This week: My Current Favorite California Bands of All Time!!! *This week was supposed to be another music theory week, but my brain just didn’t feel like that type of critical thinking! Being a California boy I might be a bit partial to my homeys. Being a throwback tube amp loving type…eh, might make me…»

A teaspoon of theory and technique can give you a ton of expressive freedom! The term music theory is one that has great polarizing effects on musicians. The two camps are pretty easy to identify: “I’ve been working on a lot of harmonic minor arpeggios and sweep picking techniques” and “I don’t bother with music…»

Little recording and writing “tricks” for bringing your song to life – Part 1 Crashing waves of heartache Twenty shades of blue Cold gray clouds of daybreak The poetry of slowly losing you I have some serious Bakersfield twang going on in my headphones right now…so I was inspired to write a couple of sad…»

Top 10 Musical Purchases, Acquisitions, or Gifts “You don’t need another guitar!” “Yeah, but I don”t have one like that…it’ll give me a whole new range of sounds…” The beginning of a debate? Well, yes, but the interesting thing is both “characters” in this dialogue are me!!! Sometimes, as a musician, I will admit that…»

Brian Wilson is the greatest American pop artist ever…period! Yep, provocative title, I know, what about it? I find that if the world is just a gray area, there’s no auger for inspiration, debate, and meaningful exchange of ideas. So, I challenge you, the reader, to dispute my claim: Brian Wilson is the greatest American…»