HippyKritz Music and More in Abilene Texas

Good morning HippyKritterz, hope all are well.  Several things to talk about this morning.  First, as I mentioned in our previous blog we have some really capable instructors in house and we are going to add another lesson room which will be dedicated to drum lessons.  Our fearless Eric (Anderson Percussive Services and the Tony Barker [...]

Hello all, hope everyone had a great Saturday.  I am happy to announce that my buddy Eric (The Tony Barker Band), my buddy Yan (Screamin’ Moon Dogs), and I have a spot at Strawberry’s on April 10th for the “Bands for Babes” fundraiser benefitting the March of Dimes.  It is a day full of bands and [...]

Whats up fellow musicians, hope all is well.  I have to report that HippyKritz Music & More is now in possession of three new Daisy Rock girl guitars!!  I must say the are adorable.  There is a heart shape a butterfly shape and a star shape for all of you female guitarist in town to [...]

Hello all.  Its great to know that all of my hard work concerning all things blog are paying off, I found out that there are people out there who actually do read my words of wisdom.  Joyous Day!!  It was great to see our buddy Ryan tonight and equally great meeting his wife, they are [...]

Hello all, hope everyone is well.  I was thinking about the beautiful spring weather today and the “spring foward” that applies to setting the clocks ahead for longer days etc.  As I was thinking about that I started to recall my philosophy of dont look back always look ahead.  I guess that could be refered [...]

Hello all hope everyone is well.  Another great day at HippyKritz and a huge thank you to Chris for manning the store for us today so we could spend time with the little guy.  I’m proud to announce there is a new Takamine player in town as of today, hope you really enjoy your new [...]

I’m sitting here tonight reading this blog and watching LA Ink and three things have occured to me.  First I don’t think a person who has a background in corporate America should work alongside a hardcore inked up chick and vie for the top shop manager position.  Second I dont think a woman should get [...]

Happy Wednesday everyone, hope all is well.  Another great day at HippyKritz and another beautiful day outside.  I took off early today to spend the day with my beautiful wife and my little drummer boy. Before I left the shop my buddy Travis brought in a really sweet Tama drumset for the floor, its a [...]

Kathryn and I were happy to attend the CD release of our buddy Pete Ruiz tonight and listen to him perform songs from the CD.  Its good to have the kind of business where we are able to meet talented local musicians.  Abilene has a lot of hidden gems that are very good at what [...]

Another great Monday at HippyKritz and another Line6 amp out the door.  I’m really glad we are carrying that line of amps, they really are super cool.  Hope everyone who has gotten one is really enjoying them and remember to check out their website for cool downloads and a really good knowledge base section.  Our [...]