Welcome to Mike and Marie's Home Page

House By The Road by Edward Hopper

No, you won't find any fancy graphics or animations here. But you won't find annoying ad links or excruciatingly long load times either. What we do have is something useful for guitar pickers, movie buffs, and fans of funky restaurants.

For aficionados of two-handed guitar playing, Mike has a portfolio of original fingerstyle guitar arrangements as well as instructional material for those who want to learn this versatile style.

If you're a novice player, there's a beginner section that shows you the basic open position chords in several keys and some moveable chords that will allow you to play in any key.

For Movie Buffs

Our list of Recommended Movies is a must for those of you who (like us) never saw, and never want to see Titanic or any film with exploding special effects.

We like to eat out and favor the interesting and unpretentious. We're particularly fond of old-time diners. As we travel about, we'll tell you about some of our favorite places.

Some links we find useful:

• The National Guitar Summer Workshop, a great place for guitar instruction no matter what your style or ability.
• The Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV. Summer classes in traditional crafts and music.
• Steve Kaufman's Page where you can learn about his Acoustic Music camps in Maryville, Tennessee
• Levy Sheet Music Collection at Johns Hopkins University. They have an extensive collection of old sheet music.
• Duke Sheet Music Collection another good source for old sheet music.
• Chord Melody Productions has a large selection of Chet Atkins fingerstyle guitar arrangements.
• West Hartford, our home town
• Connecticut, our home state (and a nice place to visit)
• Local weather radar for southern New England
• Bretton Woods, our favorite ski area
• Trinity College, home to Cinestudio, Hartford's finest movie theatre
• SNET, our internet provider

Send us an e-mail, we'd like to hear from you.