February 5th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 273, Tom Bukovac, “Soul & Bowl Revue”

Chapters
00:00 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone nice rendition blend into Beatles ending
03:28 - How's everyone doin'?
04:40 - Galavanting Nashville / Gruhn's / Brett Papa collaboration
05:52 - Horshoe Bigsby on '62 Crestwood
07:02 - Nicky G show
08:47 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Guitar temptations NAMM
10:50 - Lesson: Playing slide w/o slide
13:15 - Wedding gigs hate / Twist and Shout
14:30 - "G string 'out of tune'?"
15:30 - 100,000 subscribers and plaque
16:30 - Lynyrd Skynyrd phaser?


Notes
Uncle Larry gushes about his life eternal love of the “horseshoe Bigbsy” and recaps some details of the weekend.

and...if you can't feel something from this, you might wanna go to a doctor and have him check real carefully to see if you are still alive...

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man

Thanks for watching the channel friends....if you feel like you are indeed getting something out of these bizarre yet extremely low cost musings, please feel free to visit the old Paypl tip jar at
tombukovac@gmail.com
or venmo
@Tom-Bukovac-1

December 19th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 265, Tom Bukovac, “Go Long”

Chapters
00:00 - Singin' and a playin'
01:40 - Hello, friends! / Backup glasses
02:38 - The CLIFFS At 6 / Snowstorm trip
04:10 - Armchair producers
05:45 - Thank yous / NFL
08:15 - Willie's 90th Birthday / Beck
09:13 - Rick Beato show
09:30 - '61 Epiphone Wilshire(s)
11:30 - VCB / Preparing for Homeskoolin' video?
12:13 - Russian Recording in Indiana
13:31 - Lil Bub cat
14:19 - Streaming comments / What a producer has to do
17:40 - Kenny Aronoff
18:33 - PSA colonscopy thanks
19:00 - Christmas time and depression


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on a wide array of subjects on the eve of his 55th birthday....
thank you all for being a part of the Homeskoolin' odyssey.

so....we have a LOT of new viewers recently

i never ask anyone to subscribe or "smash that like button"....

if you learn a bunch of stuff from this channel and feel like it's helping you as a player, all i ask is that you PLEASE throw something in the tip jar

where is the tip jar?

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

September 27th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 245, Tom Bukovac, "Chops Vs Feel"

Chapters
00:00 - Spacey, trippy playing
02:14 - Polychord? Pedaltone? (Important lesson here kids)
04:40 - Hello, folks! / Chill week vs. career crashing
05:33 - EHX Memory Man / New pedalboard
07:19 - Memory Man maximum delay time
08:00 - Use it in chorus or vibrato mode? / Demonstration
08:55 - Ebo E-Verb is amazing
09:45 - Special "Fuck-Off" for flipping guitars critic
10:39 - The whole point of the channel
10:58 - Do you like to play loud? / Kenny Wayne
12:24 - Rock 'n' Roll lawyer
13:04 - Undulating / Bending the neck
13:56 - Studio guys in live band context delicacy
16:26 - Tom's sons progressing at music beautifully
17:40 - Totally original guitar player?  Allan Holdsworth
20:17 - Drummers that have the best 'feel'?  John Bonham, Jim Gordon, Phil Collins
21:56 - Having guitar talent with no 'feel'
23:05 - What band do you not like...everbody else does?
25:00 - Expense of Les Pauls and progression
27:20 - Do I talk too much?
27:46 - Totally chopped Epiphone Crestwood
28:51 - Playing: Joy of big distortion
29:42 - Crazy edits video guy, Buddy Jolly


Notes
In this video Uncle Larry goes to some "unusual places"

Check out this guy's crazy videos next time you are bored.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fztZ3adB3LI

August 23rd, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 238, "El Tio Larry Es Genial"

Chapters
00:00 - Rocking away / Boys are Back / Back to rockin' it
04:22 - Intonation / Howya doing friends!
05:55 - What you can do when a guitar is intonated
08:45 - Bridge / Wound G string
11:00 - Hermanos Gutierrez amazing guitarists
13:45 - How personal the guitar is / Sonic fingerprint
16:00 - Playing / Start a YouTube channel
18:00 - Quaratine start in 2020 and Homeskoolin' start
19:00 - Technology and learning new shit / Dogs watch TV
21:06 - Lesson: Cool licks with a Larry lick / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a deep tuning exploration on a guitar that was made before the Beatles played on Ed Sullivan

Check out these amazing cats..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS3XGAh_n2c


did you know that once you officially steal 100 cool chords from this channel, you are required to donate something to the PayPal tip jar?

the PayPal address is tombukovac@gmail.com

test pressings of Plexi Soul vinyl showed up yesterday....did you hear that??
i said.....TEST PRESSINGS OF PLEXI SOUL VINYL SHOWED UP YESTERDAY

July 28th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 231, Tom Bukovac, "The Tempo Game"

Chapters
00:00 - Some roots pouring with expression
04:00 - Hello friends! / No session
04:40 - Clarifying previous video "weird half step jumps"
05:35 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Rik Emmett
06:28 - Steve Winwood - another great singer
06:48 - Epiphone Crestwood "chopper"
07:30 - The King of CA City
08:00 - Getting rid of the Gibson L00 acoustic / Sold
09:20 - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians guitarist chimes in
10:20 - "What I Am" demonstration / Blues loop with 4th step change
12:10 - Gerry Rafferty over-analyzing
13:04 - Lesson: Stuck In The Middle With You (chorus) / Lap steel brilliance
14:05 - Lesson: Stuck In The Middle With You (break in the middle)
15:35 - Tempo changes in songs which evoke emotion
16:00 - Bukovac Tempo Game - Guess the tempo of a certain section of a song
18:45 - Kid Rock footage


Notes
Another bright and early morning session with Larry.


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

Lots of fun stuff on my website....especially if you are into weird old photos....check it out here.
https://thesessionman.com
on that website there is also a link to a live concert i did last December...you can purchase a digital download 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

If you want Homeskoolin' merch go here...
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/ 

If you want to check out the solo album i made you can get here...VINYL COMING BY HALLOWEEN....it's called "Plexi Soul"
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

if you want to listen to the instrumental collaboration i made with Dean Deleo (from the Stone Temple Pilots) check it out here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

June 12th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 227, Tom Bukovac, "Got A Girl In Cincinnatti..."

Chapters
00:00 - Song and dance, without the dance / Medley Michael Jackson - Beat It
03:45 - Thank you for comments / Robert Baker help with YouTube Channel
05:00 - Old concert programs (Eddie Van Halen photo of guitars)
06:10 - Wynonna Judd / Dave Letterman / Epiphone Crestwood best "chopper" ever had / Dan Huff story
07:30 - '64 Lake Placid Blue Fender Jaguar
08:00 - Cranking the mute on (cool sound, but goes sharp) / Adjustable individual string mute
09:45 - NFL cards (Hewrtitt Dixon)
10:36 - Kameron Marlowe - one-take singer / James Otto - loudest singer
12:00 - Coming to Nashville and getting vintage acoustic guitar with songs in it
13:00 - Watching YouTube and numbskulls who don't know shit
15:30 - "Strat Tuesday" video and joke / Ole Clevelander
16:25 - "Catch 22" band, spandex, hair, metal, glam
17:00 - Hearing damage & wearing ear protection / Hearing aid story
18:13 - Meaningful compliments are from people that don't overuse them / Club soundman compliment story
20:56 - Strat video comments / Rewire Strat tone controls
23:00 - Strat guitar shape & ergonomics


Notes
Uncle Larry talks about mutes and numbskulls.

June 5th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Ye Olde Tyme Chopper Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Some ole time Blues fiddlin'


Notes
Uncle Larry has a go at a totally chopped 62 Epi Crestwood straight into his old Gretsch 6161.

you guys might get a kick outta dis...
1998
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws6D23KvsN8