November 16th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 360, Tom Bukovac, “The Pizza Guy”

Chapters
00:00 - Singing and a playing
06:49 - Hello / Cleveland connection / Netflix - Mike Tyson & Jake Paul
10:30 - Rick Beato & Rick Waitman
11:51 - Session buddy story Martin D-28 busted headstock
16:18 - Discover a song randomly / Dismantling a song to assimilate it / Old Flame song
19:47 - Playing the piano / Arturia
21:55 - Thanks
22:28 - Beatles - The Sun King / What analog sounds like / Abbey Road


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on the biggest money grab in recent memory, and tells a harrowing story of a pizza delivery gone terribly wrong

November 11th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 358, Tom Bukovac, “The Death Of America’s Team”

Chapters
00:00 - Taking that Gretsch higher
05:28 - Beatles - The Sun King (singing and playing)
07:24 - John Lennon bashes Rolling Stones and Mick Jagger
09:04 - Roland JC-120 (Jazz Chorus 120) / Blackface Twin Reverb
10:13 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
10:47 - Pontiac GTO delivery
11:29 - Sam Bettens
12:21 - Lesson: Raised 5th on minor
13:20 - Child rearing comments
14:10 - "Stupid Boy"?
15:35 - Twisters movie / Recycled stuff
16:26 - Originality / David Essex - Rock On / Herbie Flowers / John Deacon
18:51 - "You don't talk about women"? / Private life and class
19:56 - Otis Gibbs, Guthrie, Jedd
20:31 - NFL
23:05 - "Most amateurs get wrong"
24:58 - "Is tone in the hands?" / Nothing to do with gear
25:55 - Making up a Will and writing the letter


Notes
Uncle Larry covers a wide swath of VCB in one swell foop on this Veteran's Day holiday….
Everything from gettin’ laid to the Abbey Road medley.

here is that Lennon interview i mentioned
• John Lennon vs Mick Jagger

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PayPal is Tombukovac@gmail.com
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September 20th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 343, Tom Bukovac, “Late Night Larry”

Chapters
00:00 - Some quick pickin'
02:24 - Lesson: Simple pull-off lick
04:02 - Doc Watson hello
04:25 - The Cliffs / Boys
06:04 - '63 Gibson Southern Jumbo
08:00 - Rickenbacker / Marshall
09:15 - Thanks, Guthrie, Underdog
12:25 - Australian Robert Plant
14:00 - Working with friends today / Lucky to be alive and playing live music together / Perspective
17:28 - Someone lashing out...insecurity driven / Cool to be alive
19:42 - Beatles - You Know My Name
20:40 - Lesson: Cool lick
21:10 - Lesson: Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing strum


Notes
Uncle Larry reminds you of some stuff you probably already know, but maybe tend to forget from time to time.

5500 for this 63 Gibson southern jumbo friends

Nice old guitar with no excuses and original hardshell case

Local pickup with cash VERY MUCH preferred

Claim it by emailing me at tombukovac@gmail com

August 28th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 332, Tom Bukovac, “Reclaimed Youth”

Chapters
00:00 - Just an intro tune
02:44 - What's up cats / Lennon's vocals on Sexy Sadie
03:21 - "One of the coolest piano sounds"
04:15 - Martin acoustic / "Everybody should have a Martin" / Playing
05:22 - Recapture youth
06:43 - First guitar Applause acoustic
07:49 - First electric Crestline SG copy
08:22 - Lesson: First lick Chuck Berry
08:45 - Arya / Gibson Les Paul / Fairweather band
10:21 - Fairweather story cont. / Jeffrey Moore guitar rig / '65 Lake Placid Blue Stratocaster
11:18 - 2 Deluxe Reverb amps facing each other
12:36 - "Still have that Strat?" / Worked out a deal for the guitar
14:53 - Thanks / Heated discussions / StringLocker cleaning the carcusses
15:38 - Update
16:45 - Lesson: Chord progression with DbMaj7 with the claw -> F#Maj7 -> BMaj7 -> EMaj7 (Cycle of 5ths)


Notes
Uncle Larry gets a bit sentimental on a Wednesday morning.

January 16th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 269, Tom Bukovac, “Got My Mojo On Temporary Hiatus”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking Beatles and jamming on a tele
04:53 - Intro / Snow day
05:45 - Jim Irsay gig / Comfortably Numb / Stephen Stills
07:54 - Cigarette tuner / T-shirt / NFL
09:03 - '66 Tele & Goldtop / Sex appeal
10:53 - Strings brand (DR Pure Blues)
12:20 - Doors - People Are Strange
13:30 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Collectables / Topps cards / Beer cans
15:18 - Modeling amps / Deluxe / Princetons
16:10 - Best arm in the NFL?
17:18 - Playing with Billy Gibbons
17:52 - Selling guitar for son / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale


Notes
Uncle Larry covers a ton of snowy frozen ground in today’s episode...

the week in recap....plus a few attempts at quelling the insatiable needs of the VCB...
and a little neck squeezin' on 6 pound maple cap transition logo tele.

so we have a lot of new viewers recently ...and dearest Rick Beato told me that the video we made together a while back should be coming out very shortly, so i'm imagining there will probably be a few new arrivals from that world...

here's the real inside shit folks...i NEVER ask anyone to subscribe or "smash that like button"....

if you do indeed learn a lot of stuff from this channel and feel like it is indeed helping you as a player, all i ask is that you just throw a little something in the tip jar...

i'm not gonna lie people, it helps pay for beer, food for me and the boys, bills, and old guitars...that is truly all i use it for....oh, and maybe the occasional football bet...

where is this tip jar you say???

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

AND THERE'S MERCH TOO!!!!

a person could potentially purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merch..including several different extremely comfortable and nice feeling T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...i pride myself on having the comfiest t shirts on earth...no scratchy bad fitting horseshit here people.. check it out at
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 10th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Morning Beatles”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing a little Beatles


Notes
Nothin like a good masked Beatles jam with your kids before school. Sorry I can’t sing to save my ass…this is my favorite Lennon vocal of all time by the way.

We tried to do “Now And Then” afterwards but Leo wasn’t feelin’ it haha

November 5th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 252, Tom Bukovac, “The Evolution Of The Short Attention Span”

Chapters
00:00 - Wonderful playing and twanging away
04:20 - Hello, friends!
05:15 - Pick hitting the pickups pet peeve
06:06 - National New Yorker - Memphis Minnie
07:55 - Tuning guitar to the hall (Frank Zappa)
08:55 - Jim Irsay and recording / J Sol "My Girl"
10:22 - Counterpoint notes
10:50 - Lesson: Beatles - Blackbird / Stealing good melodies
12:35 - VCB / "How many songs do you know?"
13:42 - Idiosyncrasies inside songs that you have forgotten
15:00 - Run Rudolph Run bass guitar / Pound you over the head with cool hooks
18:14 - Reggie Young chat / Saving licks to the end of recording
20:28 - Not being a crusty old guy, just giving some wisdom


Notes
(Editors note...this video was shot Friday morning and it disappeared into the ether as i was trying to upload it...and to be perfectly honest, i completely forgot about it until it popped up at 5am on a Sunday morning hahaa)

Larry gets off on a good old fashioned Cleveland style rant today....

So...if you want to check out one of the rad limited edition prints Ziggy drew up to commemorate episode 250 go here:
www.ziggysartstudio.com

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

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 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.

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

June 12th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Saturday Night Family Jams

Chapters
00:00 - Covers by Uncle Larry's family


Notes
Uncle Larry and his two sweet sweet boys get their ya ya’s out on a Saturday night….
starring:

Leo (age 7) on the Hammond B3

and

Marshall (age 10) on the 1990 Gibson Flyin’ V he just got today at Rumbleseat Music

March 29th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 205, "The Notes Between The Notes"

Chapters
00:00 - Little swanky Beatles guitar
01:51 - Hello all / Kenny Wayne swipe / Wednesdays
03:20 - Gibson SG / Nylon saddles
04:00 - Nashville shooting aftermath / Thank for kind words
05:05 - Beatles - Hey Bulldog / More than 12 notes scale / John Lennon sing in between notes
06:06 - Nashville guitar show total fail
07:20 - Comments on originality in music
08:45 - Owning a legendary guitar? / Billy Gibbons Pearly Gates and story
09:49 - Showing a video with good guitar playing? Doesn't exist
10:05 - Best comment?  Joe Namath DJ your party
11:04 - Talking about some pedals / Pete Cornish pedal
11:55 - Son Marshall getting into guitar playing / Buying prebuilt pedalboard


Notes

Uncle Larry gettin' all microtonal and shit.....

If anyone wants to call James Burkett and order one of his re-everythinged old Harmony Sovereigns here is his number...(334) 797-6388.

keep in mind he does these by hand one at a time, so you ain't gonna be getting one tomorrow....or this week....or....

and totally unrelated, but fucking MORE terrible news, check this out....one of the ONLY places in Nashville that i actually go to....or used to....
heartbreaking.....Johnny is a sweet sweet guy and this was the ONLY cool card store in this town.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/cardsrfun-fire-rebuild

March 21st, 2023

Homeskoolin' Bonus Jam "Mad Dogs And Clevelanders"

Chapters
00:00 - Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends (Joe Cocker / Tom Bukovac Rendition)
03:20 - All time favorite tunes / Howya going mate!
03:55 - "Mad Dog with Soul" (Joe Cocker documentary)
04:20 - The Struts (Session project)
05:00 - Watch Delta Lady from live performance of "Mad Dog with Soul"


Notes
Uncle Larry waxes rhapsodic about one of the greatest voices to ever step up to a microphone....and the great convergence of England and Tulsa.

December 14th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 179, Tom Bukovac, “Big Wheel”

Chapters
00:00 - Experimenting
01:45 - Hello / Intro
03:00 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Thanks / Concert
04:00 - Full band and fitting into context / Small parts making complete song
05:34 - Beatles - Martha My Dear
06:00 - Lesson: Bass and drums don't have to follow each other
07:30 - Not just strumming / Finding what to play
08:45 - John Fogerty tune and story
13:12 - Rockin' playing
16:32 - Burst Believers VI (Book of guitars) / David Bowie


Notes
Uncle Larry waxes rhapsodic about interlocking all the musical puzzle pieces…in an effort to make something have “the boogie”

May 30th, 2022

Homeskoolin Volume 148, Tom Bukovac, “A Queens Tale” Pt 1

Chapters
00:00 - Beatles - Hard Days Night / Other playing intro.
03:47 - Hello, friends! / Camping trip
04:24 - Rough and tumble biker dudes
06:15 - 1966 Fender Duo Sonic
07:14 - Viewer Comments Bin...  -->


Notes
Part one of a long ass look into the VCB rapid fire style, and a recollection of yesterday when i hung out at a cookout in the country with some Harley ridin biker dudes from Queens NY

April 22nd, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 139, Tom Bukovac, “Well How Big Ol’ Boy Was He?”

Chapters
00:00 - Passionate swirling playing with a flanger
03:09 - Ibanez Flanger (FL-305)
03:30 - Hey friends!
04:00 - Sessions with Ann Wilson and Tom's new song
05:15 - Collaboration is the greatest part of music
07:48 - Creative people
08:50 - '57 Gibson Les Paul Special and Music City Stud Finder bridge
09:15 - Musician Union drop-box idea
10:15 - Music City Stud Finder bridge
11:13 - Randy Newman - I Love LA
13:00 - I Love LA poly chords lesson / Genesis & Tony Banks
14:40 - Lesson: Bass note with sliding 4ths and little rubs
17:47 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - On the Hunt playing


Notes
A brief discussion on using triads over a single pedaling bass note to create "harmonic tension"

There have been many musical giants who have roamed the earth and conquered long before the time we are in now…we must always listen back and learn from those ancestors who learned/wrote and performed music before “the great distraction” took place.

If you are indeed getting something useful out of the thoughts conveyed in these videos, please support your local public television station with an honor system paypal donation at
Tombukovac@gmail.com
Or
venmo @Tom-Bukovac-1

March 12th, 2022

Homeskoolin Bonus, Collection

Chapters
00:00 - Kenny Aronoff playing Ringo Starr's drum kit.


Notes
Just a small portion of the Jim Irsay collection of incredible memorabilia….featuring the tireless Kenny Aronoff.

February 21st, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Public Service Announcement

Chapters
00:00 - Beatles acoustic playing
01:22 - Public Service Announcements / Lost merchandise


Notes
Hi guys…it’s Larry

February 7th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 127, Tom Bukovac, “Local Family Owned Sustainable Rock”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' playing
02:45 - Hello, class!
03:20 - Covid and overposting / Thanks
05:47 - Viewer Comment Bin (VCB) / Top wrap
07:45 - Bengals or Rams / Candles
10:19 - Raise kids right
10:40 - Old guitars and the unexplained
13:41 - TV Shows / Ricky Gervais
15:45 - Songs that blow your mind?
16:32 - Best art created by high IQ / Beatles / Get Back
18:11 - Biggest influences?


Notes
A brief foray into the VCB and a little raunch from some old p-90s

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

May 9th, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 24, Tom Bukovac, “The Jones’s”

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic Beatles Intro
00:18 - Welcome / Waking up On Your Own
02:17 - Beatles acoustic lesson
03:08 - Great endings / "End a Phrase"
06:30 - Pedalboard / Non-traditional guitar sounds
08:29 - Joe Baldridge story and overdubs
10:49 - Acoustic guitar / LEON?
12:08 - Be among the greats


Notes
A brief early morning stroll down memory lane. Homeskoolin' t shirts available at guitarhouse.net Homeskoolin’ tip jar: PayPal tombukovac@gmail.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 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