HAPPY OPENING DAY!
​Learn the Iconic "Centerfield" Intro Riff

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To all the baseball fans out there... I wanted to re-share this lesson I made last spring, in case you missed it. I break down the opening riff to Centerfield by John Fogerty, with my usual step-by-step guidance.

I also have a sing & strum lesson available for this song, if you want to learn to play the full song, from start to finish. Such a fun song!

Step-by-step practice notes, audio practice tracks, and zoomed-in video play-alongs (showing the exercises I used to learn the intro riff) are available on my lesson #591 webpage.

BRAND NEW!
​Morgan Wallen Fingerstyle Deep-Dive!

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I'm also excited to share a brand new Morgan Wallen lesson, diving into the fingerstyle heard in his 2025 song I'm a Little Crazy. Simple chords, very tricky fingerpicking options... but fear not! I'll walk you through several options, starting simple and adding the layers of complexity.

This one goes out to Song Notes member Chuck, who requested this song after hearing its recent cover from Bella Emry during American Idol auditions.

Step-by-step practice notes and zoomed-in video play-alongs (showing the five different levels I teach) are available on my lesson #618 webpage.

WHILE YOU'RE HERE...
​Have Travis Picking Questions? Let Me Know!

After years of continuous requests, I've finally started recording a step-by-step course for Travis Picking Essentials. It'll walk you through the basics of Travis-style fingerpicking, starting with the basics and building from there... with plenty of exercises along the way.

If there's a specific question you have in mind on this topic, please reply to this email and let me know! Even if it's not a question, and just a certain area you'd love to see me focus on... I'd absolutely love to hear it.

Even if you'd like a sneak-peek at the course before it goes live – simply reply and let me know! Audience feedback is something I value greatly... especially from those excited to learn.

Storytime from 1988

My best baseball story: through sheer luck of having my name pulled, I won a contest to be the Honorary Bat Boy for the Baltimore Orioles when I was little! Plenty of fun memories at Memorial Stadium before Camden Yards was built, and this was no doubt the best of them.

Free tickets to a double-header, got to walk through the tunnels leading to the players' benches, and even got a few autographs. One of my friends at the game even saw me on the big screen, not knowing I was there. Fun memory! The shirt was way too big.

Until next week,

David
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