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I got an email from Dennis C. in Germany yesterday asking how he was going to become a rock-star if I stopped teaching lessons. He was kidding of course, but I realized that I’ve been so wrapped up in this 5 Boxes Essential Licks issue that I haven’t really let you know what I’m working on next.
The Baby
I mentioned it a while back but it bears repeating. I’m going to be a father for the first time in January. Around the 25th if our doctors are correct. We haven’t yet picked out a name for our son, and that’s just one indication of how unprepared I am for this baby :) I’ve been blessed to put many, many nights and weekends into this site over the past year and have really, really enjoyed the emails, comments and more emails and more comments that I’ve been able to respond to. But if there’s one thing I know, StevieSnacks will still be there after the baby is here and healthy, but I only get one chance to help welcome my son into this world and I’m going to give it my primary focus.
What does that mean? I can’t say for sure, but most likely it means that I’ll be unresponsive to emails after he’s born for some period of time. Obviously I won’t be putting out any new lessons for a time before and after he arrives.
Before then…..
I began working on two series of lessons this summer, then got sidetracked by the Essential Licks series, and am only now getting back to them. I wrote about it a few months back, but I’ve gone and posted details about these series and my progress on the Roadmap page which you can find a link to on the homepage.
I think I’ll be able to get the first series "Essential Fretboard" done before the baby arrives, but I can’t guarantee it. I’m really trying to make this series the best thing I’ve ever created so I don’t want to cut corners. I’ll be using some new techniques in this series which should help make it more instructional and interactive than previous lesson series.
While I’m completing those series, I’ll be doing short free lessons which you’ll see on the Free Lessons Page, and in the Podcast.
The bottom line
StevieSnacks isn’t going away, it might slow down for a bit, but I have every intention of making 2009 an even better year than 2008. Believe me, I’ve got enough ideas to be teaching these lessons for the next few years. What I’m laying down now is foundational to the lessons I’ll be teaching in the future, and when I get through it, we’ll get to the really fun stuff which I hope will include full song lessons, lots of more solos, and a ton of cool stuff that I haven’t even thought of. What I’m creating now will give you the tools you need to begin learning things on your own, in addition to whatever lessons you take from me or anyone else.
So to all of you who have faithfully checked the site every day, and continue to do so, please be patient as I go through this amazing transition in my life next month. I’m going to do my best to balance things out in the long run, but there will be a period of time where StevieSnacks is taking a very distant place behind some more important things, but it will be back 
Free Lessons
January 12th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Anthony, first let me say that you are an amazing guitar player! I’m jeleous! Awhile ago you put out a free printable diagram of the five esential blues boxes. It was in color and very easy to read. Some how I got rid of that email before I could print it and I can not find it anywhere on my computer. Any chance of getting it again? Thanks for the great lessons
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January 6th, 2009 at 4:41 am
Hi Anthony
Congratulations and i wish you well on the coming of your son
I ll pray that all goes well for mother and baby and you ,Its a huge experience, becoming a father ,bigger than anything youll ever do in this life , a love you cannot compare to anything dont forget to post us a picture of baby Anthony and enjoy and remember every second of it ,it goes by so quickly
Regards
Neil Neethling
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December 23rd, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Anthony,
Congrats!!! I too will be a father for the first time. The doctors have predicted January 31, 2009 for our delivery…..what a coincidence. We will be having a little girl (who I will be teaching the blues to as soon as she can hold a guitar).
Congrats once again and happy hollidays to you and your family!!
Cheers,
Greg
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Anthony reply on December 25th, 2008:
Thanks Greg. Best wishes to you too as we both try and figure out how this fatherhood thing works for the first time
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December 23rd, 2008 at 2:34 am
Andrew,
Congratulations on becoming a father! It is, without question, the most important and amazing time of your life. Also, thank you very much for the hard work you put into this site. I have grown quite a bit as a guitarist in large part to your video presentations.
Good luck and Happy Holidays to you and your better half!
Rick Gilman
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Anthony reply on December 25th, 2008:
Thanks Rick.
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December 21st, 2008 at 11:56 am
Anthony:
Best Wishes on your new family arrival, I have just recently found
your website from you tube and I am so impressed with your soulful playing and your commitment to helping other blues players like myself. I have learned more with your blues box concept than I have in a while with other courses. I will be ordering your program very soon and look forward to any new lessons that you come up with after your baby arrives.
Good Luck & Best Wishes
David aka BluesMan
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Anthony reply on December 25th, 2008:
Hi David,
Glad to have you as a viewer, and there will be plenty of lessons in the future. Working on the next series now
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December 20th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Grats on the new addition to your family. Good Luck
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admin reply on December 21st, 2008:
Thanks Steve.
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December 18th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Many congrats on the future addition! Merry Christmas and best wishes to your wife as she brings a new life into this world.
Thanks for all you do!
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December 17th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Good for you Anthony! I gotta echo everyone’s sentiments here…that’s gonna be one lucky kid, not only growing up with a dad who knows his priorities, but also surrounded by some great music! How about little Stevie Ray Stauffer? OK, maybe that’s a little over the top. :^)
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admin reply on December 21st, 2008:
It won’t be that direct, but there will be a reference in there somewhere in the name
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December 16th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Happy Holidays Anthony!!
Family first - we can wait for yea
Thanks for your help..
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December 16th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Anthony, all the best, enjoy your new task and don´t worry about us, you gave us enough material to work on for a while
Enjoying your lessons very much, helping me to make giant leaps in a short time; still remember a year ago whe I first found your videos…
Time flies but now - thanks to your inspiration - it does so with a swing and a flat five.
Good luck - alles Gute!
Marcus, Heidelberg
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admin reply on December 21st, 2008:
Hi Marcus,
I’ve appreciated having you around the past year as well, I knew your email address looked familiar
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December 16th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Anthony
Great to here that you have your priorities right, I am sure you will enjoy fatherhood as much as I have.When the time is right continue your great work.
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admin reply on December 21st, 2008:
Thanks Jon.
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December 16th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Anthony congratulations on your new family, mine are grown up close to forty, one lives in NY, the other has started her own family. That is a great Christmas gift. Thanks for the lessons and all the support, looking forward to your new lessons and with the New Year coming very soon. The website Olivia artist, is a work in progress, but it is open. Have a safe holidays, enjoy your new life with your son we can wait. Juanio
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Anthony reply on December 25th, 2008:
Thanks Juanio.
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December 16th, 2008 at 5:34 am
hey Anthony,
I became to be a father twice. It’s the most beautifull and wonderfull thing to experience in your life. So take your time for that. Far more important than us guitar players.
We can and will wait for future lessons.
So, congratulations and help your wife however you can. I hope you will be as happy with your child as I am with mine. And of course a happy Christmas and a musical 2009, cheers Serge.
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Anthony reply on December 25th, 2008:
Thanks Serge.
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December 16th, 2008 at 2:34 am
Wow congratulations on the baby!! totally understandable to slow down and spend time with the family, its what stevie was all about being with the ones that you love. have a good xmas and a great new year from us down in New Zealand!! Cheers!!
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Anthony reply on December 25th, 2008:
Thanks Nick.
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