About Me

First Name

Mel

Nickname

Mel J

Why I'm Here

I was given a Harmony Jazz style guitar while in high school that’s when I learned my first chords from a friend.  When I turned 18 I took lessons for 2 years where learned to read music.  The guitar took a backseat in my life for about 20 years.  Then I took lessons from a local jazz guitar teacher for 2 years.  With the growth of the internet, Youtube became my next teacher and eventually TAC. Along the way I’ve purchased some ukuleles, mandolins, a bango and several guitars.  I enjoy TAC for the guitar, ukulele hunt.com for the ukulele, mandolessons.com for the mandolin.  I haven’t started the bango yet but I will retire within the next two years,  that’s when I may start the bango journey.

 

City

Just plain dig the instrument.  I always have and I think flatpicking is cool.