open Apr 10, 2020

I did my first live-on-Facebook performance today. I know The Face is not everyone's jam, particularly among the Fretboard subscribership, but it has ...

What To Work On Apr 08, 2020

Let me just come clean and admit our family's not exactly spending the quarantine teaching ourselves conversational Latin or putting together a profes...

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