April 25th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 429, Tom Bukovac, “No Singer Left Behind”

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic playing
02:26 - Hi, friends! / Working
04:46 - Helping others make records
06:03 - Gibson J-200 / Recording mojo / Changed out bridge
08:05 - Nashville resources
09:11 - Donnie Iris - Ah Leah / Producer Mark Avsec
13:46 - Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes / Transcendentally out of tune / Garth Fundis
18:25 - Pro Tools
22:36 - Working on something truly unique / Freddy Mercury
24:55 - Pet Sematary (movie)
25:54 - Vince Gill / Jedd Hughes


Notes
Uncle Larry lays out the AGE OLD moral dilemma of that dark world where technology, creativity and music meet.

April 6th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 424, Tom Bukovac, “Sunday Morning Acoustic Shootout"

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming
01:38 - Hello, friends! / Playing
02:40 - Lesson: Unexpected cool chords
06:25 - '64 Gibson J-50
06:56 - Martin D-28 Age Authentic
10:17 - J-50
11:15 - '64 Gibson J-200
13:14 - The Who and cell phones banned rant
16:05 - '43 Gibson J-45 Banner Head Mahogany
21:38 - J-45 Banner Head
21:59 - J-200
22:24 - D-28
22:50 - J-50
23:22 - Lesson: "What song are we playing"


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the dark corners some sweet old acoustics on a nice relaxing Sunday morning....grab a nice coffee and enjoy the ride.

friends....why do we all have all these different instruments?

is it an obsession? maybe

is it because we never know what song we are gonna be playing next? probably

if you are indeed enjoying this fine Sunday morning sermon, the collection plate is being passed through the aisles

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Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1.

April 1st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “King Of The Flat Tops”

Chapters
00:00 - Play that guitar, player


Notes
Good evening dear friends...
since the dawn of country and western music, there is only one guitar that ever earned the title “king of the flat tops” undisputedly.

the Gibson J-200….

any acoustic player knows that these gargantuan jumbos are VERY hit and miss…(mostly miss in my personal experience)

sadly, they rarely ever sound as cool as they look….BUT, when you luck out and find a special one, they can take ya' for a ride that no other acoustic can match

Thanks for watching Homeskoolers

editor's note:
Creeky this might be a good one for you to create a tempo map on, so you can add your Night Court bass sounds and Alesis HR-16 drum sounds...oh, and your muddy high gain slightly out of tune PRS overdubs