April 5th, 2024

"Hey Man Show Me A Cool Lick" (Volume 3)

Chapters
00:00 - Hi-hat hit sneak
01:11 - Cool lick on the keys
02:27 - Cross stick finger groove / Jewelry jam


Notes
Starring Philly drummist Jordan Perlson and piano man Jimmy Wallace...or as we call him "Jimmy Wallets"

February 12th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 277, Tom Bukovac, “Bait And Click”

Chapters
00:00 - Rocking the V
01:40 - Lesson: Lick of the day
02:20 - Lesson: Another one / Exploring the V
04:50 - '90 Gibson Flying V / Spoiling the kids
06:25 - End of football season
07:06 - "The World Series" / Watching the NFL Super Bowl / Proposing to Taylor Swift
08:48 - Clickbait thumbnails and titles
09:42 - Pantera show / Metal world / Bass drum hits
11:58 - Mattel electronic football
12:45 - Rollin' Rock Uncle Larry pedal
13:27 - Robert Baker guitar show (Black Les Paul Deluxe) / Low stress, beer drinking lifestyle
15:47 - Piano player which one? (Wakeman or Banks)
17:00 - Something died /re
17:50 - Wayne Killius echo drums explanation
18:45 - Killius playing drums
20:45 - Cool drum licks
22:00 - Echo drumming!


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on the NFL’s decision to let Taylor Swift win the Super Bowl and gets into some hot VCB

amazing drum lesson courtesy of Wayne Killius

October 24th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ “The Genius Of Gordon Mote (Pt. 2)"

Chapters
00:00 - Gordon Mote in session
02:45 - Playing song
07:00 - Take 2
09:45 - Discussion
12:00 - 3 variations test / "Break" - in the piano strings


Notes
Here he is again folks.
https://www.youtube.com/@gordonmote7366/videos


A clip from a session we did today with Vince Gill at Vince’s studio in Nashville...

I thought you guys might learn a lot from seeing Gordon play some beautifully understated shit on an actual track in a large ensemble, instead of the usual effortless mind boggling feats of solo piano showbiz you guys are used to witnessing him do.

Dig the otherworldly touch…dig the ancient pocket.

This is once in a lifetime shit here friends.

There are literally only a few people left on this entire planet who can play LEGIT traditional old school country and western piano in it's purest form and successfully conjure the ghosts of Pigg Robbins and Floyd Cramer, and TWO of those people are on this very same session...Gordon and John Jarvis.

Believe me, we all clearly realize how spoiled we are....it's like having Jim Brown and Walter Payton in the same backfield....fun stuff kids

December 26th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ “Holiday Smears & The Mash-up The NFL Never Talks About”

Chapters
00:00 - Digging down to the roots
04:46 - Little piano holiday music & NFL


Notes
Another snow day here in the hood….working on some new smears for 2023, and some banjo rolls (try doing that, it is soooooooo hard)….i spent years trying to get the same power out of each note that danny gatton did….while holding a pick in my middle finger.

October 26th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Try To Name This Tune WITHOUT Looking At The Comments”

Chapters
00:00 - Guess the song


Notes
Apologies to Gordon Mote

This one goes out to Marlon and Miss Melissa….

August 15th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Abstract Vignette #2

Chapters
00:00 - Piano busking / Interesting things in life


Notes
Be the ball Danny….be the ball…

August 11th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Food For Thought”

Chapters
00:00 - Piano playing of strange chord progression


Notes
We have all heard this song a million times….it was a huge hit record. One of Sting’s most genius moments in his absolutely amazing career.

“Don’t Stand So Close To Me” by the Po-lice….

But have you ever noticed how fucking weird the chord changes are???

The end of the chorus literally jumps from an Ab major to a cold D maj that starts the verse

Verse is Dmaj to F# min which is pretty normal….then the chorus jumps to C#maj to G#maj….. But then BACK TO D??

Its easy to be “weird”….but real genius is being able to do something totally weird and totally unique that sounds completely normal…and is a hit record

April 24th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Studio Update, “The Amazing Dawgs”

Chapters
00:00 - Session playing


Notes
The crude early stages of trying to fashion some weird random thoughts into some sort of song with Ann Wilson and her band “The Amazing Dawgs” …

Ok, first off, who came up with that name?? and even more amazing is the fact that we all agreed to it…

Tony the bass player has been seriously considering getting the words “Amazing Dawg” tattooed on his arm….but there have been a few threats that the band name might get changed at some point…i personally kinda like it because its just so unbelievably dumb.

I want to sincerely thank all of you guys for watching the channel and for all the kind donations…99.8 percent of you people are absolute sweethearts…

April 12th, 2022

0:23 / 1:45 Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Here’s How I Meant To Play It”

Chapters
00:00 - Gordon Mote playing "That's What Friends Are For", correctly.


Notes
The madman himself….filmed a week ago the very morning of my eventual demise….sure it’s easy for HIM!

February 6th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 126, Tom Bukovac, “A Hillbilly’s Approach To Major Tonality”

Chapters
00:00 - Slow intro playing
02:45 - Deluxe Reverb / Covid / Thanks
04:29 - Bob Ezrin / Peter Gabriel / Tony Levin / Sting
08:40 - Sessions, voicing chords
09:54 - Chords and "bonus notes" (Tim Lauer - keyboards)
12:25 - Staying away from chords
13:29 - Piano voicings and extensions
18:46 - Gibson Les Paul setup
19:21 - Return to chords and voicings
20:20 - Internet at Bukovac house
20:45 - Expand your chords
21:10 - Guitar tuned
22:58 - Dean DeLeo signing CDs


Notes
Uncle Larry on day 4 of having Covid, gettin’ all deep and probably pissing some more people off, as usual

correction....Allan Schwartzberg played drums on the first PG solo album, not Jerry Marotta...
also, please note I named every song on that album from memory except..."Waiting For The Big One" hahaaaa

November 9th, 2021

Homeskoolin’ “Hot Chick With A Bucket”

Chapters
00:00 - Beautiful roots playing
02:33 - Guthrie Trapp
05:19 - Fiddle stuff / Drone playing
07:11 - Piano, melody notes in between
08:20 - Contest


Notes
A brief foray into droning strings and acoustic moods….y’all gotta check out Guthrie’s “Guitar Night” gig…don’t worry I’m gonna help them come up with a better name for it.

April 29th, 2021

Homeskoolin’ Session Update, “A Pretty Good Ear”

Chapters
00:00 - Gordon finds each note on keyboard that Tom plays (Perfect pitch)


Notes
Thursday 4/29/21 at Oceanway Studio in Nashville. My dear friend and legendary piano man Gordon Mote indulging me in another one of my silly childish games.

Homeskoolin merch available at www.guitarhouse.net
Paypal tip jar is tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo tip jar is @Tom-Bukovac-1

February 12th, 2021

Homeskoolin’ Session Update “Pharoah Manganese”

Chapters
00:00 - Gordon and piano playing


Notes
Feb 12 2021....Soundstage studios in Nashville.
Gordon Mote on the piano.....today was a day of song demos for dear Brandon Hood and Philbilly.
Band was:
Chris Mchugh on drums
Bruce Bouton on steel
Mark Hill on bass
Troy Lancaster on electric
Brandon Hood on acoustic

Engineering staff was Drew Bollman and Cam

July 22nd, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 56, Tom Bukovac, “Simple Cleveland Man”

Chapters
00:00 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man Intro
01:07 - Hello, class!
02:20 - "VCB" - Viewer Comment Bin
02:56 -  Chord, melody tangents
06:46 - Live vs Studio playing
08:05 - Homeskoolin' song decisions
08:49 - Simple Man lesson (the lift)


Notes
A brief examination of an otherworldly occurrence that took place near Jacksonville Florida almost 50 years ago.

PayPal tip jar is tombukovac@gmail.com

July 4th, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 50, Tom Bukovac, “Uncle Sam Larry”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro tricky loop jam
01:15 - Hello, class!
03:38 - Viewer Comment Bin / Front burner
04:02 - The word "hype" / Find stuff on your own
07:10 - Thumbs down / Deep feelings
08:17 - Guitar seat / 1 false move from being laid out for days
09:06 - Newer music you like? Church of the Cosmic Skulls
11:11 - Crazy loop lesson


Notes
Some brief advice regarding hype, the great killer of joy in music.

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June 19th, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 42, Tom Bukovac, “The Genius of Gordon Mote”

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction and interview of Gordon Mote


Notes
A chat with one of the most fascinating musicians and fascinating people i have ever known. Well class, everything i always preach to you about...touch, feel, phrasing....its all here in spades....hope you enjoy.

Gordon’s website is gordonmote.com

PayPal tip jar: tombukovac@gmail.com

June 2nd, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 37, Tom Bukovac, “Solid Gold Party Rock”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro Robert John - Sad Eyes jam
02:42 - Hello, class!
06:35 - Viewer Comment Bin / If I wasn't a session man?
07:59 - Dynamics and touch
10:54 - Confidence
12:28 - Sound in your head
15:01 - Improvising and melody
19:34 - Sad Eyes lesson


Notes
A brief look at a 70s AM classic and a walk through the always entertaining viewer comment bin.  Homeskoolin' T shirts available at guitarhouse.net if you like the show, PayPal tip jar: tombukovac@gmail.com

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.