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Fortunately, anyone who has ever gone through any hardship can play/sing the blues.  And since we're all human, just about everybody can sing the blues.  I came across a fun

Have you ever noticed how you can take the same blues song and do it a bunch of different ways? Or that you can take a riff from one song, and

It's that time of year again! Guitar Center is doing their annual "search for the next great undiscovered blues... something or other." If you haven't known me that long, you may

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to go and see several guitar player and teacher friends I've haven't seen in many years... and met many new ones. Musician's Institute is

I saw a story today about a new iPad app called "On The Music Path" (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/on-the-music-path-ipad-app-offers-users-in-depth-one-on-one-lessons-taught-by-master-musicians-including-jackson-browne-ravi-shankar-and-richard-thompson-120766969.html) that provides music lessons from famous rock stars and musicians: [content_box_grey width="75%"] Imagine taking in-depth, one-on-one

This is actually not mine. This post comes from a student, Richard, in Brea. He wrote this and was kind enough to let me repost it here. I think he

One of the elements of blues music I try to emphasize is the fact that it's kind of like puzzle pieces that you can put together into just about any

Blues music lost one of its founding fathers when Pinetop Perkins passed away at his home in Austin, Texas on March 21, 2011. Perkins was the oldest musician to ever win

If you play guitar, at some point someone has come up to you and said something like, "Oh, you play guitar? Can you play me a song?" At which point a

The other night I was playing Rock Band with my wife and kids... it's our version of "family time" these days. It's addictive... and what makes it work for me