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HR HAPP! 3R DINGER! #TeamRedBill

Amaya! HR! #TeamRedBill

@StrumWithMe1 I can not nail that up stroke/shuffle. I will not give up.

Pride and Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan was my white whale when I was in high school. Didn't understand it! Then....I finally watched him play it on a 12-string guitar on MTV Unplugged and I understood that the right hand is what it's all about. The Texas Shuffle! 🎸🤠

Packer Bloggers trying to find out who George Gervin is after tweeting in defense of him today.

@the_bassplayer @RandyLa35983906 I love that bass. 👍

Even if your love was unconditional, It still wouldn't be enough to save me...

@MikeOCull I'm going trough this with my 13 year old granddaughter. Once her app "free trial" ended, she stopped playing. I sent her some exercises on a word doc, a couple videos and offered one on one time. She's not interested. 😞 She is convinced the app is the only way.

I’ve realized something lately. I’ll probably never teach guitar again. Not because I can’t but because there doesn’t seem to be much call for teachers like me anymore. In the smart phone universe, I’m a dinosaur. My method of teaching requires motivated students who actually practice. The internet attention span is my enemy and has created student issues I can’t fix. It’s based on one of the cruelest lies ever told to the world: that everything should be fast and easy. When it comes to learning music, a lack of focus is a big problem. It makes playing seem like a “trick” and many modern minds have trouble with the long, tedious process of teaching an instrument to their nervous systems, much less doing the mental reps needed to learn theory or reading. They can’t focus long enough to attain the basic skill level required to get the landing gear up, so to speak. They get bored, as if the guitar and piano exist solely for their amusement. It gets hard and they quit. They shut down. They give up before the good part starts. Anyone who plays any instrument even halfway well will tell you that the first couple years of learning are pretty brutal. It takes the heart of a lion to endure the frustration and pain of building basic musical skills. Countless repetitions while seeing little progress is the experience. Anyone you’ve ever seen play well has gone through it and there has never been any other way. In other words, it’s the polar opposite of the internet/smart phone/social media experience. I can teach anyone to play the guitar. What I can’t do, however, is teach anyone to want to play the guitar bad enough to stick it out and conquer the basics. People either have the desire or they don’t. These days, most don’t. My problem as a teacher is that I can’t come up with some shiny new way of high-tech learning that leaps students over the hard parts. I could claim to and peddle bullshit to beginners but that’s not me. I always aim to speak the truth.

@RoehrbornX @MatteMartin2 @Chiprockabilly @killianmusic Well done! Well done!

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@TheBlogfines Yup. Especially if I forget to check. Doh!

@slantedk Yeah, I just fast-forward or exit out and go to the games/scores page. It's still annoying.

For 2 or 3 years now, the Roku MLBTV app has had a "Watch Live" option for the main game on the menu (for me, the Cubs game), and when I click that, it takes me to the beginning of the broadcast, rather than *live*.

@ThunderDan63 Amen

Life is good 😄

@ThunderDan63 @LuckyAldan Awesome!

My chauffeur is wide awake and ready to get us to Wrigley Field. See you about 10:00 #GoCubsGo @LuckyAldan

@CheapSeats411 What in the yak squeeze!

Someone better have a very good explanation for leaving a perfectly good 2 liter of RC on the ground.

@the_bassplayer @richoblation One must keep warm. 🤠

It's about that time of year to put the jeans up until November LOL. @richoblation

@the_bassplayer Yes

Love this guy! Do you know him?

An independent publisher, we agreed to work together to get my books to print. No agent, no high 💲 publicity firm. Only Emails, social posts and word of mouth. Over a decade I invested time & 💲in me, I believe in the Ashes series. My fame comes $1.50 @ a time. Thank you.🤠🇺🇸

I did an interview with a high school student. On the topic of being an independent author. There is a misconception that being published means big up front 💲. In the world of indy, that's not the case. It's out of pocket 💲. I sent out 100s of manuscripts. I received an offer:

Cubs buying PCA’s potential prime years, while PCA can secure a bag if all goes well after the deal expires. There’s value all around here.

@CheapSeats411 To quote a guy I know. "With in reach" 🤠

Happpy #nationalcheesesteakday to all who celebrate. How do you like yours? I'm a "wit whiz" guy.

Snow update! July weather in Tucson 😳 I really don't want 2 extra months of 100+ but... Day 2 in the pool, sun burnt yesterday, thus the long sleeve swim shirt today. Cubs in 4 days!!!! Oh hell Yeah! My book sales are needing help, eh. Good reads @ poolside. See my profile.