https://youtu.be/-Rh2i-ZnMb0 May 8, 2026 Today's Update was mostly a rundown of the two Spring International Guitar Camps we just had over the last two weekends. There were just a couple snippets of playing and no real theory to digest. I did have Steely Dan on my mind though and talked a little abo...

New lesson from Nesh on New World In The Morning by Roger Whittaker. https://youtu.be/74B76FNxPoc New World In The Morning is a song by Kenyan/British singer-songwriter Roger Whittaker, taken from his 1971 studio album with the same name. This album also includes his big hit The Last Farewell.  We t...

I have always enjoyed his albums and songs but did not necessarily consider them as possible lessons. I will revisit that.

Thanks for the reminder!

Neil

https://youtu.be/h8ltSuk0j-g May 4, 2026 This Spring we held two International Guitar Camps, due to demand and wanting to keep them very small. Each week we had about 18 students and five teachers spending two full days and three nights together in the Santa Cruz Mountains just outside of Los Gatos....

Great suggestions. I have always been fond of You Wear It Well, his Reason To Believe and Gasoline Alley. He is back on my radar.

Neil

Joe,

Welcome to TG!

I did not follow up on arranging a solo version of Time but will take a look at it again since you brought it up. I do have one of Eye In The Sky, which is a bit challenging but check it out sometime.

Neil

Eye In The Sky Solo Version

https://youtu.be/o_xRNEeUAzs April 17, 2026 I have been entrenched in Beatles songs lately (again, or for about the 500th time) and can't imaging another band or artist who has more to offer to guitar students in terms of number of songs that are fun to play and offer techniques to master. The varie...

https://youtu.be/iyvhzjjCaXI April 10, 2026 This week we released The Definitive Rolling Stones Collection, which includes 23 lessons covering a wide range of their stuff. There are electric lessons from Max Rich, acoustic lessons, some Open G riffs and a half-dozen or so solo guitar arrangements. I...

https://youtu.be/cYHNGzabqwM April 3, 2026 Recently I have had a few students asking about bass notes, and particularly alternating patterns used in country songs (like Folsom Prison Blues). After establishing that usually you want to alternate between the root and fifth of the chord, the question c...

Interesting tune that I was not familiar with from Nesh this week - The Family Tree. https://youtu.be/eE2nwX9Ca_I Venice is an American band comprising four brothers and cousins, and formed in Venice, California in 1977. They have achieved most popularity in The Netherlands. Other than that they hav...