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Day Twenty Four (Year Four)

One of my favorite parts of putting together this lesson binder has been the chance to start thinking about areas of study.  Some of it is obvious:

- Scales
- Chords
- Rhythm Guitar
- Lead Guitar
- Theory
- Songwriting & Recording
- Influential Songs

Some of it will be genre based:

- Blues
- Jazz & Swing
- Rock
- Country

And some of it will be the age old divide of Acoustic vs. Electric.

I've got to say, as fun as it's going to be to dive into the Blues unit (I've had people tell me that, if I just focused my attention on being an electric blues guitarist, I could be incredible), the one I'm the most pumped about right now is the acoustic one.

Here's one reason why:

In the storage unit at my mom's place is a crate or two filled with music magazines that never made it to Iowa.  A great number of those are Guitar Worlds, but there are also probably about 25 that are Guitar World Acoustics, their now long out of print sister publication.  Each of those magazines had lessons on great acoustic players (Dylan, Paul Simon, James Taylor, etc.) that I can't wait to dive into as an adult with a greater sense of what's out there, and what it takes to be good.  I'm also curious about how many of the artists they hyped back in the day I'm familiar with now.

This is coming together... perhaps a bit slower than I'd like, but it's coming together.
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