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Stop Panicking And Start Organizing Your Gig Prep

July 09, 2026

Send Steve a Text MessageThirty songs for Saturday. A totally different set for Monday. No rehearsals. If that sounds familiar, you already know the real enemy isn’t your technique, it’s the scramble to keep everything in your head while you switch styles and expectations from gig to gig. We talk through the exact approach we use to stay organized, reduce panic, and get songs back under our fingers fast when we’re playing with multiple bands or rotating church sets. We start with a simple hab...

Why Your Guitar Solos Don't Sound Musical (And How to Fix Them)

July 02, 2026

Send Steve a Text MessageYour guitar solo can have the “right” notes and still feel wrong. The gap is usually groove. We jump into a practical, no-hype approach to soloing that starts where real music starts: locking to the beat. Using a “Groovy Fine Blues in B Minor” backing track as the example, we focus on finding the quarter note, then treating the eighth note as the true pulse for most lead guitar. From there, we show how the B minor pentatonic becomes a usable palette when your timing i...

A Practical Plan For Learning Guitar As An Adult

June 25, 2026

Send Steve a Text MessageYou can love guitar for decades and still feel like you’re spinning your wheels. Ken joins me to talk through that exact frustration, from years of casual playing with no structure to a clear, focused plan that finally makes progress feel real. His story starts with classic rock inspiration and a powerful family moment, then turns into the question so many players avoid: what are you actually practicing, and why? We dig into the practical stuff that moves the needle f...