Sarah

The band Hot Tuna recently came to town. Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen (former Jeffeson Airplane guitarist) runs a guitar camp and concert venue called Fur Peace Ranch, 20 minutes from my college town in Pomeroy, Ohio. I remember friends of mine going to the camp and getting lessons from accomplished musicians like G.E. Smith (former Saturday Night Live Band). Public/College radio station WOUB in Athens aired live concerts from Fur Peace Ranch when I worked their. I revisited the Fur Peace Web site and found a link to an online interactive music lesson site they are hosting, Break Down Way. There are a few sample lessons you can check out there. The lessons are all pre-recorded. There are forums and email blog posts there also. The instructors are all accomplished musicians who have played in a variety of known bands. Barry Mitterhoff on mandolin…awesome!

Anyway, as someone who takes and gives music lessons, it got my wheels turning thinking about the possibilities for CDE to offer music courses like this.