{"id":61,"date":"2017-05-22T03:05:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T03:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tommymerry.com\/guitarlessons\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2022-07-02T22:24:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T22:24:33","slug":"about-tommy-merry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tommymerry.com\/guitar\/about-tommy-merry\/","title":{"rendered":"About Tommy Merry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am grateful to GOD to be alive and creating each day! After playing professionally for many years I wanted to give something back and so I created this guitar lessons site. Although some of these lessons are non-traditional; you&#8217;ll find everything here is presented in a way that is easy to remember.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick Start<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>If you are new to guitar start here:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tommymerry.com\/guitar\/beginning-lessons\/\">Beginner Guitar Lessons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>If you&#8217;ve been playing guitar for a while, try this:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tommymerry.com\/guitar\/intermediate-guitar-lessons\/\">Advanced Guitar Lessons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>I also produce films, music videos and business videos. See examples here:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/TommyMerryFilms\/videos\">Tommy Merry Productions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Please connect with me on social media here:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tommy.merry\">Tommy on Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>So&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m in the process of creating videos for every lesson on the site. If you like a page or a lesson please share it with a friend.\u00a0 Follow me on facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/Free-Guitar-Lessons-with-Tommy-Merry-287447938327458\/\">HERE<\/a>. &#8211; Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Welcome! I am grateful to GOD to be alive and creating each day! After playing professionally for many years I wanted to give something back and so I created this guitar lessons site. 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