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Nothing Like a Well-Seasoned Cast Iron Pan…

Posted in GAS, gear, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar lifestyle, guitar reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, tagged GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, seasoning gear on November 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I just finished cooking my lunch of Potatoes O’Brien which consists of diced potato, onions and red and green peppers. You fry up the mixture in hot pan with a bit of oil, seasoning to taste until the potatoes turn golden brown. When they’re done, I like to sprinkle a bit of shredded cheese, and [...]

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Is it GAS when you absolutely need something?

Posted in GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, tagged GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear on October 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Last Friday before I left for work, I went to my garage/studio to fetch my trusty acoustic guitar for my weekly solo acoustic gig, and I couldn’t find it! After a bit of searching, I finally found my guitar – buried under a pile of stuff my wife had taken out of her van! OMG! [...]

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The Best $40 You’ll Ever Spend

Posted in guitar instruction, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, Music, music theory, musicians, tagged guitar, guitar gear, guitar life, guitarists, Guitars, instruction, learn guitar, Music, musicians on October 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’ve been on this blues thing lately with my music; not going all out with the blues, but definitely having a huge blues influence on the music I write. But one thing that I was sure of was that I didn’t want to just learn blues licks – the same licks practically everyone plays. I [...]

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The Right Hand Knoweth Not What the Left Hand Doeth

Posted in guitar, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, instruction, Music, musicians, tagged guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, play guitar, playing guitar on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This will be a pretty short entry, but it is something that it seems I’ve spoken about with various young guitarists I work with on a constant basis, so I thought I write my thoughts about it here. BTW, this is not necessarily going to be an instructional article. For that, do a search on [...]

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Crap! My G-String Needs Changing!

Posted in guitar lifestyle, tagged guitar humor, Music, musicians on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Don’t you love double entendres, especially when they’re said completely by accident? I was on the GuitarGearHeads.com forum this evening checking on a thread I posted to, mssmith, posted this in reference to the new Reason Bambino: Last night my wife asked me what I want for Christmas, so I said a Bambino (we have [...]

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In Cantionis Veritas

Posted in guitar, guitar lifestyle, Guitars, Music, musicians, tagged guitar, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Music, musicians on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The title roughly translates into “honesty in singing or playing a musical instrument.” I’m constantly coming to terms with my own playing and singing – especially when I’m doing my solo gigs. And while I’m not the best singer and God knows I’ve got a long way to go before I truly consider myself a [...]

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Neil Young Sucks at Guitar, Yet I Love How He Plays!!!

Posted in guitar, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, tagged guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Neil Young on July 31, 2009 | 8 Comments »

In the latest issue of Guitar World, Neil Young was quoted saying (when it comes to his guitar playing), “I suck. I’ve heard myself!” That made me laugh when I read this, but it also got me thinking. From a purely technical standpoint, I will agree 100% with him. But despite that, I still love [...]

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You Get What You Pay For…

Posted in buying gear, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, instruction, Music, musicians, quest for tone, tagged gear, gear thoughts, guitar, guitar gear, guitar philosophy, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, Music, musicians, philosophy, thoughts on July 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Back in the late 90′s and into the turn of the century, I got swept up in the craze of Robert Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.” I soaked up what he was saying like a sponge. It made so much sense to me! I was hooked, and proceeded to buy all his books, and two [...]

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GAS Blues

Posted in buying gear, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, tagged buying gear, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song on July 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »

If you’re a visitor here, it’s more than likely that you suffer from an affliction commonly referred to as GAS or Gear Acquisition Syndrome, which is a uncontrollable urge to buy gear to affect your tone. Be honest, you know you have it. This morning, in search of some new material to write about, I [...]

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Getting Better… At Just About Anything

Posted in guitar, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, instruction, Music, musicians, tagged guitar, guitarists, inspiration, learning guitar, Music, musicians on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Back in the late ’80′s to early ’90′s when getting your “personal power” was all the rage, I’ll admit, I took several of these courses designed to help me face my weaknesses, conquer my fears of success and learn to grow; gaining my own sense of personal power. Most of the ground we covered in [...]

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