music

By John, 10 September, 2019
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By John, 30 August, 2019

Yesterday I was at the gas station and I spotted a guy with what looked like a cigar box guitar headstock coming up out of his backpack. I walked up to him and started a conversation, and sure enough it was a homemade guitar (not a cigar box, but he used a box that was about the same size.)

[Just the headstock on this thing was so cool. He used eye screws for tuners; it was pretty badass.]

By John, 26 July, 2013

I have wanted to learn how to play the bass for quite a while. But I've never done anything about it because it all seems too intimidating. I'm afraid of messing up, so I don't start, so I don't get past the "I mess up everything!" phase.

By John, 3 December, 2011

Great classic motown groove:

Great lyrics, great voice, great build up:

This is smooth, you wouldn't expect smooth from a ukulele and acoustic bass:

By John, 8 June, 2011

My car is in the shop for some transmission work (yeah, I know, FUN), and in a spectacular display of timing we just donated our previous car to Minnesota Teen Challenge. So I'm carless and my friend Nathan has been giving me rides.