Featured YouTube Playlists: Performances Rare Performances, Demos, Alternate Takes Original Songs (Fingerstyle & Slack Key) Relaxing Guitar Taylor Guitars & Acoustic Gear Songs & Other Lessons “Awake Again” was a partially complete album from 2009 that I went ahead and assembled a few years back.  For more on the album, click here. Improv Set from 9/29/12   Live – Performances LIVE 001 • Amazing Grace LIVE 002 • Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer LIVE 003 • Auld Lang Syne LIVE 004 • I’m on Fire by Bruce Springsteen LIVE 005 • Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton LIVE 006 • Morning Moon LIVE 007 • Here Comes the Sun – by The Beatles / George Harrison LIVE 008 • Harvest Moon – by Neil Young LIVE 009 • Magic Sands LIVE 010 • Little Martha by Duane Allman / Allman Brothers LIVE 011 • Ohio River Rag (Rough Cut) LIVE 012 • Bron Yr Aur by Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin LIVE 013 • Lágrima by Francisco Tárrega LIVE 014 • Fronds in the Wind LIVE 015 • Morning and Night LIVE 016 • Iris LIVE 017 • Pua Lililehua LIVE 018 • Something – Ukulele Cover – Beatles / George Harrison LIVE 019 • Blue Bells (Demo, Open Tuned Electric Guitar) LIVE 020 • Make (Demo) LIVE 021 • Sarah – Solo Acoustic Guitar LIVE 022 • Tranquility – original fingerstyle on nylon string guitar LIVE 023 • Horn – Nick Drake Cover on Nylon String Guitar LIVE 024 • Study in Em – Francisco Tárrega LIVE 025 • Is There Anybody Out There? by Pink Floyd LIVE 026 • Keiki Slack Key on Nylon String Guitar LIVE 027 • Banyan LIVE 028 • Take Me Out to the Ball Game – Cubs Tribute LIVE 029 • Plaid Blues (Blues Improv) LIVE 030 • Every Breath You Take – The Police / Sting LIVE 031 • In a Little While – U2 LIVE 032 • Cannonball Rag on Ukulele LIVE 033 • Banks of the Ohio (+ Neumann TLM 102 & Ear Trumpet Edwina Comparison) LIVE 034 • Holualoa Blues LIVE 035 • Glass Ball Slack Key / Chicken in the Straw LIVE 036 • Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór LIVE 037 • Home Abroad – Slide Guitar LIVE 038 • Punahele – Ray Kane LIVE 039 • Henry Street Slack Key LIVE 040 • Saturday Song LIVE 041 • Magic Sands – Slack Key Guitar LIVE 042 • Star Waltz LIVE 043 • Earlybird Sunrise LIVE 044 • Makalawena – Slack Key Guitar LIVE 045 • Transition One (3/16/09) LIVE 046 • At Dawn – My Morning Jacket LIVE 047 • Keiki Slack Key on Steel String Guitar LIVE 048 • Slack Key #1 by Sonny Chillingworth LIVE 049 • Long Mountain Rag LIVE 050 • Moonglow LIVE 051 • Hand Dancing LIVE 052 • Kona Snow LIVE 053 • Purple Orchid LIVE 054 • Jonquils of Spring LIVE 055 • Sunday Slack Key (early version, nylon string guitar) LIVE 056 • Sunday Slack Key (steel string guitar) LIVE 057 • Wake Up Slack Key LIVE 058 • Raindrops (Original Fingerstyle) LIVE 059 • Perfect & Beautiful LIVE 060 • Electric 1 (Demo) LIVE 061 • New Day LIVE 062 • Straight Ahead Blues (Demo) LIVE 063 • Momentum (6/8/09) LIVE 064 • Introduction from Awake Again (6/13/09) LIVE 065 • Pualani Slack Key (Demo, 5/16/06) LIVE 066 • Brownsboro Road, Original Fingerstyle Guitar LIVE 067 • Waimea Ride (Slack Key Improvisation) LIVE 068 • Louisville Rag LIVE 069 • Kailua Bay Blues LIVE 070 • Sunny Afternoon In My Ohana (Koaloha Pineapple Soprano) LIVE 071 • Green Tea (Fingerstyle Improv) LIVE 072 • Dust Yourself Off LIVE 073 • Brownsboro Road (Awake Again Version) LIVE 074 • Morning and Night (Awake Again Version) LIVE 075 • Ohio River Rag (Awake Again Version) LIVE 076 • Bull by the Horns LIVE 077 • Transition I (Awake Again, 3/1/09) LIVE 078 • Outro (Awake Again) LIVE 079 • Moment in the Sun & Crossing the Field LIVE 080 • Punahoa Special (Live at Hawaii Island Slack Key Festival) LIVE 081 • Embryonic Journey (Jorma Kaukonen / Jefferson Airplane) LIVE 082 • Greasy Strut (Electric Guitar Demo) LIVE 083 • Wonderful Tonight (Alternate Take) LIVE 084 • Kaiminani Slack Key LIVE 085 • Morning & Night (alternate take) LIVE 086 • Silver Threads – Slack Key Improv LIVE 087 • Mino’aka – Keola Beamer LIVE 088 • Auld Lang Syne (Alternate Take, Remix) LIVE 089 • Bumble Bee Slack Key (Demo) LIVE 090 • Moonglow (Alternate Take) LIVE 091• Fronds in the Wind Wai’alae Beach Park in Kahala LIVE 092 • Opihi Moe Moe (Taylor 310ce) LIVE 093 • Hilo Rag (Dennis Kamakahi) LIVE 094 • Gabby Style Hula Medley  LIVE 095 • Every Little Thing (Is Beautiful) LIVE 096 • Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór (Taylor 912ce) LIVE 097 • Kaiminani Slack Key (Alt Take) LIVE 098 • Iris (912ce) LIVE 099 • Mauna Loa Slack Key LIVE 100 • Jewel Ponds LIVE 101 • Momentum (912ce) LIVE 102 • Momentum (K22ce) LIVE 103 • Bron-Yr-Aur (912ce) LIVE 104 • Ki Ho’alu  LIVE 105 • Hilo Rag (alt take) LIVE 106 • Bach Cello Suite #1 Prelude LIVE 107 • Kuakini Slack Key LIVE 108 • Wondrful Tonight Remix LIVE 109 • Banyan (Alternate Take) LIVE 110 • Punahoa Special (TLM102)  LIVE 111 • Harvest Moon (alternate take) LIVE 112 • Saddle Up! Slack Key LIVE 113 • Meadows LIVE 114 • Slippery Slack Key (310ce) LIVE 115 • Mino’aka (Alt Take) LIVE 116 • Fair Wind (K22ce) LIVE 117 • Makalawena (alternate take) LIVE 118 • Lily (Original Slack Key, 912ce) LIVE 119 • Pono ATD Ukulele Improv #1 LIVE 120 • Pono ATD Ukulele Improv #2 LIVE 121 • Slippery Slack Key (Nylon String Guitar) LIVE 122 • Fronds in the Wind (alt take) LIVE 123 • Punahoa Special (Alt Take) LIVE 124 • Bantry Girl’s Lament (912ce) LIVE 125 • Bach Cello Suite #1 Prelude (Alt Take) LIVE 126 • Opihi Moemoe (improv on K22ce) LIVE 127 • Ki Ho’alu (Gabby Pahinui Slack Key Cover, Taylor Nylon Guitar) LIVE 128 • Monsarrat Avenue (Solo Ukulele) LIVE 129 • Rumble (Link Wray, Solo Ukulele)  LIVE 130 • Slack Key Number 1 (Taylor 412ce) LIVE 131 • Hula Blues (Nylon String Guitar)  LIVE 132 • Fair Wind (912ce) LIVE 133 • Meadows Slack Key (912ce) LIVE 134 • Every Breath You Take by The Police LIVE 135 • Keiki Slack Key (412ce) LIVE 136 • Wayvvs Crashin LIVE 137 • I’m on Fire (Alt Take, 412ce) LIVE 138 • Little Grass Shack, Pua Tuberose – Slack Key Medley LIVE 139 • Slow Funk Fun LIVE 140 • Bron Yr Aur (K22ce) LIVE 141 • “Horn” Improv – Nick Drake Uke Cover LIVE 142 • Hualalai Sunrise (Early Take) LIVE 143 • Magnum, P.I. Theme Song on Ukulele LIVE 144 • Sound and Solace (Original Fingerstyle) LIVE 145 • Morning in Paia (Original Fingerstyle) LIVE 146 • Young Street Blues (Cyril Pahinui Cover) LIVE 147 • Keiki Slack Key (Nylon, Alt Take) LIVE 148 • Magic Sands (Original Slack Key, Alt Take) LIVE 149 • Bron~Yr~Aur (K22ce Alt Take) LIVE 150 • Sin Qua Non (Electric Guitar Harmony) LIVE 151 • Cat Nap Afternoon (Original Fingerstyle) LIVE 152 • Persistence (Original Guitar Instrumental) LIVE 153 • Crossing the Field (Original Fingerstyle) LIVE 154 • Dive In (Original Fingerstyle) LIVE 155 • 4+ Minutes Ukulele Improvisation (Kamaka HF-3 Tenor) LIVE 156 • Here Comes the Sun – Fingerstyle Beatles Cover (Taylor 412ce) LIVE 157 • Meditation on Which Will (Nick Drake Guitar Part) LIVE 158 • Warm & Cozy (Original Fingerstyle, 312ce) LIVE 159 • Punahele – Ray Kane Slack Key Cover (Longer Version) LIVE 160 • Butterflies (Original Fingerstyle) LIVE 161 • Glass Ball Slack Key (Kamaka HF-3D) LIVE 162 • Acacia Just Noticed (K22ce) LIVE 163 • Acacia Improv (K22ce) LIVE 164 • The Bantry Girl’s Lament (alt take) LIVE 165 • Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór (Taylor 312ce) LIVE 166 • Morning in Paia (Instrumental Guitar, Taylor K22ce)  LIVE 167 • After the Solstice (Early Take) LIVE 168 • Monsarrat Ave (Kamaka HF-3D) LIVE 169 • Welsh Dragonfly (312ce) LIVE 170 • Hualalai Sunrise (Slack Key Guitar) LIVE 171 • Ohio River Rag (Alt Take) LIVE 172 • Bron~Yr~Aur (312ce) LIVE 173 • Dragonfly Over Water LIVE 174 • Naupaka Slack Key ~ Early Take  LIVE 175 • Straight Ahead Blues (310ce) LIVE 176 • Home Abroad (Slide Guitar, Low Reverb Mix) LIVE 177 • Irish Well Wishes Song Lessons: SONG 200 • Old Love by Eric Clapton SONG 201 • Archie, Marry Me by Alvvays SONG 202 • Then Came The Morning by The Lone Bellow SONG 203 • Barcelona by George Ezra SONG 204 • Look at Miss Ohio by Gillian Welch SONG 205 • Million Years Ago by Adele Open & Altered Tunings: OPEN 101 • How to Tune Your Guitar to Open G Tuning OPEN 102 • How to Tune Your Guitar to Open D Tuning OPEN 103 • How to Tune Your Guitar to C6 – Bron-Yr-Aur Tuning OPEN 104 • How to Tune Your Guitar to Double Drop D Tuning OPEN 105 • How to Tune Your Guitar to Drop D Tuning OPEN 106 • Playing Chords in Drop D Tuning GEAR 503 • Using a Partial Capo – Drop D / 6th String Open Capo GEAR 504 • Polytune Clip with Open & Altered Tunings GEAR 508 • Elixir HD Light Strings Review GEAR 513 • TC Electronic UniTune County / Bluegrass / Americana Licks: TWANG 101 • Open String Run in G TWANG 102 • Variations on a Lick in D Core Concepts – Technique, Theory, & More: CORE 101 • Melodic Fingerpicking Exercise in E CORE 301 • Focusing on Dynamics for Guitar Slack Key Guitar Lessons: SLACK 110 • Intro to Sixth Shapes in Open G SLACK 120 • Intro to Third Shapes in Open G SLACK 201 • Basic Slack Key Turnaround #1 SLACK 202 • Basic Slack Key Turnaround #2 SLACK 230 • Descending Slack Key Turnaround #1 SLACK 231 • Descending Slack Key Turnaround #2 SLACK 401 • Coffee Bean Slack Key – Lesson on How to Play SLACK 402 • Coffee Bean Slack Key (Slow) SLACK 403 • Coffee Bean Slack Key (Med-Slow) SLACK 404 • Coffee Bean Slack Key (Med-Fast) SLACK 405 • Coffee Bean Slack Key (Fast, with some improv) Gear Reviews & Demos: GEAR 301 • Roland Street Cube Demo, Roland Micro Cube GEAR 401 • Boss ’59 Fender Bassman Pedal GEAR 402 • Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer vs Electro-Harmonix Soul Food GEAR 403 • Joyo Sweet Baby Overdrive Pedal GEAR 404 • J. Rockett Archer vs Electro-Harmonix Soul Food – Klone Comparison GEAR 405 • Park Fuzz by Earthquaker Devices GEAR 406 • Electro-Harmonix East River Drive vs Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer GEAR 407 • Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail Analog Delay GEAR 408 • TC Electronic Trinity Reverb T2 GEAR 409 • Analog vs Digital Delay Pedals, Carbon Copy vs Flashback GEAR 410 • Earthquaker Devices Hoof Fuzz GEAR 411 • Electro-Harmonix Soul Food – Cleanish Sounds GEAR 412 • MXR Carbon Copy vs Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail GEAR 501 • Installing Gotoh 510 Tuners on a Taylor Guitar GEAR 502 • Aging of Guitar Top Woods GEAR 503 • Using a Partial Capo – Drop D / 6th String Open Capo GEAR 504 • Polytune Clip with Open & Altered Tunings GEAR 506 • Taylor Guitar Nut/Saddle Material GEAR 507 • My Taylor 412ce-LTD (Rosewood / Spruce) GEAR 508 • Elixir HD Light Strings Review GEAR 509 • Taylor Grand Concert Guitars (feat. 912ce) GEAR 510 • Armrests on Taylor Guitars GEAR 511 • Taylor Nylon Series Guitars GEAR 512 • Taylor 414ce-NR Review GEAR 513 • TC Electronic UniTune GEAR 514 • Taylor 912ce Review and Demo GEAR 515 • Taylor Koa Series Guitars (feat Taylor K22ce) GEAR 516 • Koa as a Tonewood GEAR 530 • Fishman Loudbox Artist – Overview GEAR 531 • Taylor Guitar through a Fishman Loudbox Artist GEAR 532 • Taylor 414ce-NR through a Fishman Loudbox Artist GEAR 701 • Ear Trumpet Labs Edwina Unboxing GEAR 702 • Ear Trumpet Labs Edwina Review GEAR 705 • Neumann TLM 102 Review LIVE 033 • Banks of the Ohio (+ Neumann TLM 102 & Ear Trumpet Edwina Comparison) Tips: TIPS 103 • Freshen Your Guitar Case with Altoids? TIPS 104 • Use a Thumbpick TIPS 105 • Try Nickel Strings (& Bullets, If You Have a Strat) TIPS 108 • Find and Use Good Cables TIPS 109 • Fingernails for Guitar TIPS 110 • Tips & Tricks when Using a Capo TIPS 112 • How to Get Your Whammy Bar to Stay in Place Using a Capo, Partial Capo: TIPS 110 • Tips & Tricks when Using a Capo GEAR 503 • Using a Partial Capo – Drop D / 6th String Open Capo ****  Mahalo for Stopping By! ****