If you don't know a lot about Elliott Smith, I strongly recommend that you give his music a listen. I recently watched a documentary about him called Heaven Adores You and became completely mesmerized by his music. Elliott Smith released five solo albums while he was alive. Two more were released following his death in 2003 (ten days before Halloween). Before he went off on his own, he was in a band called Heatmiser. Plainclothes Man is from their third and last album called

As a follow up to last week's Ukulele Chord Library post, this is the beginner version for guitar. This video contains all the most frequently used open chords on the guitar. Each chord is demonstrated slowly so you can see exactly where to place your fingers. As well, on screen simultaneously there is a chord diagram with a suggested fingering. There is also a table of contents in the video description so you can go directly to the chord you want to learn: Now there is a lef

This is a short video which shows you how to play all major, minor and dominant 7th chords in all keys on the ukulele. Each chord is demonstrated slowly and includes a chord diagram with a suggested fingering. Here is what it looks like: There is also a table of contents located in the info section with direct links to each chord so you can pick the chord you want to learn and go straight to it:

The Waiting by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers was one of the first singles I ever bought. I absolutely loved this song and still do to this day. It's hard to believe he's gone. The photos above are of the 7-inch single that I still have from 1981! It's a real trip going back to some of these songs from my childhood and actually being able to play them now. When I was twelve, I could only play air guitar and dream of actually playing a song like this. This is such a well cra