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There Is No One Way to Do It

Even if there were, I’d be the last person to know what it is. I say that as someone who’s been a musician in Seattle for more than 20 years, and made somewhere between some and all of my living from being one for most of that time.

In 1976, the musician Tony Moon drew a comic for the UK fanzine Sideburns showing how to play A, E, and G on a guitar. “This is a chord,” he wrote, pointing to the A chord. “This is another,” he wrote, pointing to the E chord. “This is a third,” he wrote, pointing to the G chord.

Sean Nelson has worked at The Stranger on and off since 1996. He is currently Editor-at-Large. His past job titles included: Assistant Editor, Associate Editor, Film Editor, Copy Editor, Web Editor, Slog...