The essence of music

Cussin' & discussin' the merits of different styles in another venue, I was drawn into writing this:

Actually, all music is about connecting emotionally through melody, harmony, and rhythm. Different melodies require different approaches to playing the instrument, but the hardest part is connecting emotionally with the listener through the shared experience of the music.

If you are thinking "I'm shredding up and down the fourth mode of a G melodic minor scale" or "I'm arpeggiating the upper structure triad of available tensions to the C major 7 chord", you are probably not connecting to the music emotionally, to say nothing of connecting with the listener.

Welcome to the world, blog

So this is my first blog post, just in case anyone happens by before I can start posting the real content.

My feeling is that a lot of guitar players fall into doing things with a guitar oriented mindset, instead of a broader musical and artistic mindset. I'll be writing about how to make yourself a better guitar player by using music theory, and other concepts not specific to only guitar.

Hopefully I will keep you readers and myself exploring music, breaking out of ruts, and playing better on stage and in the studio.