August 12th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Millenial Buzz”
Chapters00:00 - Behind the scenes / Soundcheck
01:11 - "The offended language incident"
01:45 - Paul Moak pedalboard / Gear
02:48 - Tony's Bass
03:13 - AC30 / Gear cont.
07:45 - Drum insights
Notes
I thought you guys might appreciate this little illustration of exactly why most lifer musicians absolutely loathe soundchecks.
Soundchecks are always just a cacophonous labyrinth of disjointed rude sounds played by overtired people with bad attitudes and short tempers, whose only REAL concern is the catering.
But more importantly….please listen closely to what I’m about to say.
If there was ever any ONE LESSON that you all learn from any of these videos, let it be this my friends….
unless you are using Rockit Cargo or some other PROFESSIONAL gear transport company…do not EVER try to bring any of your own gear on an international trip….it is practically GUARANTEED to end in tears….and cost you a fortune while you’re at it.
We are just now getting Paul’s gear back from Germany…our poor manager Dave was stuck in Germany for 3-4 extra days trying to deal with the messy gear situation. They wouldn’t fly some of it back because the cases were oversized etc etc, which is strange considering they had no problem flying it INTO the country. As of tonight we are supposed to finally get most of it, but some of it is lost forever at this point.
The only real rule of flying gear international is that there are no rules….just rent whatever you can, and if you DO bring something make sure it’s something you don’t mind losing forever.
Special guest appearances in today’s vid by the crew guys
Steve (the drum tech)
Justin (Pauls keyboard and guitar tech)
Michael (our manager Dave’s son who runs the teleprompters
Matt (the amazing monitor guy)
Gary (the amazing front house guy)
Thank you for watching folks
August 12th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ B Roll Bonus
Chapters00:00 - Couple of clips
Notes
Just a random mish mash of Homeskoolin’ related stuff…the studio footage is from a sesh i did the other day for my producer friend Julian Raymond, working with a young artist called Connor Mccutcheon….very nice lad he is…
Can i just go off for a minute about how much i love Julian Raymond? I have done a million records with him since he moved to nashville 10 years ago or so….as a producer, he always has a way of making me think i can accomplish or play ANYTHING….
Being a positive force and being a cheerleader is a great trait for any producer to have. As a player, when producers act that way you just want to KICK ASS for them…. and conversely, when producers are condescending cunts you absolutely DO NOT want to kick ass for them.
And what’s with these brown bottles of rolling rock here??
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August 11th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Road Update, “A New Found Land”
Chapters00:00 - Newfoundland tour update
Notes
St. John’s Newfoundland Canada….what a cool place.
Thanks for watching all this madness you guys….i think we might really have Tony talked into doing his own channel
August 11th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Food For Thought”
Chapters00:00 - 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
August 10th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Recently Unearthed Forgotten Footage”
Chapters00:00 - Found footage
Notes
I found this in my phone, totally forgot about it…goddamn that shit is hard to play
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August 10th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Studio Update, “Ally and Jimmie”
Chapters00:00 - Studio tour
Notes
Wednesday August 10, 2022….Morgan Wallen session at Oceanway studio in Nashville.
Joey Moi producing
Jimmie Lee Sloas on bass
Bryan Sutton on acoustic
Dave Cohen on keys
Jerry Roe drums
Josh Ditty and Ryan Yount engineering
and sweet Ally Gecewicz playing the role of production assistant and studio tour guide.
and if that isn’t enough pure entertainment, Jimmie Lee Sloas, without a doubt the most beloved session man in Nashville TN, shows us his two sweet ‘59 P basses
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August 10th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Suitcase Roads”
Chapters00:00 - Melodic double neck playing
Notes
So what PAF’s are the ones that keep YOU up late at night?
A little psycho-delic electric mandolin blues you can use, as interpreted through the lens of a southern fried lake erie boy….
Saturn we miss you
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August 9th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam, “On A Bender”
Chapters00:00 - Crazy good acoustic string bending
Notes
Filmed late last night…you know you’ve been on the road for a while when bending .012 gauge acoustic strings feels the same as bending .010s on an electric
Thanks for watching guys
Trip The Witch vinyl is shipping!!
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August 8th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Daily Double Bonus Jam
Chapters00:00 - Charon rippin'
Notes
Well, here is my hillbilly version of the great Scorpions track “Sails Of Charon” from the album “Taken By Force”
As written and played at AGE 21 (!!!!) by the great Uli Jon Roth.
I call my version here “The Sales Of Sharon”….replete with about half the authentic German feel of the original.
Thanks for watching the show people
August 8th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Volume 157, Tom Bukovac, “Taken By Fierce Bliss”
Chapters00:00 - Soaring intro playing
02:38 - Hello, everyone! / Home again and Germany
03:48 - Wacken, Germany show
07:23 - Uli Jon Roth
09:45 - Eleanor Jane thanks
10:51 - Change setlist?
11:38 - Lesson (song - Greed) / Power of music
13:30 - Transport gear? / Pedalboard
Notes
Back in the homeland after a long long journey, Larry recalls some of the highs and lows of the last few crazy days…the Session Man Abroad if you will….if you must….
Very sincere thank you to all of you for supporting the show…Uncle Larry’s small but mighty army is slowly approaching 70,000 members….and believe me, i know how hard it is to make the commitment of clicking on a video of an old guy teaching guitar when there are so many “shorts” on youtube of hot girls wearing yoga pants.
I appreciate all the kind words and all the kind donations…i truly hope that you all are learning things and that these videos help shine some light on the madness of the music business.
Mostly i hope they inspire all you people out there to accomplish the nearly impossible dream all musicians share….the dream where we ask the universe to provide us “a living” solely from playing an instrument.
Heres the tip jar links if you want to donate
Paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1