Online guitar courses help troops overseas

Rick Hogue is hoping an adage continues to hold true in this time of iPods and digital downloads.

"Music is a universal thing," said Mr. Hogue, owner of Annapolis-based Garrett Park Guitars.

Now he's testing that sentiment and taking his efforts beyond his Annapolis store where a plethora of shiny and expensive guitars hang from the walls. His first step with cyber instruction stretched the whole way to Korea for a group of military personnel on duty there.

His store is still the bustling shop where children are taking piano lessons and parents...