1. The Benevolent Dr. K (Kostakos): a tribute to my Dr. of nearly 20 years and one of my favorite people (Katherine is her 1st name).
2. Gettin' Ahead of Myself: A reference to my lifelong proclivity for jumping the gun. Always wanted to write to this title.
3. Egret Regret: I thought up the title and liked its sound, then wrote a dark instrumental commentary on man's slow elimination of wildlife and ecosystems. I hope at least some people regret it...
*Edit: Oops! The good doctor needs a dot on the 1st beat, 2nd ending of B---or else you may grow dotty trying to play it...
No, I don't want to guess about how to do this anymore. I've spent a lifetime of time-wasting noodling on the guitar trying to "figure things out" and memorizing licks. Extremely unsatisfying and...
Another example.
This classical guitarist has arranged the start of Bach's Canon in D playing two notes at once (have to click onto youtube to watch it):
There has to be some harmonized...
This video (starting at 7:40) discusses somewhat what I'm trying to figure out, though I want to learn more about it in a more formal (music theory) way, not just memorizing it as a lick or pattern:...
I took him a guitar with very low action as an example of what I wanted. He gave it back to me with very high action. When I lowered the action myself notes were fretting out in several places and...
$249 seems very reasonable if it can do what it does...
Sadly, just for iPhone. I can't do the iPhone. I have a personal beef with Apple products and their "preplanned obsolescence" that I won't...
I'm concerned that the guy that refretted it did not plane the fingerboard properly. At maximum guitar they said the Plek will tell them if this is a problem, and in that case it would be another...
Miles Okazaki w/ his band Trickster. Great...
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