Ben’s Blog: Intermediate Camp Day One

Trying to help Murphy again on these blogs so here goes. At 12:30 campers began checking in and picking up their name tags. After looking around I could tell that some of these faces I had seen before. Yep I was right!! Returning campers from last year's intermediate camp. Going around the room listening to…

Ben’s Blog: Jammin’ In The Big House

Yep, that's right folks, the Thursday night Jam was held at the Courtyard Marriott to help accommodate the Murphy Method Intermediate campers who are living there the next few days while attending camp. So....that makes a big house. Bigger than mine anyhow!  Oh yeah, I'm blogging, not Murphy, trying to help her out cause she…

Tip Jar Jam: Bouncy, Bouncy, Bouncy

I wish I could use one of Betty's colorful expressions about her banjo playing for the title of this blog, but she would kill me. In fact, right after she said what she said, she looked right at me with a steely glare and said, "You better not use that in the blog!" To which…

Tip Jar Jam: I’m Pretty Proud Of Myself!

Well! I never thought I would hear those words out of the mouth of Betty Fisher! But last night in the jam she was playing her patootie off and she did an exceptionally good job on Old Joe Clark. After we were done, I heaped praise on her as did Bobby. I told her that…

Tip Jar Jam: G! G! G!

Okay, just a short blog about last night's jam. We started out with five guitar players and two banjo players. The balance might not have been so skewed but, Kathy, who normally plays banjo, was practicing her guitar chops for our upcoming Intermediate Banjo Camp where she will be one of our accompanists. Bobby, ever…

Tip Jar Jam: Pretend Like You Know Where We Are

As Ben reminded me last night when I was writing down one of his comments for the blog, it's been a long time since I wrote my own blog! But I have a good reason: I had my wisdom teeth pulled! All four of them! It was a preventative measure, as they weren't giving me…

Custom Lesson Update

Here's what I've been up to for the last month or so. These are the new custom lessons I've added to my list. You can order them all here on my website. Lost Highway (I) Watch clip. - Hank Williams song. Oh, Shenandoah (I) Watch clip. - My own arrangement of this beautiful old song.…