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    News From the 2019 Gathering

    in Past Guitar Gathering Conferences

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    What she said, except 8 of us went to Corky's for BBQ Ribs for dinner!

    Monday- Time Jumpers at 3rd & Linsley.

    Tuesday- Visiting family in Nashville area and Registration & Watermelon at Trevecca!!

    Wednesday- Workshops......Warm-up with Steve, Blues session & Song Writing class and jam session. Visiting with Greg Voros and gleaning guitar tech information from the master. Great Acoustic concert with three outstanding artists, Collin Hill, Van Larkin & Phil Keaggy. They all knocked it out of the park!

    Thursday- Finger Picking with Steve, Home Recording session, Song Writing II, Visiting with Greg Voros again....Great guy and friend. Jam session and playing and singing in front of fellow gathering friends that are very supportive of everyones playing! Fun time for all!

    After two days, my brain cells are floating around with musical notes, songs, guitar music, song writing notes, Blues Sessions, Home Recording information, more song writing and song critiques, 12 barre blues , finger picking, theory, jam sessions, acoustic playing and the electrical overload of Johnny Hiland! WOW & WOW backwards.

    Tomorrow Columbia Studio A and more workshops! I can't even think about Saturday yet....................? 

    Thanks to all the hard work by Steve Krenz and family. These are world class friends and Guitar family! Thanks to all the Gather participants and fellow guitar players.......everyone is so friendly and helpful. This is like a little oasis in life where there is no negative, no hurting and no pain, just fun and music! This is awesome!

    Don't keep saying, "Next Year"! Make plans to attend. You won't regret it.

    Take care.

    Mike

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    News From the 2019 Gathering

    in Past Guitar Gathering Conferences

    Posted · Edited by Popeye

    Great to see you again Diane.......and I got my long overdue hug!  

    Excited to be back at the Gathering after a three year hiatus. Not only a three year disappearing act from the Gathering but also my guitar journey & destination! Time to get back on track and what better way than attending a customized, focused & concentrated music agenda orchestrated by the "One & Only" STEVE KRENZ!!

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    RIP **** Dale

    in Guitar Open Talk

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    R.I.P. Mr, **** Dale- "Master of the Surfing Guitar". Used to listen to him on the radio growing up in California, back int he day of surfing and surf music.....**** Dale, Jan & Dean, Beach Boys, etc........

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    SINA- One-Girl-Band

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted · Edited by Popeye

    I ran across this young lady and her creativity original music awoke that still small place inside of me. I love to hear talent. She has musical talent in spades! Hope you enjoy as much as I.

     

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    ACOUSTIC GUITAR VERSUS ELECTRIC GUITAR AS A BEGINNER

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

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    Bruce- Welcome aboard and to the family! A few words of advice:

    1. Enjoy the journey of learning to play guitar- it is not a race. You will get frustrated during the journey and the process, please realize that this journey is best accomplished with PATIENCE, CORECT PRACTICE AND PERSISTENCE!

    2.  Follow along with "guitar gathering.com website. Plug in to the "Live Lessons". Do not be afraid to ask questions and learn from all the students mistakes and lessons learned.....these are invaluable. When you hit the wall (which you will) don't get frustrated at yourself, remember, we have all been where you are starting and we have all experienced the rewards and pains. Everyone is great at sharing and helping. This is what makes this forum so valuable! 

    3. Realize that you are your own unique self and that we all have opinions and learn lessons with a different time frame and perspective....one size does not fit all. Use all the tools and don't be afraid to experiment. Steve emphasizes to learn from all the resources you can. Caveat here.......have a plan for success and follow the plan making necessary adjustments along the way. Above all, try and keep it FUN remembering that you wanted to learn guitar to play MUSIC. There are a million rabbit trails that you can get involved in during this journey. There will be a correct time to venture off and learn the other dimensions of music, i.e., Recording music, writing songs, finger picking, jazz, blues, rock, folk, bluegrass, etc....you get the picture! Ask questions and others will help guide you.

    4. Goooooooooooo Sloooooooooooooooooooooow when you are first learning new concepts and disciplines. Speed will come with time and practice. This course has been designed to give you the foundation to build your musical chops. Take your time and do it right. Try not to take short cuts. At the same time there is a balance of practice, skill levels and shifting gears. There are times when you will wonder when to move on to the next skill or lesson. Steve gives you bench marks, when you have theses levels under your belt, do not be afraid to move on. We all seems to want to perfect the skills at the lesson level we are in and sometimes that hampers us from moving forward. Remember that the foundation is being laid as you move from one lesson to the next and you will continue to hone your skills as you move forward. 

    5. Slay the dragon Bruce, don't be afraid to take the adventure, and above all HAVE FUN MAKING MUSIC.

    There is so much more.......How did the man eat the elephant? One bite at a time!

    Enjoy my friend!

    Mike (aka Popeye)

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    Lots of Features on this Forum

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted · Edited by Popeye

    I'm with K9-  A TAB at the top with little drop down menu for different tutorials of "How To's" would be a lot of help. I don't post a lot and I have to stop and figure out everything from scratch again, plus my memory is slipping more than a 200,000 mile clutch!

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    NUGD

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

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    Picked up a used 2013 Fender Strat Standard with Fat 50's pick ups and Fender Locking Tuners. This was a case queen and looks brand new with no pick marks, swirls or blems. Always wanted a white Fender Strat. Getting used to the feel and sound. So far, so good! She is a beauty.IMG_1529.thumb.JPG.1c10ea942e01b84c56e31982b8fc2b52.JPG

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