July 3rd, 2022

Homeskoolin’ PSA

Chapters
00:00 - PSA


Notes
Check it out tonite kids! https://youtu.be/aGmhFmtzMP0

July 1st, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 155, Tom Bukovac, “Bubba’s Big Jam”

Chapters
00:00 - Some jammin playing
01:23 - Intro...Hello, class! / Thanks
03:01 - Special "Fuck Off to that guy"
03:32 - Viewer appreciation
04:16 - Getting sentimental / Joe Walsh / Greg Sarley
06:41 - Big Jam Distortion
07:56 - Pre Rocked Pedals
08:25 - Big Jam pedal demonstration
10:53 - Turning up the gain
11:24 - "into hair band guitar players?"
12:23 - Rainbow Room
12:45 - More of the Big Jam
13:30 - Playing an open ringing string with finger picking


Notes
A little tribute to the guy who got me into all this shit…

Gregor Sarlija…

Which turned into Greg Sarley at Ellis Island…

Which turned into Bubba P on prospect ave in the 70s

The progenator of the Multivox Big Jam Distortion pedal

If you are enjoying this insanity please hit the tip jar
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Venmo @Tom-Bukovac-1

Oh, and there’s trivia too: Name the asshead that came up with this famous quote
“Did you ever notice how all of Tom’s “dear friends” are selling something”

July 1st, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Suggestion For Alternate Law And Order Theme”

Chapters
00:00 - Some keyboard playing for TV shows


Notes
Sometimes in my free time i like to come up with possible alternate theme ideas to popular shows. What do you guys think?

June 30th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Scuffle”

Chapters
00:00 - Upbeat playing


Notes
A brief look at some altered pyschobilly possibilities for guitar…in the south they refer to that strange land between straight time and shuffle time as “scuffle”…like a wobbly wheel goin down the road…its also a whole lotta fun

June 30th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Theory's Ways”

Chapters
00:00 - Interesting passage


Notes
I originally titled this "Progathon" but a Homeskooler named Gb Seventy3 pointed out that "Theory's Ways" is clearly what it SHOULD be called...thanks for that my friend.

See, you guys think I’m a “prog freak”…but here’s the thing you don’t understand. The ONLY prog i was ever into was just these three bands…Genesis, Yes and Jethro Tull….the rest of it i honestly couldn’t care less about.

Of course I respect all the others (like ELP, King Crimson, Gentle Giant etc etc etc) but i was never into it.

Here’s a little thing i wrote a loooong time ago…I’ve had the A and B sections of this tune floating around in my head since i was in my early 30’s (i remember writing it in some hotel room on the road in the 90’s)…i just added the C section on today so i could tart it out for you guys.

It doesn’t look all that hard, but it’s EXTREMELY difficult to play….a lesson in itself of letting strings ring clearly whilst fretting other notes…. In fact if anyone out there can pull this off convincingly note for note i JUST MIGHT even send then a nice comfy Homeskoolin t shirt on the house haha

Thanks for watching and supporting the channel friends…oh and fuck off Axel

June 30th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Starship Lullaby”

Chapters
00:00 - Touching playing from the heart


Notes
“I always wanted to do a collection of my acoustic numbers with the London Philharmonic…”

June 29th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Session B Roll, “The Bass Capo”

Chapters
00:00 - Recording with bass capo


Notes
Session bassist Jacob Lowrey demonstrating a device that was originally pioneered by the legendary Jimmie Lee Sloas….the “bass capo”.

Jacob is lucky to be trying ANY type of capo after a incident that took place a few months ago where he fell through a roof and broke everything rib related in his body.

Also starring:
David “Bird Dog” Dorn
Drew Winn
Chris Utley
Shawn Fichter

June 29th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 154, Tom Bukovac, “Plex Soul”

Chapters
00:00 - Some rockin' intro playing
01:58 - Hello, friends!
03:39 - '65 Gibson Firebird I (rare color red)
04:26 - Playing keyboards
05:51 - Lesson (Echoplex gain) / Contest


Notes
Uncle Larry in a brand new green Homeskoolin’ t….damn this thing is soooo comfy…it’s like wearing a cloud.

A brief dissertation on the power of blowing up the input of an old Fender amp with the right stuff.

Totally unrelated, one of my biggest pet peeves in this world is this… when you see a thumbnail for a youtube video that has some kind of amazing photo….but then when you actually watch that video there is not a single thing in the video that even shows the photo they used in the thumbnail.

I fucking HATE that false advertising bullshit….there should be laws against this.

paypal tip jar is: tombukovac@gmail.com

venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

June 28th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Lead A Normal Life”

Chapters
00:00 - 1970's Yamaha CP-70B amazing playing


Notes
I have had a strange affinity for the legendary Yamaha CP-70B electric grand for my whole adult life….i have probably owned 10 or so different ones over the years, but this one is special because it belonged to my dear old friend Rick Reith who sadly moved on in January.

Fond memories of him and i carrying this beast into my newly purchased scantly furnished bachelor pad in the biting cold of winter.

Brent Arledge came over and tuned it for me yesterday…he literally is the ONLY guy who tunes every piano in every studio in nashville…we often talk about the pressure of it all, can you imagine tuning a piano for a guy like Gordon Mote?

there have been many great moments in rock history for the CP70....but here is the BEST moment https://youtu.be/-GgEu0Sbiv8

June 28th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Late Nite Jam “Planet 1974”

Chapters
00:00 - Gibson double neck guitar playing


Notes
Some cosmic debris from another time….an old school electric mistress filter matrix montage.

My friends, PLEASE do not forget to tune in to the big live stream this Sunday night, July 3rd... 7pm Central on Brett Papa’s channel Guthrie Trapp, Brett Papa and yours truly, just doing some jamming, answering questions from you guys, and most importantly GIVING AWAY A FREE DUESENBERG SESSION MAN guitar!

June 27th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Holy Shit, Exciting News!!!”

Chapters
00:00 - Duesenberg Session Man guitar / Contest / Loop
03:48 - Blues over Major / Eb Major pentatonic


Notes
Three vids in one day???? That is SURELY some kind of record….

Well, the second one doesn’t really count because it was kind of a “private lesson”….

But anyhoo, dig this cats…i got some very exciting news Mark your calendars people!!

Sunday night July 3rd

Live stream on Brett Papa’s channel with yours truly and dearest Guthrie Trapp (and possibly another special guest) where we answer questions, jam a bit, and most importantly, pick the WINNING POSTCARD!!!

By the end of that live stream, one of you Homeskoolers out there is gonna end up with this bad ass guitar that i am playing in this video….good luck kids

June 26th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Private Edition “The Bayou Rocker”

Chapters
00:00 - Reviewing a lesson for a generous watcher
01:32 - Start song lesson
03:10 - Chord explanation


Notes
A special thank you to a Homeskooler named Jewel Chattelier, aka “Bayou Rocker”…he wanted a private lesson on how to play this old chestnut from many years ago. https://youtu.be/L0OKFuBEbOw

Thank you bro

June 26th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 153, Tom Bukovac, “When I Get To Heaven”

Chapters
00:00 - Making a loop
01:40 - Laying the Tele track down
05:00 - Starting track again with underlying chords
07:34 - Ending on a weird chord / Trippy tune to overlay
09:52 - Tuning / Adding tremolo
10:56 - "We got a plan now"
13:45 - Ending with Mellotron / Harmony part
16:35 - Beer break / Explanation
18:18 - Go again and retry
21:15 - Adding in bass
26:45 - Adding in the lap steel
30:26 - Building the loop final - Take 1


Notes
Loops while you wait….five tracks start finish in under 35 minutes. Even though its painful at times when the L plug comes outta the tele jack or a random youtube video starts playing out of nowhere, i thought maybe you guys might get a kick outta seeing the deep inner pain and soul wrestling that goes along with making a typical Homeskoolin’ style loop.

This one features my son’s Jazz Bass and my alltime favorite lap steel…a 30’s Rickenbacker model B

Thanks so much for watching these recent episodes that were brought to you strictly by covid and canceled tour dates. If you guys are indeed learning and growing from these videos and the madness contained within, please visit the Homeskoolin’ tip jar, which is built solely on the “honor system” and the proud integrity of Uncle Larry’s Army

Paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com

Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

June 25th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 152, “Uncle Larry's Pet Falcon Pt 2”

Chapters
00:00 - Part 2 of the Gretsch playing


Notes
Same guitar, different shirt…stick around to the end if you wanna learn my favorite alltime blues lick. Thank you guys for all the kind words and support friends.

June 25th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Jam “Seymour Butts Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Melodic playing along with some blues


Notes
Well lads, remember when i got this newish white falcon a while back? I bonded with the guitar right away but quickly realized that the pickups it came with were lifeless crap and did not do “the Gretsch thing” that i have come to expect out of old Filtertrons.

I have owned hundreds of old Gretsches in my life…i always love the sound of the old Filtertrons but i gave up trying to fight with the guitars years ago. That old 6120 i had in the rig rundown thing i did was the final straw. Even in the rig rundown vid the thing was out of tune haha…but it still sounded good, like all old Gretsches do.

As i always say about the old Gretsches…the sound and the looks were never the problem, its just everything else.

I recently picked up a cadillac green 60 country club in a package deal of guitars that i immediately sold to dearest Jedd Hughes....he loves it, it's a cool guitar, but before i sold it i compared the pickups in i to the ones in this new white falcon. as I suspected, the old ones absolutely destroyed these new ones.

So at that point i considered just selling this white falcon….but before i did i asked Jeff Senn if he knew of any new filtertrons that really have that clean high end low output sparkle of the old ones. I normally do not like tv jones filtertrons from my past experiences with them, because i do not like high output tough guy dark sounding filtertrons…i like my filtertons like i like my coffee, super weak and airy with sparkly top end, as God intended.

So Jeff suggested i try these tv jones “Ray Butts high fidelity” model pickups, cuz it's the closest he has heard to the real thing. Thank you Jeff, you were right. Nick Drushel at Glasers put them in for me and wallah…that great old Filtertron tone on a guitar that stays in tune, has the frets in the right place, and does not have the binding crumbling off… Its an all around win.

June 22nd, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Every Bachelor’s Dream Kitchen”

Chapters
00:00 - Tour cancelled / Behind the Homeskoolin' show
01:15 - Loop for students to try to do something with


Notes
See, the thing that women don’t realize is that this is exactly what most men REALLY want their kitchen to look like. Take a stab at this loop kids….trickier than it seems for just two chords.

June 21st, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Catch 22”

Chapters
00:00 - Going over old memories


Notes
Sweet Jesus….looking back at this old stuff is such a trip… I seriously cannot even believe i lived though ALL OF THOSE FUCKING SESSIONS….no wonder i am totally insane.

Shout out if you remember the hot Cleveland cover band Catch 22….managed by the legendary Otto Neuber

“Youff got to make zem DANCE!!” in a German accent

and, speaking of memories, have you EVER seen anything cuter than this?....taking you back to 3 year old Marshall in 2015 with a video filmed by his teacher Miss Amber in school because she couldn't believe he knew all the words....hahaaaaa
https://youtu.be/-ATheKr-UOU

June 21st, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Suddenly Time Is So Elastic…”

Chapters
00:00 - Funky playing


Notes
A brief example of how time can be mutated and fucked with as long as its got that swing.

June 19th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Round, “Dog Ears & Dog Years”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' the P-90s
03:50 - '55 Gibson Les Paul TV Junior


Notes
Hello friends….just thought you guys might get a late nite kick outta the tone genarated by this gnarly old P-90 that has recently floated across my transom (hello Janine).

I truly wish this beat up old gig warrior from a distant world could talk….i wonder what this student model golden era Gibson has witnessed in it’s life….

i tried to ask it, but it just stared at me, mocking me with it’s stately limed mahogany countenance.

To be continued….

June 19th, 2022

Homeskoolin Fathers Day Bonus Redux

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic song expounded


Notes
There were a few comments on this morning’s fathers day bonus acoustic video that said “you need to do more with that” or “how would you go about finishing a song like that?”