Author Archives: Calvin L Passmore

So I am trying to get this started again. To begin with I am proofreading my site to correct any typos that I have not previously noticed and also I am making some minor grammatical adjustments to make the reading … Continue reading →

And I met an engineer who, like me, was working a regular job and not living out his calling. This meeting helped me to realize that I need to do get this work done. I will try.

My apologies to all who have been waiting for additional teaching posts from this blog. I will now start putting together new notes for new posts and hopefully I can start posting again around the first of November. Also, I … Continue reading →

I met this great group of musicians today who go by the name MAN-MADE MOUNTAIN. These guys are the real deal. Pure musicianship unadulterated by popular opinion. They said they will be uploading to youtube soon, so keep looking out for … Continue reading →

I want to make this perfectly clear… THERE IS NO REAL MYSTERY to music or music theory. You only need to commit to memory a lot of very small and very understandable pieces of information that can then be combined in an infinite number … Continue reading →

You’ve got to be able to play by ear and that’s just all there is to it and if you follow the lessons that will be placed on this site you will. The ability to play by ear is not some … Continue reading →

Here’s how this site is going to flow.   I will pick a book or series of books and I will go through every paragraph  and every exercise. I will respond to questions and comments about anything written in any book that we are working through. … Continue reading →

I once read somewhere that a person who does not read is no better than a person who cannot read. Virtually everything that anybody wants to know about anything (especially things that people have been doing for a long time) has already been written … Continue reading →