Tom, while discussing his admiration for Charles Bukowski: "I'm not very smart. I don't read a lot." Several minutes later he is quoting Voltaire. Ya gotta love this guy!
I was about to make the same comment. Not wanting to put airs is a good thing...nobody likes a pompous ass...but someone who appreciates Bukowski, Serling, and Voltaire is definitely no slouch in the brains department.
Just watched this...YES, Rod Serling was brilliant and conscientious. He came from writing for live theater and his messaging and use of language is phenomonal. Good call.
I bet I'm not alone in saying that it takes me a long time to catch up on these videos because I am learning so much about other musicians like Paul Franklin, and numerous others, that I stop Tommy's video's and check those other cats out. That's half the fun. Thanks a bunch.
Favorite Bukowski quote epitomizes your life and mine perfectly: Find what you love, and let it kill you. Thank you, again for the lessons, I watch everyone!
I remember seeing it but don't care enough to look for that edit. I appreciate the looseness of your series! It's refreshing as is your laid back attitude! More power to you!
Great video. Great series. Love hearing you play and talk. I dig it. Straight, honest talk goes a long way, especially at such a weird time...Thank you!
Man I just came across your playing and have been playing your 'read the room' G organ chords and E pedal exercise.. soon as I heard that I practically spat out my drink and ran for my guitar!! So happy I've caught your videos, so entertaining and knowledgeable with zero bulshit... you can just tell you've lived the practice and put in the time being solid for bands and sessions . A sincere thanks for the vids 👌👍 🎸
I used to have a hard time listening to past recordings. Then a friend told me to remember that at the time of that recording, I was playing to represent the best version of my ability. It helped a lot. Keep rocking! These videos are absolutely great. Thank you!
The story's are great Tom. You should tell more. Watching you laugh to yourself remembering wearing the guy's tux is soooooo relatable to guys who have played lots of gigs. Thanks
Thanks for answering my question about what to learn next after the fret board and pentatonic scales. I love the beatles have been listening to them for years and years one of my favourite bands ever.
I absolutely love everything about this series. Tom thank you so much for doing this for all of us guitar geeks out here during a rough time. You are one cool dude. Can you do another tune with Sarah? Ripples was awesome.
killer video. teaching about just one note is such a great way to pass knowledge on. All the best tricks I learned were based around the tiniest moves on the guitar. Thanks.
Don't know what to say but "thank you". It's really great that you take the time to share with other players while you are stuck at home. You'll be busy again and maybe not have time for this but it wont be forgotten and if you leave this channel up many of us can visit it over and over. Great family there too. Your son is awesome. When I get to play again I want a helmet like his. If they don't like my playing at least they can talk about my stage apparel. Great job man.
Good choice on the new name. And thanks for the good thoughts and my goodness the impromptu performances w/ Mrs Buxton. It's really quite raw and marvelous. The playing you did in the start, particularly gorgeous. Thanks again.
Man, what you played over the loop is what makes you such a badass in my book. Most guys would have just shredded. Your choices were cinematic. You should score movies. Just brilliant!
Tom, I love hearing you take the time to address key comments, humble and respectful. How many mediocre TH-camrs get big head big ego syndrome, and feel above taking the time to be real and interact with their fans in this ever so intimate medium?
Thank you for some overdue spotlight on the humble yet colorful 6th note. I remember it giving me literal goosebumps when the guitarist in WAR just parked on it on the outro of his solo for "Slippin' Into Darkness". Michael Landau also uses it to great effect at times. The entire sub-genre of Minneapolis funk rests on the minor 6 and minor 13 chord (which they got from James Brown's "The Big Payback". Your analogy of the stages of a rocket dropping off to reveal the essential element of the core is brilliant. It is our universal human experience. And +1 for your spot on profile of Paul Franklin, the human being. He is "salt of the earth".
Sir, you do not need to upgrade anything about these videos. It seriously cannot get any better than what you're already doing... And I mean that all over TH-cam, seriously. I've been a fan for many years now, since I started playing guitar back in Guatemala. Now I play with other bands and do records here in Denver. Your lessons are gold. Keep it up.
Man im so glad i found your vids..im hooked...checking in everyday...i bet its kinda weird at first..not something i think i could do but for whatever its worth please keep em comming ...great stuff
🙏 for answering 🤘! Paul Franklin got me to explore the B6 side of my steel (i.e. ‘surfy ballad’ sent) rather than usual E9 tuning I use all the time playing behind folks. Always a learning process!
Only just the most informative and educational channel on youtube. It’s exactly what learning should be - fun! Like exploring new territory on the guitar.
I don't know what time it is there, here (in Turkey) it is almost midnight. It's been twenty-or-more minutes since I discovered your Homeskoolin' series -which I regret that I haven't seen earlier- and man...! I am so grateful that you helped me to make my guitar sing again. Thank you!
Great analogy about aging being like a rocket losing parts. Did you make that up? I love it! Very true, and... beautiful. We become more of our pure selves... if we are lucky. Awesome philosophy... and the 6th! Full service lesson man! Gratitude from another transplanted Buckeye.
Hey Tom, thanks for doing this whole thing. Seriously my favorite thing on TH-cam. It's nice to see authenticity wherever possible. I think you've got a great show concept going. Instead of The Voice it could be called The Fingers, or That Fingered Show....or just Fingered. I too am a bit crazy. Ever heard of Bill Nelson? I thought you"d like his note selections. Btw, anyone who knows Bukowski, loves Rod Serling and uses the word naivete(Nay ev a tay) is NOT stupid. Anyway, I loved Metal Fatigue by Holdsworth. Anyway, rock on and thanks, man. My vote for round one was Emerson but the use of the nose by Luke wins round 2 for me.
WOWWWWWW! AS SOON AS YOU OPENED WITH THAT PEICE I THOUGHT TWIGHLIGHT ZONE 2021, THEN YOU MENTION ROD STERLING AND THE ZONE! YOU MUSTVE JUST WATCHED AN EPISODE! WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE ZONE, THAT RELAXES ME, I CANT GET PAST A COUPLE EPISODES BC I FALL ASLEEP....I THINK IT BRINGS ME BACK TO A PLACE IN MY LIFE LIKE MY CHILDHOOD, AND JUST THAT OPENING MUSIC ITS LIKE A TRANQUALIZER! YOU ROCK!
Fuckin' SPOT ON about youth and maturity as a player...also you told me the SAME thing in 1987-88 about listening to The Beatles ...amazing advice and insight...Thanks again for posting these.
Tom, I've been playing for 37 years - not anywhere near your level but have been in some band or project almost all of that time. I had just started going back to the wood shedding the basics a little over a month ago to up my game to something more respectable during this down time. It's so hard to find anyone discussing the stuff that actually matters like you are doing right now. Then I find your channel. I never comment on these things but your videos are so on the mark and important, I wanted to give you a shout out and say thanks. You've solidified many things, and inspired me immensely. Keep up the great work! And I'll soak up anything you have to say about feel and groove because without that, it's kind of useless in my humble opinion - take care. Kary
Tip for not knocking over your beer: Buy a bicycle bottle cage and screw it to the nearest vertical part of your desk or bench. Keep your beer bottle in it. They'll work for cans, too. 👍 Cheers from New Zealand. 🇳🇿 Btw, Tom I grew up in Easlake off of Vine St. Went to North HS. My brother lives n Willowick. Small world, hey?
Please don't change anything. Love hearing you play at the start, then talk for a bit, then give us an idea to explore without it being a "lesson". It's more like a hang with a friend
Tom is like a laid back slightly alcoholic uncle of yours who kinda gave up on life at some point in his mid 30’s and somehow found music (and his smoking hot wife) as a means to make it day by day. All the while hammering out golden nuggets of sonic perfection. And I LOVE him for it!! Your attitude is exactly what I have been looking for in a teacher. No pretentiousness and 100% truth. Thanks sir.
Diggin the lessons . Your approach to playing and your open mindedness to music is awesome . Not sure mindedness is a word but you know what I mean . But also loving your stories . I will share one for you .Went to a country show with ex wife years ago . She was always going to my rock shows so I agreed to this one . I liked hearing good live music no matter the genre . It was Sawyer Brown I think . Opening band was a Beatles tribute band . Was thinking it was a local band . They were dressed in suits with mop tops like early Beatles .They kicked ass. After their set they pulled of jackets and their wigs and went straight into Sawyer Brown show. Everyone was surprised . Not my fav concert but way high on cool scale . They were great
I dig the loose style and nice musical crumbs you drop along the way! Thanks so much! Cumulatively I feel I'm learning something, but I'm not sure what it is exactly! lol
PRODUCTION!!?? He’s Tom Freaking Bukovac, he is the Production, enough said!! I’ve been following you for years, your the best thing to come out of this crisis. My two favorite session players are you and Guthrie Trapp, total feel players. Quick question, are you the “ Stupid Boy”?? Need more Sarah appearances!! Cheers!!
Thanks for the daily vids , Tommy ! Representing us Ohio musicians ! Ohio is a state of many culture regions , it's just not "Mid-west". Ohio leads to everywhere . I live in the Appalachia part , Hometown of Johnny Paycheck and the Adams Boys . Love my State !! O-H !
Glad that you nominate Andy Partridge. Xtc are one of the finest band with amazing guitars arrangement. Anyway I'm back in the lessons schedule, want to catching up. YOU ARE GREAT
You don't need to change a thing, maestro - and not to stroke your ego, but you are easily one of the most authentic musicians I've ever heard. It's really, really easy for young players to forget that music is about how a person sounds, how they can play a supporting role in a group, and what they're able to deliver to the audience. Once you've got that squared away, then you can start worrying about production value, or how you look. Around here we say, "It's all about the hang."
I've been playing guitar for 28 years now and you're helping me make sense of things that I've always known that I liked, but never knew why. I'm also noticing what I play is becoming more "musical" at the risk of using a buzzword.
No clue how I found you here, but it’s become a daily check in. Stealing what i can. Thank you, as a record producer and sideman guitarist i love the stuff you share!
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Best answer EVER: "Get all Beatles records and listen to them over, and over, and over again!" I love that!
Tom, while discussing his admiration for Charles Bukowski: "I'm not very smart. I don't read a lot." Several minutes later he is quoting Voltaire. Ya gotta love this guy!
I was about to make the same comment. Not wanting to put airs is a good thing...nobody likes a pompous ass...but someone who appreciates Bukowski, Serling, and Voltaire is definitely no slouch in the brains department.
“As im getting older…im getting really fucking weird” The delivery kills me 😂
Always great to hear you talk, man. You’re doing the lords work on here.
Your low rent production value is awesome.Don't change a thing
Not a thing. Hey Tom-still blue tape?
Agreed
I’m going back through all these early days vids. Brings back a lot memories from that time.
With a helmet like that, it's never too hot for shoulder pads. I enjoy your videos, thank you for making them.
“Listen to every Beatles record over and over and over...”. 👍🏻👍🏻
Just watched this...YES, Rod Serling was brilliant and conscientious. He came from writing for live theater and his messaging and use of language is phenomonal. Good call.
I have been watching these videos off and on for a year now. Starting over and going to watch every video in order. Thanks for the wisdom
Lol, “I don’t read much..” ten minutes later, “wasn’t it Voltaire who said?”Thanks for doing what you do on here.
Put this video in a vault and preserve it for all time. Play it for every guitar student. Ever.
❤ everything about you makes you musically the best, Tom. And you’re a very very cool human being.
mark twain is my favorite author. he cracks me up. I love Rod Serling too!
Instead of binge watching "The Office", I'm watching Homeskoolin' ....start to present...
Paul Franklin is an absolute killer. His playing on the pedal steel is just out of this world.
Please do not change these, production value my ass. Perfection.
If this video was an hour long I would sit here and watch it.....twice. This is pure magic.
Buck, man... one of my favs too. wrote my fav poem. The laughing heart.
I bet I'm not alone in saying that it takes me a long time to catch up on these videos because I am learning so much about other musicians like Paul Franklin, and numerous others, that I stop Tommy's video's and check those other cats out. That's half the fun. Thanks a bunch.
Favorite Bukowski quote epitomizes your life and mine perfectly: Find what you love, and let it kill you. Thank you, again for the lessons, I watch everyone!
This is the most relaxed TH-cam series, excellent content. Don’t change a thing. The ladder should stay
"Im not smart or anything I don't read a lot..." proceeds to quote Voltaire lol
Buk: "I'm not very smart."
Us: "Uhhhh, yea right."
Dan Runion yeAh, and he references Voltaire too. Not smart? I don't think so.
He said you gotta watch out for the ones who don’t talk much haha
Love these lessons Tom - thank you for taking the time!
You’re lessons are awesome. Thank you for the inspiration!!
your production is perfect. never change
The highlight of my day!
"Originality is nothing but judicious imitation" - Voltaire. Good quote and great video Tom!
Amazing, Tom. Every single thing you play is so god damn musical. Love it.
These videos are priceless!! I learn stuff and hear cool stories!! This is FUN!!
I remember seeing it but don't care enough to look for that edit. I appreciate the looseness of your series! It's refreshing as is your laid back attitude! More power to you!
Pure sweetness. Your "production value" is spot on. Don't change a thing.
Watching your subs climb is so fun! Keep up the awesome work!
Love your down home in the garage homeschool guitar playing. Thanks for sharing Tom.
Great video. Great series. Love hearing you play and talk. I dig it. Straight, honest talk goes a long way, especially at such a weird time...Thank you!
I’m so excited that I found something as genuine as your channel.. shit man this is so good!
Man I just came across your playing and have been playing your 'read the room' G organ chords and E pedal exercise.. soon as I heard that I practically spat out my drink and ran for my guitar!! So happy I've caught your videos, so entertaining and knowledgeable with zero bulshit... you can just tell you've lived the practice and put in the time being solid for bands and sessions . A sincere thanks for the vids 👌👍 🎸
To be friends with Paul Franklin and Vince Gill, man that's so awesome! I'm learning a lot from your videos, keep em coming!
came here due to the frequent mentions i've heard from fellow players as of late. Killer buddy, thanks for the inspiration. :)
I used to have a hard time listening to past recordings. Then a friend told me to remember that at the time of that recording, I was playing to represent the best version of my ability. It helped a lot. Keep rocking! These videos are absolutely great. Thank you!
The story's are great Tom. You should tell more. Watching you laugh to yourself remembering wearing the guy's tux is soooooo relatable to guys who have played lots of gigs. Thanks
Thanks for answering my question about what to learn next after the fret board and pentatonic scales.
I love the beatles have been listening to them for years and years one of my favourite bands ever.
this opening jam makes me think of Nels Cline for some reason. Excellent regardless. Thanks for the schoolin'!
This is my new favorite youtube channel
These videos are incredible, man.
I absolutely love everything about this series. Tom thank you so much for doing this for all of us guitar geeks out here during a rough time. You are one cool dude. Can you do another tune with Sarah? Ripples was awesome.
Love the videos my friend . ..Keep them coming .
killer video. teaching about just one note is such a great way to pass knowledge on. All the best tricks I learned were based around the tiniest moves on the guitar. Thanks.
Don't know what to say but "thank you". It's really great that you take the time to share with other players while you are stuck at home. You'll be busy again and maybe not have time for this but it wont be forgotten and if you leave this channel up many of us can visit it over and over. Great family there too. Your son is awesome. When I get to play again I want a helmet like his. If they don't like my playing at least they can talk about my stage apparel. Great job man.
Nah, don’t change the production. I dig these videos cause they feel real. No BS. Keep them coming man
Opening jam is so melodic and beautiful man. Killer.
Loving this man, keep em coming.
Chicken Pickin Tutorial?
Good choice on the new name. And thanks for the good thoughts and my goodness the impromptu performances w/ Mrs Buxton. It's really quite raw and marvelous. The playing you did in the start, particularly gorgeous. Thanks again.
Man, what you played over the loop is what makes you such a badass in my book. Most guys would have just shredded. Your choices were cinematic. You should score movies. Just brilliant!
Sound Emporium. One of my favorite studio’s here. Great shirt collection.
Tom, I love hearing you take the time to address key comments, humble and respectful. How many mediocre TH-camrs get big head big ego syndrome, and feel above taking the time to be real and interact with their fans in this ever so intimate medium?
Thank you for some overdue spotlight on the humble yet colorful 6th note. I remember it giving me literal goosebumps when the guitarist in WAR just parked on it on the outro of his solo for "Slippin' Into Darkness". Michael Landau also uses it to great effect at times. The entire sub-genre of Minneapolis funk rests on the minor 6 and minor 13 chord (which they got from James Brown's "The Big Payback". Your analogy of the stages of a rocket dropping off to reveal the essential element of the core is brilliant. It is our universal human experience. And +1 for your spot on profile of Paul Franklin, the human being. He is "salt of the earth".
Wow... Thanks for the answer. The rocket analogy is great. The core... Thnx again and all the best to you, your wife and kids. Take care everybody.
Sir, you do not need to upgrade anything about these videos. It seriously cannot get any better than what you're already doing... And I mean that all over TH-cam, seriously. I've been a fan for many years now, since I started playing guitar back in Guatemala. Now I play with other bands and do records here in Denver. Your lessons are gold. Keep it up.
Man im so glad i found your vids..im hooked...checking in everyday...i bet its kinda weird at first..not something i think i could do but for whatever its worth please keep em comming ...great stuff
🙏 for answering 🤘! Paul Franklin got me to explore the B6 side of my steel (i.e. ‘surfy ballad’ sent) rather than usual E9 tuning I use all the time playing behind folks. Always a learning process!
Thanks Tom I really enjoy your videos
Only just the most informative and educational channel on youtube. It’s exactly what learning should be - fun! Like exploring new territory on the guitar.
I don't know what time it is there, here (in Turkey) it is almost midnight. It's been twenty-or-more minutes since I discovered your Homeskoolin' series -which I regret that I haven't seen earlier- and man...! I am so grateful that you helped me to make my guitar sing again. Thank you!
Hey Tom, I've totally enjoyed these videos....a lot of good knowledge and a LOT of great playing! best from MT
Yo bro!!!
Brett told me to give you a look and I'm glad i did. Really interesting POV on playing, music, guitar playing, emotion, and everything else.
I love the production!
Great analogy about aging being like a rocket losing parts. Did you make that up? I love it! Very true, and... beautiful. We become more of our pure selves... if we are lucky. Awesome philosophy... and the 6th! Full service lesson man! Gratitude from another transplanted Buckeye.
Hey Tom, thanks for doing this whole thing. Seriously my favorite thing on TH-cam. It's nice to see authenticity wherever possible. I think you've got a great show concept going. Instead of The Voice it could be called The Fingers, or That Fingered Show....or just Fingered. I too am a bit crazy.
Ever heard of Bill Nelson? I thought you"d like his note selections. Btw, anyone who knows Bukowski, loves Rod Serling and uses the word naivete(Nay ev a tay) is NOT stupid. Anyway, I loved Metal Fatigue by Holdsworth. Anyway, rock on and thanks, man. My vote for round one was Emerson but the use of the nose by Luke wins round 2 for me.
WOWWWWWW! AS SOON AS YOU OPENED WITH THAT PEICE I THOUGHT TWIGHLIGHT ZONE 2021, THEN YOU MENTION ROD STERLING AND THE ZONE! YOU MUSTVE JUST WATCHED AN EPISODE! WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE ZONE, THAT RELAXES ME, I CANT GET PAST A COUPLE EPISODES BC I FALL ASLEEP....I THINK IT BRINGS ME BACK TO A PLACE IN MY LIFE LIKE MY CHILDHOOD, AND JUST THAT OPENING MUSIC ITS LIKE A TRANQUALIZER! YOU ROCK!
Fuckin' SPOT ON about youth and maturity as a player...also you told me the SAME thing in 1987-88 about listening to The Beatles ...amazing advice and insight...Thanks again for posting these.
You sound like an experienced man. Really digging the philosophy.
Tom, I've been playing for 37 years - not anywhere near your level but have been in some band or project almost all of that time. I had just started going back to the wood shedding the basics a little over a month ago to up my game to something more respectable during this down time. It's so hard to find anyone discussing the stuff that actually matters like you are doing right now. Then I find your channel. I never comment on these things but your videos are so on the mark and important, I wanted to give you a shout out and say thanks. You've solidified many things, and inspired me immensely. Keep up the great work!
And I'll soak up anything you have to say about feel and groove because without that, it's kind of useless in my humble opinion - take care.
Kary
Dude. I love the Bukowski comparison. Wonderful. This series is getting me through for sure. Much love, Tom.
The production value is what makes the content. It's a guy, a guitar, an amp and some honesty.
Awesome stuff brother. Glad I found your channel!
Tip for not knocking over your beer:
Buy a bicycle bottle cage and screw it to the nearest vertical part of your desk or bench. Keep your beer bottle in it. They'll work for cans, too. 👍 Cheers from New Zealand. 🇳🇿
Btw, Tom I grew up in Easlake off of Vine St. Went to North HS. My brother lives n Willowick. Small world, hey?
Wholy unique man , thanks for the great laughs .
Please don't change anything. Love hearing you play at the start, then talk for a bit, then give us an idea to explore without it being a "lesson". It's more like a hang with a friend
Love the 335 Tom. Absolute killer.
ps. Love your videos; they are one of a kind! : )
Tom is like a laid back slightly alcoholic uncle of yours who kinda gave up on life at some point in his mid 30’s and somehow found music (and his smoking hot wife) as a means to make it day by day. All the while hammering out golden nuggets of sonic perfection. And I LOVE him for it!! Your attitude is exactly what I have been looking for in a teacher. No pretentiousness and 100% truth. Thanks sir.
Whatever that was there at the beginning, it's my new favorite song.
Diggin the lessons . Your approach to playing and your open mindedness to music is awesome . Not sure mindedness is a word but you know what I mean . But also loving your stories . I will share one for you .Went to a country show with ex wife years ago . She was always going to my rock shows so I agreed to this one . I liked hearing good live music no matter the genre . It was Sawyer Brown I think . Opening band was a Beatles tribute band . Was thinking it was a local band . They were dressed in suits with mop tops like early Beatles .They kicked ass. After their set they pulled of jackets and their wigs and went straight into Sawyer Brown show. Everyone was surprised . Not my fav concert but way high on cool scale . They were great
I dug Buk, before these video's. This is my new life coach. LOL. Great stuff. Thanks.
I dig the loose style and nice musical crumbs you drop along the way! Thanks so much! Cumulatively I feel I'm learning something, but I'm not sure what it is exactly! lol
Great description of holdsworths playing.made me smile.cheers
PRODUCTION!!?? He’s Tom Freaking Bukovac, he is the Production, enough said!! I’ve been following you for years, your the best thing to come out of this crisis. My two favorite session players are you and Guthrie Trapp, total feel players. Quick question, are you the “ Stupid Boy”?? Need more Sarah appearances!! Cheers!!
Thanks for the daily vids , Tommy ! Representing us Ohio musicians ! Ohio is a state of many culture regions , it's just not "Mid-west". Ohio leads to everywhere . I live in the Appalachia part , Hometown of Johnny Paycheck and the Adams Boys . Love my State !! O-H !
SERPENT MOUND
Hey this is perfect production!!!
Glad that you nominate Andy Partridge. Xtc are one of the finest band with amazing guitars arrangement. Anyway I'm back in the lessons schedule, want to catching up. YOU ARE GREAT
As I was listening to the opening jam, to my ears I heard some Allman Bros references. Awesome stuff Tom.
I love this it reminds me of my old teacher. We talked through the whole lesson then he would drop a nugget
You don't need to change a thing, maestro - and not to stroke your ego, but you are easily one of the most authentic musicians I've ever heard.
It's really, really easy for young players to forget that music is about how a person sounds, how they can play a supporting role in a group, and what they're able to deliver to the audience. Once you've got that squared away, then you can start worrying about production value, or how you look. Around here we say, "It's all about the hang."
The highlight of each day!
how can anyone not love this dude?
I've been playing guitar for 28 years now and you're helping me make sense of things that I've always known that I liked, but never knew why. I'm also noticing what I play is becoming more "musical" at the risk of using a buzzword.
That cosmic jam was effing incredible. Holy smokes!
No clue how I found you here, but it’s become a daily check in. Stealing what i can. Thank you, as a record producer and sideman guitarist i love the stuff you share!
Dave Elke is it stealing when you say you're "inspired"?
True! I’m taking more from approach and attitude than licks, but there are great playing tips too!
Thanks Tom you guys stay safe.....