Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including some fretboard fun, the guitar teacher’s plague, and more. Here we go…
Funny Thoughts and Wacky Times on Guitar Playing
Today I thought I’d share some of the short and humorous comments I’ve gotten this week on my website. They’re good fun. Plus, there are some super useful nuggets of wisdom here. Let’s begin… … [Continue reading]
Guitar Teacher Confuses Talent With This Critical Element…
Today I want to talk about two things… “Natural talent” and something else. The something else is far more important than “natural talent” in my opinion. This thing is how “teachable” a student is. … [Continue reading]
Two Reader Thoughts (A Lying Guitar Teacher and a Big Achievement)
Here are two more interesting emails I have got lately. I hope you find the emails and my thoughts useful… Today we are talking about one of the worst things I’ve heard a guitar teacher say and a student who made a big breakthrough… … [Continue reading]
Oh No, Ignore the Sigmund Freud School of Learning Guitar
I’m a big fan of the human mind… Especially how it can affect how we learn an instrument like the guitar. I mean, after all, we use our brains every single time we do anything on guitar. ...But not just that. … [Continue reading]
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Crossroads, a Rare Tip, and a Powerful Question)
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including a rare tip, guitar-playing crossroad, and more. Here we go… … [Continue reading]
The Problem With Most Guitar Books
I was teaching one of my favourite students last week. … [Continue reading]
10-Second Tip – Do This to Improve All Your Playing
If you ever want to jam rhythm and lead guitar at the same time, here’s a tip to help. I’ll talk about it in the context of blues as that’s what I’ve been on about this week (but this tip can work for anything). … [Continue reading]
9 Reasons to Play Blues Guitar
I love playing the blues on guitar. There are so many elements and facets to it that blues guitar never really gets boring. …Especially the further down the rabbit hole you go with it. … [Continue reading]
One of the Greatest Guitarists of All Time?
I was watching a rare interview the other day. It was with an amazing guitarist who died young in a tragic helicopter crash. This fella was a beast of a guitarist and even Mick Jagger and Keith Richards talked about him as being one of the best … [Continue reading]