Our friend J is very astute.
It’s tough to get beginning players to stop worrying with technique issues and to get to that point where the instrument is transparent and the player is shining through. There’s a great deal of “over-learning” that has to take place (IMHO) and not every neophyte survives this trek up the [...]

There are a lot of things in the press and also circulating the web about Eddie V. Van Halen has just canceled more shows and Eddie is currently under “doctors care” and “undergoing tests”.
As a society we take great pleasure in watching our icons take the plunge into the morass of alcohol and substance abuse. [...]