About Ordinary Man Written in response to my disenfranchisement with myths I was taught as a child – about the country, about our history, and systems that seem intractable. Further inspired by the current climate in the country. The lyrics […]
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Travis Picking Lesson including downloadable pattern graphics
Travis Picking… finally First: The video and downloadable PDF and graphics can be found below. I am going to to provide some context for why I created this tutorial. I avoided learning Travis for MANY years. I have plenty of […]
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New Music – Take Your Cares Away
I was coerced into writing this song I’m not complaining but it is the truth. A couple weeks ago, during an evening storm, my girlfriend and I were in my room talking and playing guitar. We had opened the window […]
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Virtual Songsalive! Workshop: The Proactive Songwriter
As I write this, I have a browser tab open and am chatting with a new friend in Norway. Haakon Rian “mAncient” Ueland is a healer, monk, and musician. We met last night as part of Songsalive! Inaugural Virtual Song […]
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Creating Reaper Project Templates: Video Tutorial
In this video I cover: How to create and use project templates in Reaper Folder basics My track naming convention The SWS Extensions for auto-coloring and adding icons to your tracks SWS Extensions can be downloaded here: https://www.sws-extension.org Project templates […]
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Mock-outrage about the Psuedo-panic and Other Corona-thoughts
I’ve worked mostly from home since 1996, so I am in a bit of a privileged position in that regard. Also, both my parents worked in medicine and were generally nonchalant when it came to “disasters” – like Earthquakes and […]
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How to setup a MIDI drum click track in Reaper
I’ve been giving workshops on Reaper (my DAW of choice) and providing some one-on-one training, over the past year or so. In this video, I show how to setup a MIDI drum click track using the GTG Synths MIDI Drum […]
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Video Tutorial – Using Google Maps & Docs to Plan a Tour
Touring Article at PerformerMag I cover some of this in my latest article at PerformMag.com ISSUU VERSION | HTML VERSION My First Tour Back in 2009, I planned and executed my first tour. I learned a lot of simple things […]
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Throw Away The Box Songwriting Tips
Throw Away The Box Podcast Episode 8: Songwriter Tips. This is the audio from this morning’s YouTube video. Some thoughts on my songwriting process and questions I’m asked about songwriting. Listen, download, subscribe
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