April 11th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 426, Tom Bukovac, “Stuff We Should All Know…(but probably don’t)”

Chapters
00:00 - Coming up with good chord progressions
00:45 - Lesson: Common tone (Eb chord) / Gordon playing
02:22 - Lesson: Ebmaj7 -> D / Sharp 11
04:30 - Lesson: Alternate 4 chord in a progression (1625 = I vi ii V)
05:05 - "One everything" (I iii VII) / Sharp V
06:02 - "Make it make sense" / "Twist their ear"
06:45 - Lesson: Working in Cycle of Fifths [Circle of Fifths]
07:41 - Piano voicing
08:31 - The Doobie Brothers - Taking to the Streets changing the voicing / Michael McDonald / Be healthy
11:11 - Final message from Gordon
12:33 - Eddie Rabbitt
14:48 - Inherent piano tuning / Perfect pitch


Notes
Gordon Mote shows us the REAL stuff here friends…

using common tones to come up with interesting chord changes in an otherwise mundane world….

This stuff right here is literally the final stop on the way to becoming a TRULY deadly musician friends…but sadly, only a VERY small percentage of musicians ever graduate to this level of harmonic knowledge…
being able to reharmonize at this level is a very rare gift…
of all the amazing skills and tricks that a person can learn in the wide world of music , there is absolutely nothing that impresses me personally more than this …the ability to effortlessly re-harmonize

Put on your helmets friends because you will NOT find this kinda shit over on the Low IQ Channel or on the Gearpage my dear boys

January 2nd, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Human Tuner”

Chapters
00:00 - Gordon Mote & Kris Donegan interviews
04:20 - Gordon's amazing, perfect pitch demonstration


Notes
Some shenanigans from todays session at Backstage Studio

Starring (in no particular order):
Gordon Mote
Kris Donegan
Steve Mackey
Elvie Shane
Todd Lombardo
Freddie Eltringham

May 28th, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 35, Tom Bukovac, “TV Dinner”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro jam
03:43 - Greetings Lads
04:14 - '59 Les Paul Jr and Music City Bridge
05:07 - T-shirt and mug update
05:50 - Viewer Comment Bin
06:06 - Endorsements
08:02 - Perfect pitch
10:32 - Ridiculous comments / Sound quality
11:38 - Brotherly advice and cowboy chords
14:38 - C# jam and odd time signatures


Notes
A brief discussion on odd time signatures and a look into the sometimes preposterous viewer comment bin.  Homeskoolin' T shirts available at guitarhouse.net if you like the show, PayPal tip jar: tombukovac@gmail.com