We took the boys up to Salt Lake last night to go see the awesome Sarah Sample http://www.sarahsample.com/, and it made me realize that while it’s fun to do the singer/songwriter “guy with a guitar” thing, there is no substitute for having a full-time band.
Having a full-time job as a Dad prevents me from going [...]
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I really need a band…
October 15th, 2010
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Sweet Child O’ Mine
March 31st, 2010
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No really… I’m learning that song.
The funny thing is that the song really holds up under an acoustic treatment. The chord progression is very straight forward, and the intro hook is pretty simple (especially if you have a guitar teacher to show it to you!)
Cover band continues to go pretty well, although slowly. [...]
The blues ain’t easy
February 1st, 2010
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It’s time for my semi-regular update…
I’ve been writing different kinds of songs (other than hair-pulling metal), and it’s turned out to be much harder than I imagined. I mean, it’s easy to spew hatred and anger onto the page (for me anyway), but to actually put some thought and emotion into a song that has [...]
Learning to Fly
October 14th, 2009
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I’ve been trying to learn a lot of stuff on the electric guitar lately – mainly solos and leads. I’ve come pretty far in knowing what chords go where, and the different chord progressions, but now I’m trying to take the next step forward.
Once I got my awesome guitar amp, it opened up a whole [...]
Starting up a band
October 5th, 2009
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So… I had this gear in my garage.
From my old metal band days, I had a bass practice amp, a bass guitar, and an old Sunn amplifier; stuff I had been carting around for several years (since the late 90’s). I always told myself that I would use those things again, although everything else told [...]
