I've played guitar most of my life, and I've been writing about it almost as long, mostly out of a habit of wanting to explain how things work. Somewhere along the way I also ended up building software for a living, and I'm still at it. And a few years ago I started spending real time outdoors, which I never used to do, and these days that's become a big part of me.
What I spend my time on
My focus
- Music There's always a soundtrack running in my head. It comes out in a classical guitar ensemble every week, in jazz guitar gigs (and sitting in) whenever I can, and lately at the piano, which showed up late and has taken on a life of its own. →
- Teaching It started with private lessons, it turned into the books, and these days a lot of it is mentoring people at work. →
- Books I've written about guitar, theory, and recording, and I'm still at it: The Efficient Guitarist is on its third edition now, with Volume II on the way. →
- Notes This is where I think out loud, in occasional essays and shorter pieces on music, teaching, and the tools I build. →
- Technology Lately most of my time goes to AI, and how it's putting software within reach of people who never learned to code. →
I don't know what's next, but I know what the pieces are, and mostly I'm just trying to enjoy it.