Over the weekend I’ve moved johnhorneguitar.com to a new host: BlueHost.com. Fortunately things went pretty smoothly, but I know the domain is not yet fully propagated, and I have yet to receive some of the emails that have been sent my way. If you desperately need to reach me, and don’t want to wait until your email lands in my inbox, use the form on the Contact John page. That seems to work. Also, if you notice anything that’s broken since the switch please let me know. There are a few blog posts that are missing their accompanying photos and the ear-training doesn’t always seem to be working for me, but hopefully all that will be cleaned up in the next few weeks.

I’ve added a new page to the site: Used Items For Sale.

Like most musicians, I always have a few instruments and other pieces of gear around that I just don’t play that often. All items are gently used and in good condition. Photos and additional details are available upon request. Currently items for sale are listed only here at johnhorneguitar.com but I may also decide to list some items at amazon.com or ebay in the future. If this happens, I’ll provide links to the online shop or auction. Items For Sale will remain accessible via the menu in the sidebar.

A brief synopsis of our spring break in Ann Arbor & Chicago.
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According to my stats, I currently have between 50 and 100 visitors here each day. Most are folks looking for guitar lessons in my area, or are searching for something related to the content available here.

I’d like to increase traffic to my site, and I’d like to do that in part by offering more free content in my blog. But what should I write about? I have a lot of ideas, but I don’t want to blog for blogging’s sake, so I’m taking requests from my readers. What would you like to see here? Guitar tips and tricks? Mini-lessons? Artist Transcriptions? Product Reviews? Also, are you interested in a particular style of music? Jazz? Fingerstyle? Rock?

Please vote and/or leave a comment and let me know what you’d like to see. You can explore the content I’ve already posted in the online lessons category.

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Mostly for my own personal benefit, I’ve decided to begin a list of the books that I plan to read in 2007. I’ve got a long list of titles sitting around that I want to complete and there are always a few surprise discoveries each year, too. I’ll keep updating this post as I complete more books, and if one is particularly interesting, I’ll dedicate a post to it. Hopefully I’ll look back in a year and feel like I’ve accomplished something.
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