While I feel all my lessons are worth well more than I sell them for, I want to bring a little more consistency to my pricing.

So, starting March 22, in 2 weeks, the prices will change as indicated below.  Some things are getting cheaper, some things are increasing a lot, and other things are barely changing.  But there will be more consistency in the pricing.

Here's the new price table, and as I mentioned before, this will go into effect on Monday, March 22nd. Individual lesson prices will change in a way that will make the bundle price for each series a discount.

"Stop trying to sound like _____.  You should try to develop your own style on guitar"

Heard that one?  It's like somewhere, there's a guitar Bible, with the 10 commandments for guitar, and one of them is "Thou shalt develop a unique style".

What a bunch of crap.  You want the truth?  Here is is.

Originality is awesome. It is of great importance if and only if you care about it, or if your career depends on it. But the value of originality is not self-evident. Honesty is so much more important. And trying to be original just to placate the 'originality police' is a waste of time.  You'll never have enough joy from being original to mask the disgust you'll have for yourself when you realize you've only been doing it to avoid criticism.

Originality

Let's talk about originality. What is it?  

Originality is doing something that's not been done before. Originality is an awesome thing if you care about it, and a necessary thing if you want to make it big in music.

People who care about originality see this as an artistic pursuit. To create art that has not been created, to make something new. That's an exciting, and difficult task. But it brings some people a lot of joy.

For others, originality is a necessity.  Take John Mayer for example. He was a SRV clone before he ever made it big playing acoustic songs. But he knew that he would never get signed to a major label because he sounded just like SRV.

He put down the blues, wrote some catchy pop tunes, got signed, and now does whatever he wants. Throughout that process, his playing has taken on a somewhat distinct personality.

Whether he cares about originality or not, it's a necessary part of what he's doing. If you want people to remember your name, buy your music, and come watch you in concert, there needs to be some element of 'you' in there.  That's just a fact.

Impersonators and tribute bands are exceptions, but their entire career is based on the art of imitation, so it's not quite the same as someone who writes their own songs, all the while trying to sound exactly like another artist.

Honesty

What about honesty. Where does that fit?

Some people just don't care about being original. They don't care about being artistic, they just want to play the #*#*# guitar. For some, the highest compliment you can give them is "You sound just like _______". Because that's what they care about.  That's honest.

I'll be the first to admit, at this point in my 'career', I could care less about being original. The only thing I care about is playing exactly the way I want to. That's honest.

When I first discovered SRV, I thank God that I didn't talk to very many other guitarists. I had no idea how cliche' it was to learn his style.  Everything you see on this site would not be here if I had experienced the criticism that some are subject to.  Thank God I was free to do what I wanted, ignorant of the 'originality police'.

From that point on, there was two kinds of music. Music I could listen to, and music I had to play. Pretty much everything except SRV went on the listening side. It is very hard for me to listen to SRV, without having my guitar in hand.

When I began dissecting certain parts of his playing, I was attracted to the mathematical precision of it. That probably sounds terribly un-artistic, but that's just how my mind works

The logical breakdown you see in my lessons is a reflection of that. Maybe some people see brilliant colors and visions when they hear his playing. While I certainly get caught up in the music, inside my head, the gears are turning.

While I listen, my mind is seeing licks fit together like pieces of an equation. I visualize where on the fretboard they're played, and the movements needed to play them. This is what I love. That's honest.

Beyond Honesty

There's a deeper level of honesty than admitting that you love imitation.

What happens when you've committed most of your time to learning someone's style of playing, but then you begin to hear things in your head that you know that person never would have played?

At that moment, your honesty is put to the test. Do you throw those ideas out because you now feel an obligation to imitation? Do you ignore them because "That doesn't sound like Stevie"?

What I'm trying to communicate here is that you need to be honest in everything. Be honest in your imitation, but also be honest when your mind's eye begins to focus on something outside that imitation.

Go where your heart is telling you to go with your playing. If the only thing you can think about today is sounding exactly like SRV, then do it. Perfect that imitation. 

But tomorrow, if you play a lick that doesn't sound quite like Stevie, don't throw it out. Don't discount it because it's not something he would have played. If you like it, keep it.  Be honest.

Finally...

If you love originality, pursue it. But if you've bought into the lie that everyone needs to have an original style, and imitation is what you really love, you're wasting your time. A clueless, ignorant imitator is happier than you because at least that person is doing what they love.

That's honest.

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Not very much. If you prefer to interact via email, it doesn't really mean any changes for you, other than that my support address will now be help@steviesnacks.com instead of support@steviesnacks.com.

But.......if you're inclined, you can head to support.steviesnacks.com and register for an account and then every request you make is associated with your account and you can login and see the status of any support requests you made in the past.

I suspect most people will simply use the email method, but what's great, is that it makes no difference to me, it all gets organized automatically in the support site.

Growth

Why do this now? Simple. I want to continue to provide great customer support, but as the site grows, I can't possibly do it all by myself and continue to make lessons. The support site will allow other people to help me when I'm traveling, or away from my computer.

Also, I get a lot of email, and I don't want support emails possibly getting lost in the shuffle. With this sytem, support stuff gets isolated where it can't get lost and my inbox gets a tiny bit less busy :-)

So from now on, all support requests can be created using that cool little blue tab to the left, or by simply sending an email to help@steviesnacks.com. Hooray for great technology :-)

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So for now, if you buy DVDs, you must forward your CreateSpace receipt to help@steviesnacks.com. 

When I get that email, I can send any additional materials you are supposed to have.

I cannot emphasize enough how sorry I am about this inconvenience. I try to provide customer support that exceeds expectations, and it pains me that a decision like this interferes with my ability to do that.  I have already begun working on plans to change the way I sell DVDs, and this situation is only making that a higher priority.

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Ever felt like a poser because your life is pretty good? You have a job? Never missed a meal?

There are those who will tell you you can't possibly understand or play the blues because your life hasn't been hard enough. Or you're not old enough. Or you're too white. Or you simply don't have the right image.

The more time you spend trying to fit an impossible image, and set of requirements for authenticity, the less you'll respect yourself once you realize how pointless it is to try and please anyone who spends more time judging you then loving themselves.

Here's a radical idea. Do what you want because you love it. Not because anyone says it's OK, or because you 'qualify'. If you love blues music, then play it. Find people who accept the fact that you play this music in spite of your background, and play it for them. Don't spend time trying to please people who would strangle the blues into extinction by placing constraints on your authenticity.

How about subject matter? The impression most people have of blues is that it's all about broken relationships, struggle, etc.. But the fact of the matter is that blues has been used for political and social expression from it's earliest inception.

So if you tire of songs about the same old thing, go ahead and write songs that reflect what you care about. Why do you think I wrote the song Covenant? Because I'm passionate about good marriages, strong families, and drawing a line in the sand that says you're willing to fight for something you believe in.

Is it a blues song? I don't really care. It's a song about something I love, in a style I love just as much. It's honest. And to me, nothing is more true to the blues spirit than honesty.

Be honest, be passionate, and don't ever apologize for who you are, and how your life has been. You can't change where you've been, and you shouldn't try. The fact that this site exists is proof that there are plenty of people out there who will respect honesty even if you're just a farm boy from Lancaster County, PA, teaching Texas-style blues guitar lessons.

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Within the past few months, I've received more than a few emails from people who have fallen on hard times. Unemployment, divorce, depression and some pretty severe financial problems.

For these people, in those situations, playing the guitar is source of joy in the midst of hardship. It has made me realize that free guitar lessons are much more than a marketing and promotion tool. To the guy who can barely afford to keep food on the table free guitar lessons mean something.

I don't know what skill level some of these viewers are at, but one thing I know for sure. If they can manage to play two notes that make them happy, those two notes are worth more to them than 500 notes played out of boredom.

I'm not one of those people who thinks that you have to be going through hard times to play the blues with feeling. But I do think it's fascinating that during those hard times, people usually play music for the same reason. To express how they feel.

All of the other BS reasons that people do music, to get attention, to make a name for themselves, to get lucky, all of them fade when you're struggling.

During those times, when you pick up that guitar, it's supposed to say the things you might not be able to. And that, is something you should never forget. Especially in the good times when you might find yourself doing music for all the wrong reasons.

Music, and the people who play it, have tremendous impact on our lives. And when you play music, you have the opportunity to impact the lives of people you might never meet. When you sit down to play your guitar, you might just be doing it to make yourself feel better.

But someday, if you keep playing, someone might need to hear what you're playing to lift their own spirits, to inspire them to keep picking up their guitar. Like most things in life, music is not always about us.

So if you're reading this on Christmas day, or shortly after, and life has definitely been better, just remember that the notes you learn today, might inspire someone else in your shoes someday. And if that day comes, I hope you tell them the same thing I'm telling you.

The notes you learn today might be needed by someone you'll never meet.

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Some of you expressed some opinions on this topic, so as promised, here are some screenshots of what I'd like to do.  Let me know if you have any objections to what I'm planning.

The new look retains the dark background, but loses the full background image, replacing it with a banner in the background that fades to a solid dark color.  There is no framing around the content, and the net effect, in my mind, is that everything seems a lot cleaner, less cramped. Not to mention, a lot faster to load because I don't have nearly as many images in the theme as before.

Here are the screenshots. Click on the thumbnails to see a larger version.

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There will be two more Essential Techniques Lessons released before Christmas, "Raking" and "Bending".  Each will be over an hour long, and each will be on a separate DVD.

Both the downloadable and DVD version of "Bending" will be sold at a reduced price for a limited time to allow people who bought the lessons individually to get the "bundled" discount.  All 4 Essential Techniques lessons will be put into a "Volume 1" bundle, both as downloads, and eventually as a 4 DVD set.

There may be one or two Premium Single lessons put out before the holidays as well, those lessons will be under $5, but will only be available as downloads, for now.

I don't do special sale pricing because I don't want anyone to feel as if they should have waited, or that they paid more than someone else for the same lessons. Not very conventional, but I know that I get irritated when I buy something, and later I see someone else buying it for much less.

Next Year

In January I will begin releasing the second volume of Essential Techniques lessons including Vibrato, Picking, Hammer-ons/Pull-offs, and a lesson on several smaller techniques like glissando, pickup switching, volume/tone controls, whammy bar, etc..

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Check out some pics from the show on the StevieSnacks Facebook Page

Last night I went to the show, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Doug had grabbed a spot right near the stage, and because we're both pretty tall, we enjoyed the show without any obstructions. Don't know about the people behind us, but oh well.... :-)

I remembered while I was watching the show why I've always liked Kenny's playing. He plays hard, but he doesn't over-play, only turning up the accelerator when appropriate, and even when he's going 90mph he's always clean, always precise.

Some people take issue with his playing, saying that he's not original enough, but I'm willing to bet that Kenny enjoys his own playing a lot more than the people doing the criticizing enjoy theirs. Just my opinion.

Anyway, about the show. He played tunes from a few of his past albums, none from his rock album, and a few covers. He played Shame, Shame, Shame and While We Cry from his debut album, and both were awesome.

One hallmark of Kenny's playing has been that aggressive, minor pentatonic sound, like Cold Shot on steroids. While he's excellent at the ballad sounding stuff, a lot of his songs throughout the years have had that minor blues sound.  It's tough, muscular, very, very hard to do well for an extended period of time.

What struck me last night, is that Kenny can play in that style for long periods of time, without losing the energy of the song. A classic example is the song Voodoo Chile' (Slight Return).  I get so bored playing that song that I quickly run out of ideas. But I watched him play 4 or 5 songs, all with that same feel last night, without getting bored with any of it.

One last note about the show. When the opening bands were done, and their stuff was moved, I noticed that Kenny had 3, count them, 3 blackface Fender twins on stage. I was happy for my earplugs.

And a big surprise for me was to see none other than Chris Layton on drums. It's the first time I've seen him play live and it made what was an excellent show even more special for this SRV fan. I know Kenny has been playing with Double Trouble for years now, so I'm sure it's no longer intimidating.

I think I'd be terrified :-)

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Here's what I'm going to do.  Instead of just changing the site completely, I'll make a few proposed themes for the site, create screenshots and I'll put it to a vote. This way, if you have strong feelings for or against any particular change you can voice that opinion.  If you're someone that cares that much about the look of the site, you're probably one of the people that made it possible for the site to be what it is, so I do want to make sure that I continue to make StevieSnacks something you'll enjoy looking at if you plan on continuing with my lessons :-)

What I'll be aiming for is a more subtle approach to indicate what kind of site this is.  I have no intention of losing any of the professionalism, just maybe not a giant picture of myself playing guitar in the background. :-)

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Most people agreed that they very much appreciate the my low-key sales approach, confirming to me that any steps in the "BECOME A BLUES GOD IN 3 STEPS!!!" direction would offend the very people who are responsible for this site ever becoming a reality.

New Look Coming Soon

Very soon, I'll be taking another, more drastic step to dechrome StevieSnacks. I will be implementing a much simpler, less flashy, white background theme. It will be as simple as I can make it, without looking amateur. The purpose is to make StevieSnacks look more like what it really is. A medium popularity guitar lesson site maintained by one person.

For 2 years, this site has featured a dark theme.  Batman-esque if you will.  I make an attempt to keep things looking very professional because graphic design and website design are two of my passions. However, the current 'look' of StevieSnacks, is starting to feel a be pretentious. A bit over-the-top. And worst of all, it doesn't seem very representative of what it really is.

StevieSnacks looks as if it's run by a group of people, out to make money. In short, the flashy look does not match the reality that this is a simple guitar lesson site run by one person. It's no wonder that I get emails from people who think that StevieSnacks must be absolutely huge in popularity, and must have a bunch of people working here.  Nothing could be farther from the truth. This site gets about 10,000 unique visitors a month, most leave no comments, buy no lessons, and a fair amount only ever visit one time.

There Are No "Guys"

StevieSnacks has always been, and still the work of my hands. I build everything you see here. I do everything myself. There are no 'guys', just me. And in terms of popularity, StevieSnacks is still way, way, way smaller in popularity than sites like Justinguitar.com, Nextlevelguitar.com and other big name sites.

I'm not going to play the 'professional looking site' game anymore. I'm tired of trying to figure out what is the flashiest way to present everything on the site. I would much rather figure out ways to make the lessons look, sound, and work for you, much better.

So when you come back sometime in the near future, and you don't recognize StevieSnacks, just know that nothing bad has happened. All the same stuff will be here. The lessons will continue to be the best that I can make them.

The only difference will be that the site will take a backseat to the lessons, instead of competing for attention. Hopefully stuff will be easier to find, but I'm not going to spend weeks figuring out a fancy way to save people the trouble of clicking a few links to find stuff.

In the end, I hope the new look will help avoid the misunderstanding that StevieSnacks is some sort of company, and better represent the fact that this a small focused site, created by one person to reach the small number of fans who share his passion for a certain brand of blues.

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Robert and I have a few things in common, like guitar playing, teaching and web design. We've corresponded on several occasions about certain aspects of video production, etc...

Anywho, Robert has posted what I think is his first premium lesson teaching a 12-bar blues solo, available as a download or on a DVD. I wanted to direct any interested viewers to his site to check it out because I think the world needs more lessons from Robert, and if enough people buy it, hopefully he'll continue to put out longer premium lessons in the future. :-)

If you're new to his site, he's got a ton of free lessons for you to check out so you can evaluate if you like his style, and make an informed decision about purchasing this lesson. And I'm sure he'd be glad to answer any questions you have before purchasing.

The lesson page on his site can be found here: http://www.dolphinstreet.com/guitar_video_lessons/lesson-92.php

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This is all about buying your first guitar, but the concept is one that can be extended to any guitar purchase. In the end it could save you money if you 'lean' towards expensive purchases :-)

Feel free to post your own guitar-buying advice in the comments for the benefit of other readers.

Start Cheap

For your first guitar purchase, I highly recommend starting with the cheapest guitar you can stand. One that feels comfortable, and sounds tolerable. Comfort is a strange thing when you're starting because your hand is not yet trained to hold a guitar, so on some level, every guitar will feel uncomfortable. But if you hold two guitars, and one feels like it fits your hand better, I think that's an important factor to consider. 

The primary reason I recommend starting cheap is that at this point you really aren't in a position to know what you truly like and don't like about a guitar, except maybe its looks. Fretboard radius won't matter if you can't bend, neck back contour won't matter if you can't hold chords, and fret size won't matter if you don't have the control not to squeeze too hard.

In short, you won't know what you're looking for, so why spend a ton of money on features that you don't even know how to use or appreciate?

Buying Process

When shopping for that first guitar, start with the cheapest guitar that falls in the ecosystem you're interested in. If you're after a strat sound, start with the strat style guitars. If you're a Les Paul kind of player, start with the Epiphones or other Les Paul style guitars. Find the cheapest one that's still made out of wood :-)

Play it. See if it feels uncomfortable. Make a mental note of anything you dont' like. Then go find a guitar that is about $50 more expensive and do the same thing. Repeat this process until you can't tell a difference between one guitar and the next more expensive guitar.

By doing this you will ensure that you'll be buying the least expensive guitar that you are able to appreciate. You won't be paying for a better tone wood, better pickups, better manufacturing, or any of that. Unless you can hear it or feel it when you play.

Upgrading

After you've played this guitar for about a year, you will probably have a mental list of things you don't like about it. The more you play, the longer and more detailed this list will be. The great thing about this list is that it gives you detailed guidelines for shopping for your next guitar.

If you had purchased an Eric Johnson signature strat for your first guitar, you may eventually find out that you really don't like the feel of the neck, or the sound of the pickups. Now you've got a very expensive guitar that's depreciated by an amount that's more than what you might have spent on a cheaper guitar to figure out the same thing.

Buying High

It's easy to look at the really high-end guitars and think that people are just buying them because they like buying expensive things. But the fact of the matter is, when an experienced player has played for years and years, and held guitar after guitar in their hands, the list of things they prefer is can be very precise.

It's not really about necessity for a player at that level, it's more about preferences. Realistically, they could make any guitar sound good, but that doesn't mean they'd enjoy playing something that isn't built to their detailed preferences.

But until you're at that point where your 'feel' of a guitar is that finely tuned, a cheap guitar that helps you develop a more acute sense of quality can be the best investment you make.

Advice?

This is just my opinion on buying a guitar, if you've got some ideas that you've used to guide your purchasing, feel free to share them in the comments.

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What's distinctly not awesome is the description of the concert in the theatre flyer. In it, Jonny is described  as a "former child prodigy". Probably not meant as an insult, but that phrase is a textbook example of what happens to people whos age was once used as credentials.

Allow me to explain.

I became aware of Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd in the same year, around 1996. Kenny was the guy who could play like SRV, Johnny was the guy who could sing like nobody's business. Both were 16 or younger. And believe me, if you couldn't tell their age by listening to them, you sure as heck found out about it the minute someone started talking about them.

Here's the problem. Everyone grows up. What then? The fact that you were a 16 year old phenom has little or nothing to do with having a career when you're 30. You can't call yourself 'former 16 year old phenom' when you're 30 because nobody cares.  The only thing people care about is what you did this year. When you're 30. Or last year. When you were also not 16.

Why?

I've got a 9 month old baby who just stood up from a crawl for the first time yesterday. I captured it on video, and immediately posted it to Facebook. It's an awesome thing to see a kid begin to develop the skills that adults have.

When those skills seem far beyond their age, it's difficult not to stare in disbelief. How can someone that young play that well? That's fine. We all think like that. But where does it end? When does a kid just get to be a kid? And not a prodigy?

Wasted Potential

When I was in 10th grade, I could dunk a basketball. Michael Jordan was my hero and I spent as much time watching him play basketball as I later spent watching Stevie Ray Vaughan play guitar.

A graduating senior once made the comment that my future was (in his eyes) probably going to be awesome. Three years later, I sat on the bench during most of my senior year. When the game got tough, I got pulled. I didn't score over 18 points in any game, and probably averaged about 6.

I never dunked a ball during a game. I wondered what had happened to me.

Here's the thing. Nobody cared that I could dunk a basketball in 10th grade when I missed easy shots in 12th grade. It's not that I played awful, I just couldn't keep up with the competition. I was an average ball player who had developed early.

I could have been happy just playing, but I saw my entire senior year as wasted potential. Why? Because I was supposed to be better than everyone else. Because I was awesome when I was 16. And mediocre by 18.

A Problem of Scale

The problem with being labeled a child prodigy is that it doesn't scale very well with age. Your rate of learning eventually slows down, and you become just another talented adult, or possibly forgotten. Nobody keeps up that accelerated pace of learning their entire life. Nobody.

Kids need to know that they're not expected to stay a prodigy for the rest of their lives. Assuming that they know this is an awful burden to ask them to bear. When you're young, your emotionalgrounding is anything but secure. It can grow roots into anything that provides validation.

So when your parents, and everyone around you is singing your praises because you're unbelievably good for your age, your roots of self-worth begin to sink themselves into that praise. Subtly reinforcing the idea that you're special because you're better than everyone else at a much younger age.

As the talent gap begins to shrink, you're left with the haunting question: "What happened to me?"

I Used To Be Special

Nobody in their right mind wants to hear those words spoken by one of their children. "I used to be special". It implies that the child thinks that something has changed. They are no longer special.

But it is my honest opinion that when kids are treated like prodigies because of how fast they learn, they are being set up for a massive amount of self-worth problems unless the prodigy-treatment is countered with a healthy dose of

"If you never played another note, you'd still be just as important."

Celebrity

Even grown adults have a hard time dealing with it. How many child stars have to crash and burn before parents stop shoving their kids in front of any audience that will have them?

Exposure, attention, fame, they all create a sense of expectation. And living under that expectation can kill whatever is left of a normal childhood. Celebrate a child's accomplishments. But more than that, celebrate their life. At every age. Even when they mess up. Especially when they mess up.

I don't know if Austin will become a great musician at a young age. But trust me. He won't be prodigy. He'll be my son.

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That's fine.  Everyone has their own approach to marketing their site and products. In the end, if you can sleep at night knowing that you're promising the world to someone, than far be it from me to judge that. But above all else, I think it's important to be honest to your own voice and preferences.

That's why I removed some pages, and changed some wording on StevieSnacks recently. I don't like being 'sold' and I suspect most people are sick of that too. And I regret that I took that approach if only for a little while, and if only in a small way. Not because there's anything wrong with it, but because it's not my voice. It's not honest, for me, for this site.

Why?

I left my job in August. A job that I'd had for over a decade. It was a very good job, and one that I loved. But life had created a situation where I had to choose between continuing StevieSnacks, spending time with my family, and having a full-time job.  I chose my family and StevieSnacks. I had very good reason to believe that this was the right decision, and one that my wife fully supported.

As I left my job, and began working on StevieSnacks full-time, I was faced with the reality that if the lessons didn't continue to sell at the rate they had been, it was no longer a loss of hobby income, it was a loss of household income. I began to get that tightening feeling in my chest that I get every time I face a tough situation. There was really no reason to feel this way, but that's how I felt.

In The Beginning

When I started StevieSnacks in 2007, I had no plan, and spent almost no time trying to promote my lessons, aside from using YouTube as my primary hosting service. I didn't spend time trying to think up fancy ways to promote my lessons. Instead, I spent my time actually making lessons.

I always question the quality of my own work, and as a result, chose a matter-of-fact approach to selling the lessons. Here's what the lesson is about, you choose if you want to buy it. I didn't use any tricky sales tactics, no promises of incredible success, just a factual description of the lesson. This approach was very successful when combined with word-of-mouth advertising by viewers and customers.

So, Why The Change?

Maybe you didn't notice it.  Maybe you just watch the videos. But if you had taken a closer look at the site when I launched the new version in August, you would have seen a slight change in the 'feel'.  My lesson series descriptions were more wordy, with a slightly more salesman like approach.

There was also a page called "The StevieSnacks Difference" where I described the things that I think make these lessons as popular as they are. And there were various other places around the site, where I was doing more 'selling' of my site and my products.

I never felt comfortable with this, but as I faced the reality that I now had to keep selling lesson, instead of relying on the approach that got me here, I resorted to a minor version of the sales techniques that I really have no tolerance for.

I'm Back

Much ado about nothing? Maybe. But to me, it's a big deal. If I'm going to talk about honesty, and following your passion, and staying true to your own desires for guitar, than I need to do it in my business as well. 

The truth is, I despise being 'sold'. I like people who believe in their product enough to let me make my own decisions without trying to grab my wallet out of my pocket. So to the best of my ability, I'm going to strip out anything that resembles those tactics from this site. I've already taken away a few pages, and changed some text, but you may see other changes too.

I will not take the risk of offending my core audience for the sake of selling a few lesson to people who need more convincing.  Your feedback will be my only 'sales' tool, and it will continue to be your words and not mine that carry these lessons to new customers.

In the grand scheme of things, StevieSnacks is a relative newcomer to a community of sites that offer great lessons. I spend a lot of time, and have invested a lot of money into making these lessons as professional looking and sounding as possible. And I continue to work on my teaching skills too.  But I don't do that so I can promote these lessons as God's gift to blues guitar, but because it makes me happy to make something as good as it can be.

If you see something on here that strikes you as high-falutin or pretentious, drop me a polite email and let me know that I'm getting too big for my britches. You're smart enough to decide for yourself if these lessons are worth buying, so I'll do my best to stay out of the way and let you shop, and answer questions when you have them :-)

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