Crazy Legs Dean Nelson

Here we have a timeline of the events that lead up to our album release! HAND SOME is a story of bravery. Recorded live in one room among the trees of Pine, AZ

A letter for the ages!

I was on a podcast! Check it out!

Hey everyone! I was recently on a podcast with my good friend Peter Kersting and I wanted to give you think link! I talk a lot about the same things I talk about her on the blog! Give it a listen, a like and subscribe to support this awesome guy! If you liked the episode, give it a share too! It helps a TON! https://open.spotify.com/episode/1hfCPjq1AdTJAAtP75RAXs?si=55ce4cd596ea4497 Listen on…

Networking – The do’s and don’ts

Good (insert time of day you’re reading this), my friend! I actually don’t remember what prompted me to write something on networking, I think I was coming out of work one day and heard someone talking about it. If this is what happened, let’s assume that everything they said was wrong. I say this because I HATE the way that most people network.  I’m sure you know what it looks like. Someone…

Execute Order 66 (Days) – How to Form a Habit

66 days I recently jumped into a podcast. I understand the irony of that sentence—a common start to a column post. Okay, I acknowledged it. You acknowledged it. Let’s move on. The short podcast was on how important consistency is! In your pudding and gravy for sure, and also how often you work. The podcast talked about forming habits and how 21 is the magic number. I thought that was pretty…

Box 5 – The Blues Major Pentatonic

The final piece to our puzzle is box 5. I’m not actually sure what scale this is. It’s cool and hits the 6… which is the first scale that we have the does that! Hey, hey, hey If we place this box at the start of our scale, we have 1(root) – 2 – 4 – 5 – 6 These notes make up the blues’ major pentatonic scale. When should you use this scale? It really works well with 7th chords. It can also…

Box 4 – When you’re feeling sad bluesy

By this point, you should know, but if you’re starting with a blog that says “box 4” and you haven’t read the other three, well, I don’t know if I can work with that kind of stupid. We’re rolling right along to box 4! Let’s ask this question, though. When should I add a new box to work on? Well, for each person, that’s a little different. I think you should be able to play the scale backward and…

Box 3 – The androgynous box – Our suspended scale

Part three of our series on the pentatonic box shapes! If you haven’t checked out the first two blogs (they immediately preceded this post), then I highly suggest you give me an extra click and go back and read those, just so you get an idea of what I’m talking about, because I will refer to something in those posts.  HOLY SHIT THAT IS A LOT OF WATER! Does she live under a waterfall? Blah,…

Pentatonic Box 2 – Revenge of the Major

Hello, darlings! If you haven’t read the last blog post on pentatonic boxes… literally the last post I made. Well, then I’m gonna do a little self-promotion and tell you to go back a post and give me a click. Seriously though, I suggest you go back there, so everything makes sense from here on out! So here we go… BOX 2 MINOR PENTATONIC Or is it BOX 1 MAJOR PENTATONIC Well, actually, it’s…

Here’s why pentatonic scales are SO important (and how they are so easy to learn)

This week’s post is on Pentatonic scales and just how easy it is to learn! I was honestly scared to learn more than I knew when I started guitar. Let me paint a picture. I was two years into learning guitar. I knew a bunch of songs, and I had a couple of boxes filled with printed chord sheets. I was set! I was writing (terrible) songs. I head a heart full of dreams. I would go to open min nights…

Growing up, I knew the name of every single member of my favorite bands. I could have told you about their favorite movie and what their sign was. The band was a family, and I was a second cousin in my mind. There was something sacred about that.  Now I’ve been playing around for a while, and I have played with more than a few different folks over the years. When the band started to pick up some…

How important is an email list?

Spoilers, everything you’ve heard about email lists, it’s true. All of it! It’s also something I’m really, really bad at collecting. I want to get better at this, so I’m writing this out and coming up with some ideas that might work. Here’s what I’ve got so far. Blackmail someone until they give me their email.…. Nothing. Ok, so not a great start.  Here’s the big ole thought I’ve been having…

Dead Weight - How are these terms defined? Everyone has their own schedule. It is determined by open communication. Someone isn't wrong by not wanting to commit an undefined (or a schedule sculpted a little too well) amount of time.

We all know that one person that likes to pump the breaks, the one who says “No” all too often. It’s good to slow down a little, but so much of our energy goes into pushing us forward, and as a tiny group that’s trying to move ahead, every molehill feels like a mountain.  This video from the school of life got me thinking. I want to be as loyal as a dog! I pride myself on my loyalty. Just like…

Another year over, a new one just begun

What a peculiar year. I have a feeling we will look back at this year as the year that showed us who we were. It seemed like we had nothing but time to work on (I hate this phrase) our quarantine album. But most of my “progress” came at the end of the year for me. Sure, I laid down a lot of the groundwork throughout the year. But if it’s one thing we’ve learned from 2020, it is that TIME is not…

What do to when it’s “not quite there”

I’ve been thinking a lot about what “it’s almost there” means. Do you know what I’m talking about? When you’ve got everything checked off your list.  Vocals – Check Drums – Check Guitar/Bass – Check/Check Digeridoo – Checkeridoo But something just doesn’t feel like it’s ready. Have you ever felt that way? Maybe some of it is fear of letting go out into the world. But more than that, I feel…