When it comes down to it

In life's simplest form there are a couple things I know:

1) I can disclose anything about myself to God and its ok.
2) God will listen. Wait. God will listen intensely.

Now is that cool or what?!!!

If you don't know this. May you know it NOW. HE is listening....RIGHT NOW.


SPEAK.

Peace,
RJ

Sign Up For My Newsletter

I posted this on a private forum I hang in. Now posting for blogger fans.... : )


All,
I just got my newsletter database started on my website and wanted to invite everyone to sign up! biggrin.gif

http://www.guitarpsycho.com/newsletter/

Eventually there will be a number of incentives for signing up including free mini lesson access, first news on special projects I am doing, products I am releasing and other information relevant to the guitar community. There are some pretty cool things coming that I have been sitting quietly on for some time..... laugh.gif

As an added incentive:

For this years Tom Hess Instructional Clinic Tour I feel privileged to not only participate in the tour but to also act as Tour Manager for it. On the tour I will be writing a daily journal from my perspective and about some highlights from the tour. If when you sign up you would like to receive this "daily" journal (only for the 7 days of the tour of course) just check the box related to the tour. Otherwise I will just send you the newsletter on a more monthly basis.

Thanks.

A little more movement

Clinic Dates are finally confirmed and CD released:

http://www.guitarpsycho.com

Come on out and see us in Florence, KY!!! We will be giving away some free stuff and it is a free clinic.

Cool Cool Cool

Landmark Forum was awesome. So much I am going to pay to have my parents go through it.

I went to Chicago this week to meet which a bunch of guitarists from around the country and Canada.

It is the best time I can ever remember having in my whole life. The guitarists are all professionally minded players who many I have been in contact with via an internet forum with since September 0f 2006 but most I had never met in person until this weekend.

I made some breakthroughs in my playing just watching some of these monster players. Especially in the area of sweep picking and speed.

The greatest highlight was that I was asked by my mentor and teacher Tom Hess to accompany him before my peers and also play to his accompaniment. I was the only one to have the privilege this weekend and it meant a lot to me. I have a pic of that below.

Over all things are very well for me these days.
Randy

OK. Now its almost June already!!! Sheesh!!!

Is it just me or was it just New Years like...yesterday?!!!!! Sheesh!! Ok maybe I am exaggerating a little but in a way not in that this year is flying by!!!

Well whats up?

Still working on my online course. It is progressing well although taking longer than expected. No problem. I am learning A TON from creating this course which looks like it will be about 10 months long to go through.

The compilation CD I am on is released. I will have it tomorrow. I hear it sounds really good.

I have moved. I now live in Montgomery about 2 minutes away from Julia.

I am looking for a church that Julia and I both can attend. I tend to be less traditional, she is more so, weekly communion mandatory.

Clinic Tour is in September.

Oh here is a big one. I am going to go on a sabbatical from teaching. I will teach one time a month out of my home if they choose to accept. I am going to take some time to work on my own skills. Get some products knocked out, etc. I am friggin stoked in thinking I can wake on a Saturday and just well.......FUCKING JAM!!!!! or work on whatever I need, well rested with a full tank of energy to focus with! How many years has it been since I have had that?!!!!!

This is one way I have changed my approach. I now also take at least 45 minutes in the morning focused on legato and 45 minutes on alternate picking before bed. Its amazing how much progress I see in such a short time.

I go to Landmark Forum next week. Chicago the following week to meet a bunch of the guitar players I have corresponded with the last year and a half or so.

There is more.......later.

Randy

Well Spent

Yeah I am spent. And I am well.

I always used to think that I really tried hard with a lot of things in my life. I am finding now that I really did not know what really putting forth effort meant. Not that this is something to feel bad about. Or its no personal slam. Just an observation.

I have been busting my ass on my musical career like never before. Its still like a seed waiting to sprout for those watching. Can't see a thing. But its growing. My thoughts are in the right place. I think my heart is there where it needs to be and I have the confidence that God is happy with what I am doing. That sustains me. Because I am tired, but I am sure happy with what I am doing and what is going on. I had a good talk with Tom Hess tonight. I continue to learn lots from him and in many ways I think I am finding a friend there and not just a mentor.

I have always been interested in learning about business and being an entreprenuer. I still can't spell that word though according to my spellchecker HA!!!! Anyway I have been criticized for my ideas. Thats ok. But I think I am finally starting to get some things with all this. I can't wait to see where this all goes. Things are snowballing.


On other fronts life has not been so great. I hate my full time job now. I have been looking elsewhere. Next week it looks like I may be getting closer to resolving that. We'll see.

As has been a them in my life: When I consider that my life is in the hands of a God that cares and that no matter what happens I am His and nothing can separate me from Him and all the good He desires for me as a child it does not mean life is perfect and always goes my way. But somehow its that safety of knowing that makes all the difference to me. No matter tough things get God never gives us more than we can handle and I have seen over and over again in life that all things do work for the good of those that love God and are called according to His purpose.

I feel so blessed. What a life.

Randy

Greg Howe - New CD on the way!!

Just throwing some word out for Greg on his new CD to be released in June. Greg has been working on this for quite some time. Based on what I have seen from Greg in recent times I have no doubt this will be one of his best CDs. I can't wait!

Here is a teaser for the CD just released: