November 1st, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 250, Tom Bukovac "Special Halloween Edition"

Chapters
00:00 - Little Halloween music / Happy Halloween / Playing
04:30 - EQ pedal trick / Playing
07:50 - The Cure and Ziggy Stardust
09:30 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Studio etiquette change from youngsters
11:39 - "Screwed on a guitar deal, ever?"
13:07 - Hot stuff on Quora digest
13:30 - Kirk Hammett playing (YouTube)
14:00 - Best thing being a session player vs. band / Watching the trends from afar / Giant marriage
15:35 - Jefferson Airplane
16:41 - Janes Addiction
17:27 - Gibson 335
17:45 - Big Al stuff


Notes
Wow...250 episodes...thanks for coming along for the ride friends...

go to www.ziggysartstudio if you want to check out one of the rad limited edition prints he drew up to commemorate episode 250

and...we are getting damn close to 90K prescribers....wow

and i think there are a couple hundred vinyl copies of Plexi soul still left...if you want one go to either of these two links folks

https://thesessionman.myshopify.com/

https://thesessionman.com/


a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after 248 free guitar lessons

You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

AND...you can purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merchandise..including several different T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

AND....believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com

You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.


A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to... one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

November 1st, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Industries “Signing Bonus”

Chapters
00:00 - Signing records


Notes
Uncle Larry just having some fun with the lads…big thanks to all that have purchased the vinyl…it truly means a lot
TAGS

Plexi Soul

October 29th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Big Owl”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' it
01:25 - Practicing / Serious thank you!
02:57 - NRBQ Big Al Anderson and garage sale
05:05 - Asher
05:48 - Fulltone Tape Echo
06:04 - Vox AC15c
06:32 - Hamer Newport
08:00 - Big All home footage
09:59 - Session footage


Notes
Hello friends.

Thank you for the purchases of the Plexi Soul vinyl. If you haven’t got one yet here’s the two links you can use:

https://thesessionman.myshopify.com/

https://thesessionman.com/

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you wanna buy some of Al’s gear

Asher tele 2500 (will ship)
Fulltone tape echo 1500 (local pickup only)
2 Vox “Maroon Bronco” AC15C 1x12 combos with nice covers 500 apiece (local pickup only)
2009 ish (I think) Hamer Newport hollowbody electric, plays nice 1200 (will ship)

October 27th, 2023

Homeskoolin, "Plexi Soul Vinyl Is Live!!!"

Chapters
00:00 - Amazing plucking
00:51 - Very exciting vinyl / Plexi Soul vinyl album unwrapping and how to get it
05:05 - Joe Walsh gig
06:12 - Couple thanks
07:14 - International orders


Notes
People...it's finally here...I can't even believe it....can you?

Here are the two links you can now officially use to order the Plexi Soul vinyl LP....all the dough goes directly into my PayPal account.

https://thesessionman.myshopify.com/

https://thesessionman.com/

it's gonna be $30.00 plus shipping for regular ones and $40.00 plus shipping for copies signed by Uncle Larry with his magic silver marker.

Domestic or international shipping is all good...
the buyer just pays whatever the actual costs are, which is supposedly calculated by the magic computer at check out.

Please be patient at first with shipping, this stuff is all BRAND NEW for me and the sweet people that are helping me....all the shipping materials we needed to ship these records are supposed to be delivered on Monday and the first of the records should be shipped out on Tuesday.

Hope you guys truly enjoy the record.

Special thank you's to
Stix Mchugh
Josh Rawlings
Nick from MCB
Third Man record pressing

October 27th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Bonus, "The Early Years"

Chapters
00:00 - Bending the Country out of that thing
01:36 - Real quick check-in
02:02 - Old school pedalboard
05:53 - Custom Shop Tele relic / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale notice
08:09 - Lesson: Old Country Western licks


Notes
Thanks to Jeff Grossman for unearthing that ancient photo

This tele is a custom shop 2021 "1960 Telecaster Custom HVREL"

which i assume stands for "heavy relic"...or "heavy fake memories" as i call it

Its a super fancy custom shop piece that comes ALL the outrageous case candy...AND i put some good brass saddles on it for ya...you're welcome

October 27th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, ”The Big 250”

Chapters
00:00 - Few of my favorite things


Notes
Our freakishly talented old friend Ziggy O'Leary threw this little masterpiece together to commemorate the 250th episode of the Homeskoolin’ program...the boy certainly has the gift.

He made 250 of them...

If you like the look of it and you feel like hanging one up in your music room here’s the link friends...
https://www.ziggysartstudio.com
TAGS

Ziggy

October 26th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Those Expensive Chords”

Chapters
00:00 - Happy Birthday Mr. Gordon Mote!


Notes
While most of us are still trying to learn Little Wing, there are some who dare to delve into some slightly deeper “harmonic situations”

Completely improvised harmonic situations

Some tasty twists and turns from the birthday boy.

October 25th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 249, Tom Bukovac, “The Snake”

Chapters
00:00 - Throwing down the layers again
03:02 - Hello, friends! / Thanks and session spa
04:45 - Plexi Soul / Guthrie update / Roll your weed / Gate fold
05:38 - Bought holy grail of home recording - Tascam 388
07:00 - '66 Fender Telecaster / Playing and some free licks for you
08:27 - Lesson: Good exercise for practicing / Little finger
09:00 - (VCB) / "Space between the notes?"
10:19 - Rolling Rock fuckers
10:50 - Buddy Jolly - If Tom Ever had a Video Editor
11:45 - Favorite football player / Football betting
13:54 - Dumbest website?  "Quora"
15:01 - Musicians so good back in the day? / "The great distraction"


Notes
Uncle Larry proclaims his immense lifelong love and respect for the great Kenny Stabler…and then he also discusses a bit of music...because this IS a guitar channel.

a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after watching a few of the 700-ish free videos i have posted over the last 3 years.

You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

AND...you can purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merchandise..including several different T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

AND....believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com

You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.

There are still a few more of the hand signed limited edition Uncle Larry prints that Ziggy O'Leary did left....if you wanna check one out go here:
https://www.ziggysartstudio.com

A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to...
one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

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

October 23rd, 2023

Homeskoolin' Bonus "Steel Your Heart Away"

Chapters
00:00 - Ole cowboy playing
02:30 - Hello, friends! / Long day Vince Gill session
03:32 - Real quick message about Plexi Soul
04:50 - Guthrie Trapp record
05:58 - Footage from session


Notes
Kids...we are SO CLOSE to having Plexi Soul on vinyl!! Stay tuned for forthcoming link friends....

The inside of the luxurious gatefold cover opens up to quite the scene....picture basically my entire life story shown in several grainy Polaroid photos laid out on a messy coffee table the morning after a boozy party strictly for grown ups.

And....if thats not enough to get your blood pumpin', you can thrill to the sound of the greatest living pedal steel guitar player on this planet...Paul Franklin.

Oh, and fuck off Teddy Boy you miserable twat...

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