Archive for the 'Music' Category

My American Deluxe Telecaster

I love my Tele. Not wild about the butterscotch finish though, but the only other choice was black with gold fleck. I replaced the bridge pickup with a DiMarzio Chopper T because the original pickup didn’t have enough oomph to drive the amp into a good crunch; just too clean.

Guitar chords

I’ve been playing guitar for about 40 years off-and-on. Even so, I don’t have every guitar chord memorized, not even close. Here are some useful websites to help you find the fingering for a guitar chord, as well as what chords you can put together to make your own songs.

American Woman

It’s true, there’s a rocker underneath my corporate/grandfather exterior. I love using FL Studio to lay down tracks and record songs. Here’s an example: the Lenny Kravitz version of American Woman, as performed by Scott Thomason.
I did a lot of layering with this song. I’ve got tracks for drums, bass, 3 rhythm guitars, 2 solo [...]

Songs I like to listen to

These are songs I like to listen to.

Everclear–Santa Monica
Tom Petty–Mary Jane
The Black Crowes–Remedy