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Hi Guitarists, I am originally from Seattle, WA but now live by the Olympic Mountains in WA.

My favorite food is most foods "Italian" followed by strawberry shortcake with whipped cream! 

I am a professional pianist and pipe organist but have taken on the classical guitar and am finding strings are certainly a far cry from keys!  I was trying to learn from the Christopher Parkening books but found I really need the personal touch whether in person or videos to show me how to execute what I'm trying to accomplish.  I have a huge library of classical guitarists via videos and am constantly awed and inspired by them.  So...I would like to be able to bounce thoughts off beginners like I am and continue to learn from those anywhere above my level.  

1. Hi all, this is Varun from India. Favorite foods: Medium rare ribeye with mushroom sauce. Saffron srikhand for dessert

2. Working on Jose Vinas’s reverie, as well as Romanza 

3. Hoping to make some good musical relationships with fellow journeyers 

Hi all, I am Ronjazz, from Boston, so seafood diet, no meat. I have been a professional guitarist for over 50 years, studied with Ghiglia, Hand, Artzt, LaGoya, John Williams, Paco Pena, taught and performed until focal dystonia hit in 2001, had to give up heavy classical repertoire, switch to plectrum, back to jazz and blues. Tonebase has been an inspiration to get my technique back, Thomas Viloteau to start with, but just found Sanek and his Sagreras studies, these I feel will help my dystonia more than anything else. Lots of excellent input on RH technique, especially the Russians (!), and always interested in composers' posts of view. Great site. It would be informative to include luthier name for each performance or lesson; some of the guitars here are other-worldly.

Hello. This is Eric Moen from Neola, IA.  Close to Omaha Nebraska which some of you may have heard of. Not sure we have any favorite foods from here. I seem to like all foods but Pizza is always good. And my wife makes a lot of great food!

A long long time ago when I got out of the Navy, having been a guitar player from high school, I took classical guitar lessons from a old old gentleman in Mpls, MN.  He was originally from somewhere in South America and could play any thing  with strings. He started me on  the Sagreras Method. Told me not to worry. He could read Spanish.  After getting through about the third book I graduated from school, had a traveling job, wife and kids so my practice playing time was close to zero.  Now after retiring I have more time and am trying to rekindle my passion for playing.    AT the moment I am going through the Sagreras Books again and  some of my older music. Having a hard time getting into some kind of routine. What to do Scales , etudes, arpeggios etc Probably also need help with righthand technic.

I consider myself a intermediate, whatever that is, and would like to see more of that type of learning. I am enjoying some of the online sessions even if they are past my expertise and ability. I seem to be able to gleam something out of all of them.  Thank you!

Hi Everybody.  Hope you're doing well.  I treated myself to a lifetime Tonebase membership this weekend. :) I think this will be great motivation for me to improve.  I'm currently working on shorter etudes to rebuild my technique to where it was years ago when I was a more serious player.  These days I don't take it so seriously and I find myself enjoying it so much more (less stress and anxiety) Hope everyone has a great week!

OH! as far as food well, that's a weakness of mine.  I try to eat healthy but I rarely succeed ;)  In the morning I like a basic breakfast of a smoothie with almond milk, yogurt and some fruit (banana and strawberry typically)

I would say some of my favorite cuisine is Thai and Indian, although I do not get too adventurous.  I also love a good Korean bbq.  I'm getting hungry just  to think!

Hello All.  I currently live in the Chicago, IL metro area, in the northwest suburban area. I studied classical guitar like many, but transitioned away from music for personal reasons.  I studied with Jason Vieaux and John Holmquist at the Cleveland Institute of Music for graduate school, and studied with Robert Guthrie at Southern Methodist University. I grew up along the border in El Paso, Texas. 

Thanks to quarantine and working from home I've gotten back into playing regularly, almost daily, which has been great. After checking a few free lessons, I thought tonebase would be a great way to get some opinions and recall how to work through some technical issues as I've been getting my chops back up.  

At the moment, I'm working through some of the Gerald Garcia Etudes and "Sin Rumbo" by Astor Piazzolla.  Now that I've joined tonebase, I may go back and re-learn some of the early Brouwer Etudes.