A satisfying morning at work today.

@TheHorse (203765)
Walnut Creek, California
February 20, 2021 3:41pm CST
We had an "open house" at Guitar Center today. I got to teach three "trial lessons," one to a young adult and two to kids. Hopefully they will become my long-term students. My favorite moment of the morning was after a lesson with a 8- or 9-year-old boy named Jude. We did some basic stuff, but when he told me his daddy liked Jimi Hendrix, I taught him a "Hendrix chord." He got it! As he was leaving our lesson, he proudly said to one of the sales guys, "I learned a Hendrix chord!" We'll see what happens. I love playing (and teaching) music, but "selling myself" is not my thing. (I have @Vandana7 for that.) How is your Saturday shaping up?
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@CarolDM (203478)
• Nashville, Tennessee
20 Feb 21
What a difference you have already made it these kid's lives. How happy you must be. Sunshine here starting to melt some of the snow.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Feb 21
Time to make a snow man.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Feb 21
@CarolDM Glad you make it! The poor guys always melt eventually. There must be some deep meaning to that fact.
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@CarolDM (203478)
• Nashville, Tennessee
20 Feb 21
@TheHorse Made a small one yesterday but it is gone.
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@FourWalls (61328)
• United States
21 Feb 21
So Vanny is your agent? Does she get 10% of everything? (Of course, 10% of nothing isn't much.....) I had a great day: got a massage that took care of about 94.385% of the stress in my body, had my usual Saturday lunch at Tumbleweed, and had a nice nap. Now that it's evening I've done the laundry and I'm kicking back, watching the Virtual Railfan feed out of LaGrange (a town about 25 miles from Louisville, not the one ZZ Top sang about, haw haw haw haw), and drinking chocolate mint tea.
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@vandana7 (98527)
• India
22 Feb 21
To date I have not managed to convince my boss about a few things like a. You wanna monetize, you gotta give people what they want ..which means some romance. Pony is allergic to online romance...he thinks girls will get pregnant listening to his romantic numbers and claim damages. I am very serious. b. You want people to appreciate your original composition, upload some covers that will draw people to your links. Including sing in international languages. c. His singing should be louder than the orchestra. The difference is striking in some of the songs. Pancho & Lefty and Moth are good from that aspect as are few others. Sometimes is close to my heart but his good voice gets overshadowed. Latest number too.. :(. Pony needs spanking. Take me back to Tulsa ..the music is too too loud. But he sang it really well in stanza and orchestra went back into the background beautifully. d. Slides selection .. people are not as intelligent as he to go through the maze of his thinking. So interpretation of his slides is beyond the comprehension of ordinary folks like I. Unless he does not want us lowly folks to listen to him, he needs to do something about his slide selection. His songs are usually sad so where they are not some humor can be inserted through slides.. brings folks back to the songs. e. Exposure of slides...I say short span so that the person is not shifting focus to the links on the right. Needless to say he does not agree. Some bosses are terrible.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Feb 21
@vandana7 Vanny wants a slide per beat. She would exhaust my fans and chase them away. Even Bollywood movies aren't that bad.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Feb 21
Sounds like a good evening. I'm sipping green tea and contemplating sleep.
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@crossbones27 (48336)
• Mojave, California
20 Feb 21
Did you play, need to get a video of you playing there.
An exclusive clip of Social Distortion performing "California (Hustle and Flow)" from Guitar Center Sessions on DIRECTV. Past episodes of Guitar Center Sessi...
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• Mojave, California
20 Feb 21
@TheHorse Haha, play your song. Horsie at the guitar Center. Mike Ness and Tim Armstrong recommend.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Feb 21
Nope, that's not me on this video. But it's an easy song to play.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Feb 21
@crossbones27 I'm glad I have some supporters!
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@jstory07 (133801)
• Roseburg, Oregon
21 Feb 21
I hope you get some students for lessons. And @Vandana7 does a good job.
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@jstory07 (133801)
• Roseburg, Oregon
21 Feb 21
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Feb 21
I wouldn't be a YouTube star without her (and DJ's) efforts.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Feb 21
@jstory07 A haiku: vanny; my hero she makes me write good songs but oh...those pictures
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@DaddyEvil (137251)
• United States
21 Feb 21
I'm glad you had a good day, pony. I had a stomach bug of some kind yesterday and am still feeling a bit slow and achy. I slept most of the day. And then Pretty cleaned the ice/snow off the car and talked me into taking her to pick up a few groceries. I didn't really want to go out in the mess but she's been asking for several days, so I finally took her. *shrug*
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@DaddyEvil (137251)
• United States
21 Feb 21
@TheHorse I'm getting there. Thank you.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Feb 21
What did you get? I scored some groceries today as well.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Feb 21
Hope you feel better, by the way.
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@wolfgirl569 (93556)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Feb 21
Mine was pretty laid back. Watched the icicles melt some.
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@wolfgirl569 (93556)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Feb 21
@TheHorse They are pretty/ I need to get a picture tomorrow morning. I have on from the roof of the house to the ground. If I dont remember in the morning it might break off from melting.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Feb 21
@wolfgirl569 It might break off even if you DO remember!
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Feb 21
I watched hot water dry while working on a pair of loudspeakers. The icicles sound prettier.
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@GardenGerty (157050)
• United States
20 Feb 21
Not at all like I thought but that is okay.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Feb 21
What part is not like what you thought?
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@Blondie2222 (28613)
• United States
23 Feb 21
Glad you had a good day at work and you made that lil boy happy.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Feb 21
I hope I get to do a few more lessons with him. At least.
@Blondie2222 (28613)
• United States
23 Feb 21
@TheHorse I hope you do too.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Feb 21
@Blondie2222 We'll see what happens.
@Tina30219 (81441)
• Onaway, Michigan
21 Feb 21
Wow have not heard that store mentioned in a while my ex husbands favoite store. Glad you had fun teaching people how to play
@LadyDuck (455039)
• Switzerland
21 Feb 21
I am so glad you are enjoying those guitar lessons and I am sure your students are enjoying too.
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@LadyDuck (455039)
• Switzerland
22 Feb 21
@TheHorse I have never been and I would never be a sales person. I also never discuss a price, I pay what I am asked... my husband is very good at this.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Feb 21
The hard part for me (so far) is making sure they sign up. I am NOT sales person (though I suppose it could be said I try to "sell" psychology to my college students), so I'm learning to "sell" a "four pack" of lessons without feeling "vulgar." Playing music with the kids (and adults) is pure joy.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Feb 21
@LadyDuck I am rarely in a situation where I have to bargain.
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@xander6464 (40718)
• Wapello, Iowa
21 Feb 21
I wish I had a press agent like @Vandana7.
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@vandana7 (98527)
• India
22 Feb 21
I am auctioning Pony...highest bidder gets him. LOL
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@vandana7 (98527)
• India
23 Feb 21
@xander6464 Donate it to American charity ... you all have poor folks too, and it is tougher there than here.
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@xander6464 (40718)
• Wapello, Iowa
22 Feb 21
@vandana7 You'll make a fortune. What are you going to do with all that money?
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@JudyEv (323748)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Feb 21
That young fellow would have been so proud! Hopefully, he'll become a student for sure.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Feb 21
I sure hope so!
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@Deepizzaguy (93661)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 Feb 21
I am thankful that the ability to take a warm shower came back last night after the ice storm affected the flow of water in Lake Charles since Monday.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Feb 21
How did it affect the flow? Hey, do you know this song? Lake Charles is mentioned!
UP ON CRIPPLE CREEKThe BandThe Band (1970)When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?Straight down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Me...
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@Deepizzaguy (93661)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
21 Feb 21
@TheHorse The pipes were either frozen or broken by the ice and sleet that struck the area. I have not heard of the song.
@thelme55 (76376)
• Germany
20 Feb 21
Wow! He already like Jimi Hendrix. He might be a musician later in life.
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@TheHorse (203765)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Feb 21
I hope so.
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@LindaOHio (153180)
• United States
21 Feb 21
I hope you pick up a couple of new students. My Saturday was quite boring. Nothing shaking up here on the Lake Erie shores. Just cold with a lot of s**w on the ground. Have a great Sunday.
@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
21 Feb 21
i suspect as a teacher the concept of selling ourselves would be hard. Our, teachers, credibility comes form the connection. Sales is a connection, but sometimes there is a forcing action there.