This is sort of precious.
It’s an oldie from Britney. Continue reading “Born to Make You Happy”
Cheap Flights! From Nottingham (EMA) to Netherlands (AMS)
This is sort of precious.
It’s an oldie from Britney. Continue reading “Born to Make You Happy”
Who’s got two minutes and forty-four seconds to spare? Go!
This song was written in 1927. It was the theme for our AM radio station’s (Westerly, RI) nostalgic music format, many years-ago. Stardust was on my license plate. After all the years, I conceded the MANY varieties of notations of this song weren’t working for me on guitar, so I arranged it myself. I wrote all the chords you see me playing, and when I was done, I remember thinking it was kind of amazing that I didn’t listen to the song once, and I don’t think I’ve heard it in years. It’s just in there, in my brain! Continue reading “Stardust”
Sugar at the North Stonington Fair!
They’re playing at the Knick Friday night! Continue reading “Sugar @ North Stonington CT | Kiss, Back in Love Again | Friday at the Knick”
As I sat on the train
I met an interesting man
Both on the same journey
To some exciting new land
I told him the story
Of how I grew up
Back roads and back woods
Where we ran with our pups
We were just getting started
On an adventurous roam
I was just getting started
At missing my home Continue reading “Family Man (a poem)”
This is an original composition by Brandon Raimondo.
Brandon is performing at Strange Brew Pub in Norwich, CT. Continue reading “Brandon Raimondo @ Strange Brew | The World is Yours”
It was fifty degrees and I ran out of excuses, so this evening I made my way to the Strange Brew Pub in Norwich, CT for an open mic! Continue reading “Mark Urso Live at Strange Brew Pub 2/22/22 – Making Pies”
Lesson three will begin as this document.
I may make it into a video later.
It’s inspired by a Quora question. Read on!
That’s a great question!
I can assure you, when you start playing barre chords, you’ll also start to learn how to play the guitar! You’ll begin to understand the simplicity of how the guitar is laid out and how to find all the notes you need!
Everything on a guitar is done is sections, even when it appears a guitarist is flying all over with his hands. There are simple reference points, which can be found by counting up to what fret you’re on, using the dot markings as reference points, or, most likely, using your current position as a reference point (where you’re moving from).
Let me show you how versatile and simple the guitar can be, by starting in one place. There are many things you can “assign” to a location on the neck of the guitar. Then, I’ll show you how you can move at once, to another location, and, relatively-speaking, everything stays the same.
In other words, I’ll show you freedom and simplicity you can never see if you don’t come up the neck for both single notes and chords, as well as logic Continue reading “Guitar Lesson Three – Barre Chords”
When Mackie came out with its “Big Knob” series of monitor controllers (designed as big volume knobs to save you from having to walk over to your powered speakers and turn them up and down), it was a brilliant invention; and first of its kind!
Not any more.
“Behringer,” a sister of the well-respected “Midas” gear and knob company, has obviously studied the Mackie Big Knob units very carefully, and their new offering, years after Mackie invented the thing, is basically an exact copy of the Mackie front panel layout Continue reading “The World’s Most Blatant Steal: Behringer (re)Introduces the Mackie Big Knob, and Puts it on Steroids!”
I’ve produced a couple of guitar lesson videos and plan to make more as well. I enjoy discussing my own journey learning guitar and helping others. I find music is an important part of my daily life! I enjoy giving beginners tips in a sometimes-confusing art, where lingo can turn into a different language when a teacher has education chops.
Did you get a new guitar for Christmas?
Today’s article comes from a Quora answer from me.
Q: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Only one. But the lightbulb has to really want to change!
First of all, you have to really want to do it! I can tell you what I do!
I practice every day, and I have no idea why, generally! But I do remember picking up the guitar about ten years-ago when I was older, and I put a completely different, stronger, effort into it than I had as a young person.
There seems to be two ingredients to getting into a regular relationship with my guitar, and they’re not easy: time and patience. Oh, I love the way the guitars sound, and touching and playing them, creating music … Continue reading “How To Be a Guitar Beginner”
A beautiful rendition of “Joy to The World” by Russ Rentler. Continue reading “Joy to The World!”
Close your eyes and see bright skies
Let the moonlight be our guide
I’ll tell you everything my dear
If we can run away and hide
It’s not the people that I fear
Not anything wrong with this place here
I see myself a living beggar
But I can give you something better
The jewel was not thrown in the sea
It’s in your eyes where value gleams Continue reading “On The Bay (a poem)”
We don’t know much about this song. It was on John Mellencamp’s “Life, Death, Love and Freedom,” which would make number 5 on the Rolling Stone’s list of 50 Best Albums of the Year in 2008.
We know the original was produced by T Bone Burnett, who gives the song some depth and texture … and heavy smoker Mellencamp was experiencing a late-in-life voice change, getting rougher every minute.
I’ll put the lyrics and chords below. The song is about a man who just wants to be left alone and has no friends. It’s the ultimate blues song, and the way Mellencamp presents it, you’d immediately think it was about himself. Continue reading “John Cockers”
Written by Paul Siebel.
This song was made famous by Bonnie Raitt in 1977. Continue reading “Louise”
We’re on a mighty trip!
We never get it right!
But God grades on a curve
You get what you deserve! A song!
By popular demand (not my cat!) I’ll do a Turkey Day share.
This is still in process, and represents my latest project.
It’s called “Neaky Freat.”
It’s about dancing.
I play all the instruments, designed the drums and wrote the tune.
Working on this in iMovie as I migrate to a better interface (DaVinci).
Also getting to know Apple Motion a little better, which is fun!
At this point, I haven’t added the bass guy, some FX and finishing. Continue reading “Neaky Freat”