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Just getting ready to start session 13 myself! Hope its as much fun as 1 thru 12!!

That is really cool! Definitely gives a different perspective of how it all fits together! I'm just getting to the end of Steve's Major Scales 2 workout, working on the third level (great workout! tough, but fun!). This just made a few little lightbulbs go on for me! Thanks for posting that!

I started with one... an inexpensive nylon string... now I have 4 electric, 3 acoustic, 2 bass, 2 ukuleles, a banjo, and a dulcimer.

Cort, as others have said, you will find this conference to be very helpful no matter what skill level you are! There are (from what I have seen) quite a few folks that are in the intermediate range (myself included!). I have found that in sessions where I was more comfortable with the material, I still learned quite a bit, and things that were more advanced really did encourage me to go further! This has to be the best bunch of folks I've met at a music conference! I'm sure you'll find it a worthwhile experience!!

Congrats on the new instruments!!! The L-OO is an amazing guitar!! The sound and tone are pure joy! I am sure you will really love playing that one!! The dobro is cool! I'll bet your son will have some fun with that!

I have 2 Lakota Straps and with light-medium use for the last 3 years I could not be happier with them! Strong and comfortable!

That is a very cool lesson! I'm going to have to watch that again! Thanks for posting!!

Sounds interesting!! Thanks Dave!

I'm not Steve, but I'm currently working on the final video, Level 2 Advanced.... Oh boy is it a workout!! When we get going fast it seems almost impossible to not have the patterns (including 3rds and the 1231 patterns) memorized. Too fast for me to try to read the notes off the paper. I think I stopped looking at the written sheets somewhere toward the end of lesson 1 or beginning of 2.... These are great workouts! The 3rds and 1231 patterns are not as hard as I thought to commit to memory. The trick for me was to take it super slow to really get my fingers where they needed to go. Hope this helps! You can do it!

Sending positive thoughts and prayers for your MRI and healing!

The Wallflowers - One Headlight

Yes, my husband and I were just talking about that night. So glad we got to see that! An amazing man.... may he rest in peace.

I had a couple of people to jam with (usually once a week) when we lived in Tennessee. After we moved to Florida, I kept an eye out for any opportunity to find a few folks to play and or practice with. Luckily, I saw a post in a neighborhood website, a guitar player looking for others to jam with Well, we've been at it for probably 6 months. One guitar player is about the same level as me, and second guy who is more advanced in most respects so he takes the lead (although he is more than willing to let us!). Also another guy that plays a mean harmonica! The four of us have very similar taste in music so we enjoy learning and practicing the songs we are working on I can't begin to explain how valuable these weekly jam sessions are!

Wow! Nice guitar!! Enjoy!!

Congrats Steve!!! And thank you so much for all of the hard work you do for us!!

Nice! That looks like a versatile amp! I like that it has the different power settings. Sometimes its hard to get a decent sound at lower levels Enjoy!!

Cool! Thanks for posting! Always nice to see options for playing chords differently!!

The only one of mine that has a name is the Gibson L-OO.... I call it Curley. But it was named before I got it The name 'Paul Curley' is etched in the headstock from 'who knows how many years ago'. I like that it is there because I consider it a part of the history of this 85 year old guitar. Sometimes I wonder who Paul Curley was, and where this guitar has been

That was fun to watch!! Thanks for posting!

Great lesson tonite, Steve!! I will be looking at that one again for sure!!!

Yes! This is my 'free craigslist piano desk' - it was headed to the dump if we didn't get it. I could never destroy a working instrument, so this was perfect for my project. Some parts had to be replaced (sides, bottom), and added the glass top. Getting all the strings off and the harp out was... interesting, lol! Probably $200 investment paint and all. As far as the picks go... I like the bluechip better than the Ultex - it definitely has a 'tackier' feel to it. But, they are pricy....

I have quite an assortment of picks... These are the ones I tend to use most often. I really like the V-picks, but with a glass-top desk, it can get tricky finding it if you put it down... The blue chip picks are really nice and give you a really nice grip, but they are pricy... if you tend to lose picks that would be an issue...

Interesting video! And yes, the camera work was definitely wobbly!! lol!

I had started the Major Scales workouts a few months back. I got up to the Intermediate level of the Major Scales 2 lesson. Well, I got sidetracked (not really a surprise, lol!).... So two weeks ago I started them again. Quickly reviewed the first lesson, then moved back into MS2. Took me a few days to get back thru the first workout, which I think I was not doing as well as I thought the first go thru... The intermediate is challenging!!! I have been at it for about a week, and for the first time tonite, I was able to keep up on almost all of the exercises!!! Persistence really pays off!! One or two days I had hardly any time to practice, so this was the only stuff I did as I could get it done in a half hour. I will definitely spend a few days or longer really getting this before moving on to the last one...