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Jamming In General The Garrison String Bass Banjo – YouTube Foster – March 18, 2020 My old friend Stanley Garrison, besides being a hella guitar player, is also an innovative luthier. Check out his unique... Read More Legacy Archive The Armor of God Foster – March 12, 2020 click to view full size In times of great tribulation many grow faint of heart and succumb to fear, declaring... Read More SD YouTube Vids “Oh Holy Night” – New Life Mens Trio – YouTube Foster – January 9, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPa8cGanvH4&feature=youtu.be The classic Christmas hymn, Oh Holy Night, performed by Mike Nichols, Curtis Moore and Jeff Foster, December 7, 2019,... Read More Rants & Raves Be a Santa Foster – December 19, 2019 I like to share truth whenever I find it. Found this little gem one day surfing about, and it struck... Read More Rants & Raves Celebrating the 100-Year Anniversary of the Caterpillar Sixty Tractor Foster – December 5, 2019 A little reminiscing inspired by the 100th anniversary of an iconic tractor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2SSTEmcq54 Spittin' image of my old D6 Cat...... Read More Lessons You Never Find Time To Practice… You Make It Foster – December 3, 2019 There's a noticeable trend I find not only in the lives of my students, but in my own, as well... Read More Jamming In General Robert de Visée Prélude et Allemande, Jonas Nordberg, theorbo – YouTube Foster – November 14, 2019 The tonal power of the theorbo comes from its dramatically long scale length. As detailed in my article here, the length... Read More Jamming In General My elder guitar: 1973 Alvarez-Yairi Classic Foster – November 13, 2019 Images by Geoff Thompson, Nashville IN.(can be blown up to ridiculously high resolution by clicking on it to open the... Read More Jamming In General My one of a kind “Pedalrack” Foster – October 24, 2019 When it comes to my stage gear (and not having the luxury of a roadie), I'm a big fan of... Read More Legacy Archive The Anti-Vaping Narrative Is Dead Wrong Foster – October 16, 2019 File under: Don't believe everything you hear in the media. There's been a great deal of misinformation circulating of late... Read More Jamming In General Captain Beefheart’s 10 Commandments of Guitar Playing Foster – September 21, 2019 1. Listen to the birds. That's where all the music comes from. Birds know everything about how it should sound... Read More Lessons Student cancels lesson because she didn’t practice Foster – September 16, 2019 My Student: Hey! Sorry for the short notice, I'd like to cancel my guitar lesson today, if that's okay. I... Read More Lessons The Tragic Decline of Music Literacy (and Quality) | My Take Foster – August 26, 2019 (Click to view full-size) "What can be done? First, musical literacy should be taught in our nation’s school systems. In... Read More Jamming In General The Origins of ‘Wine-down Wednesday’ Foster – August 14, 2019 L-R: Warrene di Columbanus and Goffredo Forestale It's a little-known historical factoid that the very first "Wine-down Wednesday" occurred in... Read More Rants & Raves RIP: Michael “the Colonel” Kelsey Foster – July 12, 2019 RIP: Michael "the Colonel" Kelsey I'm deeply and genuinely saddened to learn of the passing of Michael Kelsey, the beloved... Read More Jamming In General The Fender Stratocaster: A Short History – YouTube Foster – July 8, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWFw23PLr-Y Read More SD YouTube Vids Foster & Chance @ the Hobnob Foster – June 24, 2019 https://youtu.be/g38zArbHCIo My old friend, woodwind player Mel Chance, came to one of my Wine-down Wednesday gigs at the Hobnob Corner... Read More Jamming In General Pipe Organ (an instrument the size of a building) – YouTube Foster – June 22, 2019 Posted in honor of my mother, Violet Lillian Foster, who played her Hammond organ for me every day of her... Read More Jamming In General Science Says Guitar Players’ Brains Are Actually Different From Everybody Else’s Foster – June 8, 2019 More and more scientific studies have been looking into how people who play the guitar have different brain functions compared... Read More Jamming In General Learning the Theorbo – YouTube Foster – June 2, 2019 String freak du jour -- the 14-string theorbo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48RVcbkhNHQ Read More « Previous 1 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 24 Next »

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