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We receive thousands of positive messages and comments via YouTube and email about our music videos and lessons. Thanks to everyone who sent one. Here are a few of our favorites.


We received this wonderful photo and story from Ken via YouTube.

"Mark, I was listening to you singing and playing Homeward Bound and I remember back in October 1969 I was in Vietnam and preparing to come home after serving my tour of duty.  I was out of the field and on the big base in Chu Lai, which was the Americal Division headquarters. I was with a few of my buddies that I served with and we had a transistor radio listening to an Armed Forces station, which happened to be playing Homeward Bound.  Well, we went down to the beach and I had my friend take my picture looking down at me.  I sent this picture home to my mom and she had it in a frame, on the living room table. I thought I would share this picture with you.  Every time I hear this song I think back to coming home from Vietnam and this picture. I hope you like it. I like the song!
  ~Ken~"

Hi Ken, I love this story and photo, thanks for sending it. Click to see the Homeward Bound video Ken is talking about.


Here's a very nice comment I received from 65strummer in the U.K. via YouTube:

"Mark, just a few words of thanks for your videos on YouTube. There are some good players here, but in our opinion your skills and talents are simply "exceptional". We have been listening to S & G, Neil Young etc for over 30 yrs, and your versions are probably the best we have heard. Your lessons are "inspirational" to all guitar players, no matter what level they are at in their playing. Please keep them flowing, as I for one will be "having fun" with all your videos. All the best from the UK. - 65strummer"

Cheers to you and yours mate! Comments like yours make it all worthwhile.


We got this message from the very talented Logan Murrell. She needed a song to play on a TV show appearance.

"Thanks so much for this lesson. I took it and put it with what I know and came up with what you see in the video response. Thanks a million. I had to do it on TV and had no idea where to start. Have a Great 2008.
Logan Murrell"

Here is Logan's beautiful video of "I'll Be Home For Christmas".


Here's a nice message we received from Dennis via YouTube.

"Hello Sir,

I just wanted to write to you and thank you for your contributions to YouTube. I am a beginner on guitar and I enjoy playing very much. Because of your contributions, I can play Christmas songs for my friends tonight at our office Christmas party. I am playing the guitar as if I were doing it for a very long time and I am so excited about it. I wanted to write and let you know that you are greatly appreciated and I want to wish you and your family a very merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. You are very easy to listen to and make learning a joy. Thanks a million and God bless.

Dennis"

Hi Dennis, thanks for your kind words, and Merry Christmas to you and yours.


Here's a message we received from Mike about making videos for YouTube:

"I love all your stuff on the you tube. You have been a great help to me. Your lessons are some of the best--you seem to get the most out of the space you use, therefore, I do,as well. It helps that your hands are in time with the music, and the video is clear and bright. The sound is very good. I think you are the kind of guy who likes gadgets--I see you have a nice arsenal of good guitars and you also have been experimenting with stereo recording. if my observations are correct, maybe you can help me in my learning process of how to make a decent recording/video. I have a nice Martin acoustic with no pickup. There are so many options available out there, it's confusing. I live in a rural area of Pa. with no music stores within 100 miles. I have been looking in mail order catalogs and on the internet. If you don't want to plug brandnames, don't. I would just like to know what kind of equipment would give me a decent sound for vocals and acoustic guitar that I could record and post on you tube. I know it's a lot to ask of a stranger, but if you could help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. thanks for considering this, MIKE."

Hi Mike, a lot of people have been asking about my gear, so I will post a video soon about how I make videos. But in the meantime, here are some tips. Get a decent webcam, I use a Logitec that records 640x480 wmv files as the native format, and has very good automatic lighting and focus controls. It was about $100. I use free windows movie maker to edit these videos.

I recently upgraded my sound system, because the sound quality on the logitec webcam is not very good. Now I use a headset with a microphone for the vocals, and I plug that and my guitars directly into a small mixer, behringer UB1204FX, and the mixer into my soundcard. I use free Audacity software to record the audio while I am recording the video with the webcam. Then I combine the audio file and video file in windows movie maker to create the final video file. In your case, a decent microphone going thru the mixer should pick up your vocals and guitar and give you a good sound. The key is to get a good recording of both the audio and video and then combine them.

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