April 25th, 2020

Homeskoolin Volume 15, Tom Bukovac, “Another Contest?”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro jam
00:48 - Clavinet-like Strat / Buck Dharma
01:34 - Don't Fear the Reaper
01:56 - XTS Contest
02:44 - XTS Modded Tremolo
04:00 - XTS Contest cont.
06:04 - Steve Khan - Gamour Profession
07:50 - String bending
10:10 - Private chat


Notes
Contest Rules
1) you gotta use one of my loops, from any one of my videos....
2) no longer than a minute
3) video MUST be labeled “XTS Challenge” with your name, or it will automatically be disqualified....you can win the usual bragging rights AND a free pedal this time!! check out the website to browse pedals www.xacttone.com

April 24th, 2020

Homeskoolin' Volume 14, Tom Bukovac "Rolling Rock Memories"

Chapters
00:00 - Gospel chord intro
01:59 - Welcome
02:40 - Viewer Comment Bin
02:55 - Basement vs stage
07:08 - Session isn't for me?
12:56 - Play with a Beatle
13:35 - Rita Wilson & Tom Hanks
16:00 - Chord progression lesson


Notes
A brief chat on tone, being a session man, Tom Hanks...and acknowledging the fact that Joe Walsh clearly knows a helluva lot more about playing in an arena than I do.

April 22nd, 2020

Homeskoolin' Volume 13, Tom Bukovac, "Dancin' Days & Open G"

Chapters
00:00 - Thank you
02:07 - Coffee
02:59 - Favorite movies?
04:24 - Open tunings
07:18 - Guild Thunderbird
07:40 - Dancing Days lesson
12:38 - Rolling Stones lesson
12:55 - Cool stuff in open tuning


Notes
Thank you guys, I sincerely appreciate this little "Homeskoolin' family" more than you all know. Here's a brief chat on the classic open G tuning after a rough morning.... (from low to hi D,G,D,G,B,D)

April 21st, 2020

Homeskoolin' Volume 12, Tom Bukovac, "First Month's Free"

Chapters
00:00 - Beatles intro / talk
02:14 - I would like to acknowledge
02:49 - Viewer Comment Bin
03:00 - Donations and thanks
05:06 - Guitar House / Rolling Rock
05:20 - Nashville number chart (vi IV I V )
08:43 - Learned from musicians in sessions
09:39 - "Because the song sucks"
10:56 - "Power of stupid"
13:20 - Certain devices in music
16:50 - Lesson: Beatles, I Want You (She’s So Heavy)


Notes
OK guys total honor system here....Paypal tombukovac@gmail.com if you've gotten something useful out of all these pitiful videos and you wanna put something in the old beer money tip jar

April 20th, 2020

Homeskoolin Volume 11, Tom Bukovac, “The Power Of The 5 Minor”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro sad jam
02:40 - Guitar House
03:00 - Coolest viewers
04:02 - Monty Python reference
05:15 - Gear talk
06:56 - How sessions work
10:45 - Make session magic
13:20 - Tom's material / lesson
14:42 - Blues over major: "I don't fuckin' like it at all"


Notes
A brief chat on the strange elusive power of the “Coldplay chord”

April 18th, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 10, Tom Bukovac, “Bed Heads & Rotors”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro space jam
02:15 - Welcome
02:40 - Yamaha RA-200
06:52 - Shoegazer chords lesson
11:10 - Whammy bar pet peeve


Notes
A brief examination of my all time favorite piece of rare and esoteric musical equipment, the Yamaha RA-200

April 17th, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 9, Tom Bukovac, “Blues & Dank Nugs”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro jam loop
03:11 - Welcome the lovely day
04:11 - Viewer Comment Bin
04:30 - Talk about gear
05:26 - Billards / gear
06:11 - Love of the 335
08:27 - Replacement stoptail LP Special
10:25 - Sarah Buxton songs
11:21 - Stop gear buying?
12:35 - Hard-ass attitude
13:13 - Trust people / pain
14:08 - T-shirts
15:16 - Marijuana use
17:17 - Two chords lesson


Notes
Two chords and a brief chat on weed.

April 16th, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 8, Tom Bukovac, “Workingman’s Bread”

Chapters
00:00 - Jerry Garcia intro riffage
01:51 - Magical properties / Dickie Betts
02:54 - New logo / Farmland
03:43 - Reader Comments
04:44 - Secret in 4th finger
06:27 - Not selling something
07:38 - Modeling amps and quitting
08:40 - Hard on oneself
10:32 - So much to learn / Ted Greene


Notes
A brief chat on human nature.

April 15th, 2020

Homeskoolin' Volume 7, Tom Bukovac, "An Old Southern Joke"

Chapters
00:00 - Intro jam
01:47 - Reader Comments
02:43 - Don't rush things
03:53 - Music store / Southern joke
08:13 - Behind the pocket
09:20 - Role Model?
10:09 - Tom is my kittens
10:57 - Go For It
12:02 - Mean It / No Second Guessing
12:36 - Trivia
14:16 - Play like personalities


Notes
More than a joke really....actually an approach to life and music....plus some TRIVIA!! The very first Firebird ever made (no shit, prototype 1962) through a little tiny Gretsch shit box.

April 14th, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 6, Tom Bukovac, Hillbilly Pickin & Contest Results!

Chapters
00:00 - Hellbilly Intro
01:51 - Welcome
02:30 - Contest winners
03:54 - Reader Comments / Trigger Hippy
06:09 - No back problems / hearing loss (tinnitis)
07:32 - Country guitar players
08:41 - Phil Baugh
09:11 - "Douchey and Uninspiring" / "Fuck-off"
09:37 - No Corporate Sponsorship / Pitiful Little Show
09:55 - Old Blues turnaround lick


Notes
Congrats to Luke Cyrus Goetze...thank you to all participants!!! Trigger Hippy has a new album called "Full Circle and Then Some" available now...check it out!

April 13th, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 5, Tom Bukovac, “More Fool Me”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro (Phil Collins)
01:21 - Song


Notes
One of my alltime “favourite” bits....featuring Sarah Buxton on lead vocal

April 12th, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 4, Tom Bukovac “The Smear”

Chapters
00:00 - Welcome
00:48 - The Smear (Billy Gibbons king) lesson
02:39 - ZZ Top - "Arrested For Driving While Blind" lesson
03:45 - Contrast bass notes lesson
04:12 - Alex Harvey Band - "Midnight Moses"
04:56 - Double-stop bends
05:43 - "Whole Lotta Love" smear lesson
06:41 - "War Pigs" smear
07:21 - Key of G (Edgar Winter)
09:44 - Aerosmith Tune?
10:43 - Play for a minute...
11:20 - Van Halen - "Janie's Crying" lesson


Notes
An in depth look at one of the great natural wonders of the world...the smear.

April 10th, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 3, Tom Bukovac, “Train-Kept-A-Memphis”

Chapters
00:00 - Mean intro jamming
03:43 - Important discussion about bread
05:15 - Little lick lesson
07:17 - Little lick lesson 2
08:45 - Blues lick lesson (proper Sports Bar)
10:00 - Joe Walsh
10:49 - Pick Scrapes (Van Halen)
11:57 - Blues lick lesson 2 (Piano rip off)
14:35 - Noisey P90s


Notes
A discussion on bread and some semi-usable sports bar blues licks...filmed yesterday. Solid korina guitar my buddy made for me, with old Dimarzio Super Distortion plugged into an old Gretsch 6161 combo amp.

April 9th, 2020

Homeskoolin' Volume 2, Tom Bukovac, "Required Reading"

Chapters
00:00 Cosmic Minor Jam in 7/8
02:12 Welcome and the sixth note
02:46 "On-Air" Response to Comment Section
03:05 Charles Bukowski / Rod Serling
04:27 2 O'clock Beer Drinking
05:41 Beatles Compilation
06:30 Youth
11:24 Allan Holdsworth


Notes
Reader questions/comments...the power of the sixth note. The intro jam goes out to my dear old friend and fellow prog junkie Dr. Glenn Rosenstein

April 8th, 2020

Homeschoolin' Volume 1, Tom Bukovac, "Read The Room"

Chapters
00:00 Theme song to Puppy Dog Pals
00:14 Introduction
00:38 Change the name of the show
02:31 What's it like to be a session man
10:09 Piano / Organ Players
12:41 Music lesson


Notes
Exploring the ancient link between a session man and a plumber.

April 7th, 2020

Corona Lessons Volume 22, Tom Bukovac, “Homeschoolin’”

Chapters
00:00 - Changing the name of the show
03:13 - Jeff Senn strat
07:18 - Jeff Senn video and people learning
08:10 - Song lesson
09:06 - Breakout of patterns and boxes lessons (gold)


Notes
Deep morning thoughts...reflections on my “dark years”

April 6th, 2020

Corona Lessons Volume 21, Tom Bukovac, “Fake Jazz & Contest Winners”

Chapters
00:00 - Loop jamming
02:07 - What's happening?
02:27 - Chord progression lesson
03:32 - Contest results and modification
08:00 - Larry Carlton / Steely Dan


Notes
Lads...I appreciate all the hard work....you guys are awesome....if you didn't make the list PLEASE DO NOT LET IT DISCOURAGE YOU...keep on practicing!!

April 6th, 2020

Corona Lessons Volume 20, Tom Bukovac, "Option Anxiety"

Chapters
00:00 - Country-esque playing
02:15 - Welcome to the Corona Lessons / Contest
02:52 - Duesenberg Double Cat / Multi-Benders
05:24 - Bender lesson
09:32 - The subject of "gear" / Tone is in the fingers
10:52 - Old pedal companies / How to decide what to use? / Option Anxiety


Notes
Good morning everyone...don't worry I'm not "poundin' rocks" quite yet...I actually recorded this yesterday afternoon. I apologize for all the noise and constant distractions....family man.

April 5th, 2020

Corona Lessons Volume 19, Tom Bukovac, Lindsey!

Chapters
00:00 - Fleetwood Mac - "Never Going Back Again"
00:43 - Welcome to Corona Lessons / Learning Lindsey's song
01:38 - "Never Going Back Again" opening riff lesson
02:22 - Stevie Nicks story
03:52 - Lindsey Buckingham story
06:30 - The feel of the song
07:02 - Picking nails
07:37 - Gig through a computer
08:09 - Fleetwood Mac - "Dreams" song lesson
10:55 - Watching contest videos
11:13 - Greatest/favorite guitar players


Notes
A hack job of “Never Goin Back Again” and a long winded diatribe about the genius of LB

April 4th, 2020

Corona Lessons Volume 18, Tom Bukovac, “Time”

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic playing
00:48 - Hey dudes / global pandemic
01:29 - Viewer comments / fingerboard
01:54 - Chord shapes and patterns / Modes
03:27 - Timing / Click
07:04 - Playing with time is hard!
08:26 - Name your kids after gear
08:43 - Ohio is for prog nerds
09:22 - Underrated guitar player (Ian Anderson) / "Wond'ring Aloud"
11:03 - YouTube video Rob Martino
11:45 - Restraint / Patience and don't deviate


Notes
Time...it flexes like a whore...hey guys I thought I wasn’t gonna be able to do this today because Sarah is making me learn a million songs to play tonite for some online “internet festival” live concert....how fucking weird...I can’t even wrap my head around that.