I'm Patrick. I play guitar on the couch most nights, I'm okay at it, and I write about it on Threads as @okayguitarplayer.

Everything on the account is free and it's going to stay that way. No lessons, no courses, nothing behind a paywall.

This page is for people who want to help keep it going. $5 a month goes toward the things an okay guitar player needs: new strings, music books, gas to get to open mic nights, and the odd tool. Right now I'm saving for a string action gauge and a few basic luthier tools so I can set up my own guitars.

When supporter money buys something, I'll show you what it was and how it went, including the parts where I don't know what I'm doing.

Once a month, supporters get something I don't post anywhere else: a voice note from the couch, or the whole story of an open mic or a practice week.

If you'd rather just read, that's what most people do, and it's plenty.