I finally got the chance to share my vintage guitars. The acoustic has severe fret wear so it’s difficult to play (plus I’m terrible with acoustic guitar😅) and I’m not much of a bassist, but I tried.

i saw 2 friends do a 1 1/2 hour show. i enjoyed it and respect them both as songwriters and musicians. Each of them had a phone mounted on the mic stand. it amazed me how dependent we have become on this technology. i find it distracting when someone has to scroll in the middle of a song. They each did songs separately and a few together including some originals.. I wonder why it would be so difficult to learn enough material for such a short set shared by 2 people..?? i have seen super talented people use their phone when performing their own material also.. being mesmerized by their performance, until they look down and scroll the phone. Breaks the spell... i also have seen when they have to start a song over because they got lost when scrolling... maybe I'm old school, but i just dont get it. Now i also have a friend who takes requests for over 500-600 songs. you text your request via his app from the audience, he gets your request on stage while he is playing, and plays your request next. I would not expect him to not need a tablet for song keys and lyrics.. i have seen him play for 3 hours straight. he has midi, pedals and is pretty much a one man band. he is awesome. what are your thoughts ???

i thought this was funny and probably true LOL......

a little something i wrote.

a friend of mine who teaches guitar wrote this. Not everyone who plays well is a good teacher. "Learning music/guitar is not difficult. Too many teachers make it difficult. My experience is there are four kinds of teachers. The guy who can strum a few chords and thinks he can teach, the guy who teaches because he needs the money, the guy who wants to show you how smart he is and then, the teacher I hope I am, who wants to pass on knowledge so the student can eventually teach himself. Teach them in such a way that they can tap into their innate creativity."