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Archive for August, 2009

Yellow Submarine - TARGET Short now avaialble for TARGET Members

Monday, August 31st, 2009 by TGJIM

TARGET Members you can see Yellow Submarine here

TG Live Episode 8 Ready to View

Sunday, August 30th, 2009 by Neil

Hi Gang,

Any of our TARGET members who missed yesterday’s episode of TG Live can now watch the archived version. We spent most of the show addressing questions that our members had submitted during the few days leading up to the broadcast. This worked really well and will continue to be a big part of every episode. Episode 8 is split into 2 parts and you can in the TARGET Section under TotallyGuitars Live!

Enjoy,

Neil

What do palm trees, a Ukelele, Softball, The Moody …

Saturday, August 29th, 2009 by MikeGAZ

TG Newsletter #15 - August 29th, 2009

In this issue you’ll find…

- What’s going on at Totally Guitars?
- Latest T.A.R.G.E.T. News…
- Ask Neil
- Recent Comments
- The TG Blog
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How About a Little Ukulele?

Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by Neil

Hi Gang,

As many of you know, I have recently been in Hawaii on a personal mission but there was definitely a little time for music. While I was there I took a little time to learn the ukulele. It’s a lot like the guitar… just smaller, tuned higher, and missing a couple of strings. There is a new lesson up for our TARGET members on how to play Over The Rainbow and What A Wonderful World, much like it was done by Hawaiian legend Israel Kamakewiwo’ole back in 1993 on his 1st solo album, Facing Future. It is in the TARGET in the new category of Ukulele Songs

Check it out when you can and don’t forget to join us this Saturday for TG Live- noon in California…

UPDATE:  TARGET Preview available for free members click here

Stay tuned & in touch,

Neil

New TARGET Lesson: Moondance and other Announcements

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 by Neil

Hi Gang,

Today we have added Van Morrison’s Moondance to the TARGET Program. This short lesson goes over a percussive rhythm vamp done fingerstyle, switching into a pattern strummed with a pick, which is also used to play the bass riff in the chorus. It includes what I call the ‘hidden pick trick’, which is a technique to quickly change from playing with fingers to playing with a pick, without missing a beat or fumbling around for the pick.

TG Live on Saturday

Our next episode of TG Live will be Saturday, August 29 at noon in California (PDT). We hope this will be a good time around the world as that will be 9:00 PM in Europe, 8:00 PM in the UK, 3:00 PM in New York, and bright and early Sunday morning across the Pacific- 5:00 AM in much of Australia and 7:00 AM in NZ. We will talk about some of the recent additions to the TARGET Program, as well as anything else our members would like to bring up. I hope everybody can make it. If you can’t, we will have the show archived a day or so later as usual.

Pay Per Lesson

I hope anybody who has not joined the TARGET Program knows that we are now single lessons available to purchase for a one time charge of $14.95. This will give you complete lifetime access to whichever song(s) you like. This can be a great way to test drive the TARGET Program without making a monthly commitment. It might also be a good choice if you are they type who likes to work diligently on a single song until you get it mastered, which easily could take more than a month with many of the songs. The Pay Per Lesson link is under the TG Videos menu.

That’s it for now, although now that the summer is coming to an end, I will be getting back to more frequent updates here on the Blog, as well as on the Forum. Hopefully everybody can get back in the habit of checking here for news.

Stay tuned & in touch,

Neil

Aloha…

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 by Neil

Hi Gang,

It has been a very interesting week and I hope to get you more of the details soon. As many of you know, I have been on the Big Island (Hawaii) on a mission that is very hard for parents. I was delivering my 18 year old daughter Rebecca, to college in Hilo. Now there are many reasons to be thankful for being able to spend time in such a beautiful place but this was a different kind of trip. I am still sorting out the details and emotions but I do have some news that should be of interest to our TG members.

First, to follow a saying and take some advice such as, “When in Rome…” I can let you know that there are some musical opportunities available here that are not really happening anywhere else in the world. And since I rarely travel anywhere without my guitar and camera, much of the adventure will be appearing here soon.

I have been able (occasionally) to check in on the Forum and am thrilled by some of the cool happenings here. I also realized that I need to address a concern that keeps coming up regarding improvised play through segments. Here is a short video I though might express my feelings and plans on the subject.

Improvised Play Through

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Totally Guitars Newsletter #14

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 by TGJIM

TG Newsletter #14 - August 22th, 2009

In this issue you’ll find…

- What’s going on at Totally Guitars?
- Latest T.A.R.G.E.T. News…
- Ask Neil
- Recent Comments
- The TG Blog
(more…)

New TARGET Acoust Guitar Lesson - Leonard Cohen Hallelujah

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 by TGJIM

We just posted Leonard Cohen Hallelujah. The PDF attachment is not up yet but Neil who is in Hawaii should get an attachment up within 24 hours. TARGET Members if you are logged in you can go direct by clicking here.

Enjoy!

Totally Guitars Newsletter #13

Saturday, August 15th, 2009 by TGJIM

TG Newsletter #13 - August 15th, 2009

In this issue you’ll find…

- What’s going on at Totally Guitars?
- Latest T.A.R.G.E.T. News…
- Tech Corner
- Ask Neil
- Recent Comments
- The TG Blog
(more…)

Wednesday Server Migration Update

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 by TGJIM

Hi everyone,

Well welcome to our new home. Smell that paint? The migration is complete and if you are reading this message then you made it over to the new server with us.

The site works fine you can upload pictures and videos again as well as just relax and watch some fine acoustic guitar lessons. If you notice anything out of the ordinary please don’t hesitate to enter a support ticket as we will not get to test every single video before you get to them.

We appreciate your patience during the recent changes and TG is well positioned to grow now to the next list of features and phases. Thanks for making TG a great acoustic guitar community!

Sincerely,
Big Jim