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Elizabeth Cotton and no comments

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Ok everyone, I realize that I have slowed down a lot on posting to this site but no one has commented on the grand old lady of finger picking? The women is a legend and no one seems interested in her?

I hoped that introducing you all to new genres of playing stirs up some thought provoking discussion. This almost forgotten way of playing is huge! She was the Van Halen of her day. Imagine all the trials and tribulation that she has gone through. She stopped playing guitar for many years and came back out of obscurity to the top of her game here kidz!

If you innocently missed this post I highly recommend that you go back and check it out with a fine tooth comb.

I’m not mad but a little bit confused … I feel like a mis-understood parent. Please help me out here kidz, love ya all live!

Keep on Jammin’





How to be a musician the hard way

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A doctor named Dr. Tony Cicoria, a non musician before this amazing event, was hit by lightning in 1994 and after recovering was transformed into a concert pianist.

drcioria.jpg I know this post came out of nowhere but I just had to share it with you all.

While watching a CBC show called “The Hour”, our boyfriend George Stroumboulpoulos aired this sci-fi like feature that really made me do a double take! That’s all I’m going to say so click away HERE and thank us later!

Now maybe if you want to play guitar like Eddie Van Halen, you should think about playing a round of golf in a thunderstorm … if you’ve got nothing else better to do?

Keep on Jammin’ there doc!

Leonard Cohen

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I just found out the other day that Leonard Cohen made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! So a belated congrats to another great Canadian song writer, Leonard Cohen!

My wife is a big fan of his work and I have to admit to you all that I know of some of his work, but that’s it.

Being a musician, I am more in tune with the composition of a song then the words itself. I understand that the words hold, to most listeners, it’s true essence and meaning. To me though, it’s the sound that is the driving force behind it.

While playing live I focus mostly on the guitar parts than what comes out of my mouth. I’ve never written any words to any of the songs I made in the past and probably never will in the future. They just do not move me or grab my attention like the beat does.

So hats off to Mr. Cohen and to his powerful lyrics and let’s hope he might rub off on my writing abilities, or lack there of!

Keep on Jammin’

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