Music/Art, Digital Tip Jars, & 21st Century Benefactory

If you're reading this, you likely already know me. Know at least some of what I do. Some know me as a guitarist (solo artist or support player), some as a guitar/music instructor, some as a music producer, some as an event producer, some as a writer & interviewer, and more.

So I'm just dropping a quick piece to act as a nodal point for many of my creative projects as well as my "digital tip jars" because, to be blunt, artists are facing many challenges to earning their keep in the new COVID-influenced world.

Below is a condensed index of some of my many music projects and, below that, multiple support options (from on-shot tip jars to monthly support).

Among my many projects over the years:

Guitar instructor & founder of SDML Academy of Guitar.....my YouTube channel SkinnyDevil TV features student performances, instructional material, and clips of me performing as sideman as well as my extensive performances of classic cover songs (86 videos as I write this)......Band member, sideman, commercial composer (see partial discography)....Session musician (see partial discography).....Publisher & writer Skinny Devil Magazine including conducting the "Guitar Gods" interview series (currently 82 interviews with unknown gurus to Grammy Award winners) as well as hundreds of other pieces written by me & others (poetry, prose, photography, visual art, product reviews, lessons, & more).....founder/producer of the Lexington Music Awards and founder/co-producer of the Lexi-Fest Concert Series and the annual Lexi-Fest Festival.....producer of other various guitar performance clinics (past participants include Muriel Anderson, Blind Dog Gatewood, Diana Chittester, etc).....and more!

Most of these are, of course, non-commercial labors of love....and if you are interested in providing any level of support, there are multiple options - from simply enjoying the music & interviews & such, to subscribing to content channels & interacting by leaving comments & such, to providing financial support via the digital TIP JAR options!

Monthly support: https://www.patreon.com/skinnydevilmusic​ or https://www.paypal.me/skinnydevilmusic​ (Pay What You Will) 

One-shot support: https://www.paypal.me/skinnydevilmusic​ or www.venmo.com/David-McLean-47 (Pay What You Will)

The PayPal option even gives you the choice of paying with traditional means (US dollar) or one of four crypto-currency options (Bitcoin, Etherium, Litecoin, Bitcash).

Thank you for your continuing support!

COMBO: The February Lifestyle & New Year Challenges

Sooooo.....normally I'd be doing this post on January 1, and it would be both an outline for the year's goals (with wrap-up of last year's successes and failures), but the COVID bitch-slap caused a very specific disruption to many goals for many of us. So instead, let's just start with a clean slate (though I will, for transparency, outline my personal valleys & peaks from 2020's goals).

Also, due to the election, I opted to wait until February 1...and here we are! So first, monthly lifestyle challenge...then our New Year challenge!

February Lifestyle Challenge

For those new to the challenges, it isn't to compete against others. It's to push yourself to greater heights, have some company & inspiration along the way, and a few ideas the help get us focused. For example, you can use this waving of the analytical knife to help organize your goals: