Bill Vencil has been plying the craft of progressive acoustic guitar playing for a good while. He became interested in the instrument at the age of 13, playing a "green stamps" guitar before moving on to other better instruments. He spent time in college studying theory and composition, which was a valuable learning experience. Ives, Copeland, Hindemith, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven opened new musical vistas. Ear training, vocalizing, inversions, rules of harmonization