by Keith | Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Previously we have discussed various ways to come up with song ideas by simply becoming more “in-tuned” to the world around us. The next step in that process is to make a record of those ideas as they hit. I can promise you that when a great idea hits,...
by Keith | Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
I recently bought a case of my favorite guitar strings for my PRS, my main gigging guitar, and put a fresh set on before a show. Halfway into the third set I broke my “B” string, which is highly unusual. I have used this same brand and gauge of strings on...
by Keith | Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
“I’ve got blisters on my fingers…” Allegedly Ringo Starr uttered these words as he tossed his drum sticks across the studio after numerous takes of the Beatles song “Helter Skelter”. Reportedly there is a dispute as to whether it...
by Keith | Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
One of the bands I play in was started by a guy who had “always wanted” to learn how to play guitar. It was a dream of his for many years. But sometimes life has a funny way of getting between us and our dreams, and my friend had to put the guitar on the...
by Keith | Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
As we get older, those aches and pains in our joints and muscles tend to and visit us more frequently, and stick around a little longer. We aren’t able to jump out of bed in the mornings as spryly as we did in our twenties, and the muscle soreness from a weekend...