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Suddenly I'm interested in the school again.

Nice! Ironically - We'll be in California in June.

All good. Suzy and I have a gig in town - every other Wednesday at a little bar. That's the only time I pick up my guitar. Just classic pop/rock stuff. You saw me in Long Beach - so you know the drill. I just use the Fractal through the PA. I literally use 4 different patches. And I NEVER have...

That's awesome! I miss that amp more than you can imagine. Didn't realize how much I used it in the studio - ironically for mostly clean sounds. I'm glad it's in good hands and your paying it forward. And it was only moved twice. Into my house (by me) and out of my house (by you). That thing is...

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Thanks Ed. Not a big deal. I've stepped away from music before - even for months at a time. I have a local gig in Vermont and am playing once a week. A duo with my wife. Just cover stuff, but we enjoy it. I'm really taking a step back from recording, live-streams, writing, etc. At some point...

I was thinking of doing a 10 video series of "piano for guitar players" before I lost interest in music. My advice is: 1. Learn the names of the notes on the piano. There are 12 and then they just repeat. C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B (or C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B) 2. Learn all your basic...

1. Am9/11 2. GM9#11 3. FM9#11 4. Em9/11

Welcome! Lessons are coming soon. I promise!!!

That’s wonderful! So happy for you. It’s a great guitar and far more versatile than one might think. I have recorded all styles of music with it; jazz, country - you name it. Ironically, the hardest thing to do on it is sound like Syn, because, well - he’s Syn. Good luck and post vids of your...

I would just add that I totally agree, the more filler you have on an album, the less iconic it will be. I guess the sticking point is how you define filler. I guess some bands are lazy and allow less than their best material to be put on an album. One thing not mentioned is - it also comes...

They write15-20 songs for every album. Then they record 12 and leave the rest for later release or special release, etc. And some they just shelve. They might spend a month on each song. There is no fill. Every song counts. There is no fill songs on HTTK and there is not a single note of fill on...

What a great question!!! I've never really considered it before. I suppose it's a combination of everything. When I play blues I'm thinking more about pent boxes and scales patterns. When I'm playing jazz it's all about (or mostly about) connecting arpeggios (min Maj, dim) through chromatics. I...

Great job! It's trickier than it sounds. Keep working hard. You're going to be a great player! Proud of you, Javier!!!!

It’s a lazy, flippant answer - because a lot of people are dicks. Everything you said is 100% true.

I could not agree more. Music should be fun. Play what makes you happy. Or for that matter, don’t play if that makes you happy. Life is short. Find your bliss!

Great question! Probably spend a lot less times on scales and more time on arpeggios and chord structure.

They may have some vid of it. I have no idea. I just know the b side stuff was an afterthought. What do we do with good songs that didn’t fit on the album? Let’s release them as bonus tracks with a live album! Vids are definitely a question to ask syn.

I honestly don’t remember much. Syn came to my house with a couple of tracks. I laid down some demo acoustic guitar on a track (can’t remember which one), and then worked on string arrangements for Afterlife and Until The End. They used my arrangement on Until The End, but only used a small...

Fantastic!!! I have used repetition (starting slow), positive visualization, and short practice sessions for many years. Did not know about the conductive super highway created by repetition. Also, muscle memory is misunderstood. No - muscles don’t have memories, but muscles are built from...