What comes into your mind when you think of the words “school band?” Well, I have mostly very good memories of band and it was a very formative element in my musical education, so much so that when I graduated…
*Warning: the following story really happened, and has been verified by more than one witness. I’m not making this up. I’m just trying to understand it, make sense of it, and realize how powerful Jesus is. More Than A Bad…
“I heard that you and your family spent some time in Taiwan as missionaries. Is that true?” I suspect that my face turned red. I hadn’t wanted anybody to know that, but there was no escaping the truth now. Have…
Sometimes girls can be so mean! Seriously, what did I do to deserve this treatment? I’m in 7th grade band playing trombone next to a couple of girls who play trombone. But we sit in the back row behind the…
This is Guitar Shane. I love to write words, play guitar, and write songs. The stories I post here are the reflections of my childhood’s magical moments and what I can learn from them to pass on to you, the…
When my dad was a kid, he played baseball, basketball and tennis. I think he like basketball best, but he was really good at tennis. He was usually in the top 2 or 3 in high school and college teams.…
If you have been reading this blog for long, you realize by now that I prefer playing guitar over piano, even though I have much more experience playing piano than guitar. However, I do recommend learning both. It is OK…
Though I play guitar now, my musical education started informally with singing next to my dad, and then it continued more formally with piano lessons. When we were in Taiwan and I was about 7 years old, I took piano…
Do you ever remember getting caught up in a moment doing something you loved, like playing a video game, watching a movie or going on a hike out in the woods? Well, as a musical kid in a foreign country,…
Why would someone reflect on their life, especially if bad things have happened that you would rather forget? I know that my life really isn’t that bad, although it has felt bad from time to time. But I want to…