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2-Note Movable Chords

I often start introducing simple chord shapes very early to my guitar classes in order to give them access to the harmonic and rhythmic aspects of the guitar as soon […]

Posted on September 15, 2017 by chris
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In Season

  In Season is a collection of songs inspired by the Psalms filtered through a personal lens – intended to be thoughtful and spiritually determined. I didn’t grow up playing […]

Posted on August 10, 2016 by chris
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Coming In Season

Well, it’s been a bit of an arduous process trying to release an album that started 2 jobs, 2 houses, 1 child, 1 city and state, and a couple mustaches […]

Posted on May 20, 2016 by chris
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Good Intentions

 This song hasn’t made it onto an album yet, but I’ve had several people ask for the lyrics, so I wanted to post a little more here. Cheers, CT Lyrics:  […]

Posted on February 8, 2016February 8, 2016 by chris
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Connection

I think I was a senior in high school.  Over the couple years before, I had made a habit of spending whatever time I could in the band room.  I […]

Posted on January 22, 2016 by chris
Posted in Artistry, LyricsTagged album, connection, friendship, grief, loss, Lyrics, mentoring, song story, Songwriting2 Comments

Free Minneapolis Guitar Classes for Beginners

We’re getting ready to start up again next week with weekly lessons, so if you’re in the Twin Cities, check this out!  I teach guitar class for Urban Ventures who […]

Posted on January 7, 2016 by chris
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In Season: Near The Heart of God

Near The Heart of God is the first track of the 2016 album In Season, a collection of original Gospel Americana songs inspired by Psalms from the Hebrew Bible.  Most […]

Posted on January 3, 2016July 27, 2016 by chris
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Album status update

Hi friends! Many of you know that an album of folky Americana-Gospel goodness has been in the works for a couple years now.  Sadly, it’s not that the album has […]

Posted on December 18, 2015 by chris
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Make it perfect.

It’s funny.  I’ve always had this perfectionism that totally fights against productivity. When I was a kid, it was not exactly uncommon for my mom to tell me to go […]

Posted on December 16, 2015December 16, 2015 by chris
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Who needs a website?

Well, it turns out that a website can be pretty handy.  Who knew?  The interwebs seem to be pretty widely accepted and in spite of malware and migrating host configurations, […]

Posted on April 24, 2015May 4, 2015 by chris
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