Hello Troubadourians! I may have written about this before, but it has been on my mind of late so hopefully this take will be different enough...
Hello Troubadourians! As I write this column it is end of January and, normally, I would have just returned from attending the NAMM Show in Anaheim....
Hello Troubadourians! Last month I wrote about transposition but there are a few more things I want to talk about, specifically some of the idiosyncrasies of...
Hello Troubadourians! I’ve written about transposing songs and music a couple of times in recent columns, and it came up again just a few days ago...
Hello Troubadourians! It is late October as I write this column… there are so many things on my mind it is difficult to focus. A couple...
Hello Troubadourians! How do you approach learning a new song? With practically everything now available on YouTube, as either the official version of the song or...
Hello Troubadourians! Tom Petty said, “the waiting is the hardest part.” I’m not disputing that logic as it is undeniably true. But when it comes to...
Hello Troubadourians! Do you remember your guitar teacher… or really any music teacher you’ve ever had? Some of us took private lessons, some of us had...
Hello Troubadourians! I haven’t played for a live audience since November of 2019. That’s a long time but it feels longer. However, I’ve started rehearsing with...