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What does B-ball have to do with playing the Guitar after 60?

It's March in 'Merica thus no one escapes the NCAA B-ball Tournament known as March Madness. A lot of times we label ourselves as "jocks" or "musicians" or "you-name-it". But the reality is that we are more than our labels and a good game can be enjoyed by a good guitarist and vice versa. Take ...

Mar 30, 2026

What's the history behind the Four-Leafed Clover anyways?

Anyone who knows me knows I love history. All types, but especially ancient history... or what I consider ancient which is pretty much anything before the TV existed. But a fascinating world is the intersection between history and legend because of the ways stories became legends which impacted ...

Mar 12, 2026

Live event this Sunday! 🎸

Hey friends, It's been a crazy busy 2026 already, but Spring is coming and that means we're hosting a Live Event 🥳 This Sunday at 7:30pm EST Join Me on LinkedIn for our Live Event "The Secret Behind the Method" where you'll learn how our students are playing their favorite songs on the guitar in...

Mar 10, 2026

MLK's Favorite Guitar Lick

It's no surprise why we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. each year - the peaceful civil rights movement he led 60 years ago gave way to a whole new approach to standing up for what is right without violence. But what about when Dr. King was himself discouraged? Where would he turn? It has ...

Jan 19, 2026

Play the Guitar in 5 Days? What's the Catch?

It was a Wednesday morning and I had just finished a Discovery Call with a future student when I got a text message from someone: "play the guitar in 5 days??? what's the catch???" No catch I texted. You'll literally be playing the guitar... not learning to play... playing the guitar in 5 days....

Jan 06, 2026

Here you go! Happy New Year 🥳

For everyone who missed our Last Live Event of 2025 - here's a freebie for you! Auld Lang Syne using only 2 fingers! I'm excited for all our new students joining us tomorrow - ready or not 2026 is here! If you still want to kick off 2026 with a guitar in your hands then email me NOW and let me kn...

Dec 31, 2025

LEGO discovery helps with playing the guitar!

I just learned that LEGO started out making wooden toys. It would be 14 years before the founder, Ole Kristiansen, would order his first plastic mould machine and it took another 3 years to convince his sons to make the iconic plastic bricks. Why? It had never been done before. Everything had alw...

Dec 30, 2025

Tonight at 8pm | Play Auld Lang Syne this New Year's Eve!

Hey friends! Tonight at 8pm EST I'll be teaching you how to play the New Year's classic, Auld Lang Syne, so you can play it for friends and family this New Year's Eve! You'll also get access to our Closet Rockstars Course at a 50% discount that ends tonight. We've reserved this discount for tho...

Dec 29, 2025

Monday Night... Learn Auld Lang Syne With Me!

On Monday evening at 8pm EST I will host my final Live Event for 2025. For those of you who don't know, after years of developing a new, insanely easy and fast method of learning the guitar, I created my business, The Stupid Simple Guitar Method™, and launched our first course, The Closet Rocksta...

Dec 27, 2025

Silent Night, (Un) Holy Night?

No doubt you're familiar with the Christmas classic, "Silent Night", but did you know it debuted in an Austrian chapel after the worship service? That's because it wasn't written for an organ, the Roman Catholic approved instrument for worship, it was written for guitar. A commoner's instrument, ...

Dec 25, 2025

Musicians experience pain differently than non- musicians...

Now I'm no nuerologist, but New brain research has come out showing that musicians experience pain in a unique way from the rest of the population. Apparently through brain mapping musicians and non-musicians scientists have observed that musicians' brains adapt and rebound quicker when experie...

Dec 23, 2025

The Perfect 🎁 For ... Yourself?

Every year I search for the perfect gift for others. What would he like? What would she love? How much is too much? Too little? But the one person I forget, year after year, is... myself! Now, I'm not saying we should always buy ourselves something. Afterall generosity is chief among virtues. ...

Dec 18, 2025

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