by WakituIn November each year, Dan Grigor gravitates to the Paso Robles area to share some quality time learning about Wine Country with a group of dear friends – in a tour bus equipped with a stripper pole. This year, we arrived a little early to let… more »

One of my favorite things at NAMM is cruising the little guys. The smallest booths are usually taken by little guys, row after row of small startups there for the first time. Often this is where you find innovation and invention. Usually it is some wacky… more »

A cool thing about being me is that people bring over really cool guitars for me to play. The other day, my friend Jerry brought two guitars that were delightful to play. One was a beautiful custom that he designed and built; more about that in a minut… more »

And you know, it's not about quality. It's not about copying the riffs exactly. It's not about who is better or worse. A person gets to a certain level of playing maybe, they plateau with their own style and means of expression, and they are happy with that, and that's fine. more »

I have no idea what a kid is going to grow up into. As a parent I can only encourage. I can only present my child with opportunities to learn. I can only be an example through my own activities, and if my child is inspired to explore areas that I am unfamiliar with then I must be ready to learn, too, so I can teach. more »

And now Simon stood in Max's former place at The Beer Garden and Max sat behind him trying to organize his haphazard collection of instruments on a little table beside him, getting ready to support and weave some fashion of melodies and harmonies behind Simon's music. And the infuriating thing was, he would. He would without even knowing what he did. more »