A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned an email from a chap called Tino. If you didn’t see the email, he basically replied to me moaning and patronising… All the beginner guitarists out there in the world who can’t yet play a C Major chord smoothly.
Welcome to a new Monday email with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including how your environment affects your playing, The Who, and how to play with a click. Here we go…
He sat down for lesson #1 with me. As he played riff after riff, pulsating lead guitar, and a mesmerising solo, I nodded and smiled. I was impressed, but I knew he was lying through his teeth about something…
Welcome to your weekly 10-second tip. This is an important one about the fretting hand and it’s the fact that you should… “Keep an eye on what your non-playing fingers are doing” Do you ever watch what the fingers of the fretting hand are doing when they are not in use? When playing, […]
Here are two more interesting emails I have got this past week. I hope you find the emails and my thoughts useful…
I got this email last week…
Welcome to a new Monday email with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including Indiana Jones, a simple notebook tool, and more. Here we go…
I’m working on a book at the moment, which is something I’m super excited about. It’s called 1-Minute Melodies. (More on this in a moment.) Here’s how I got thinking about this in the first place.
Welcome to your weekly 10-second tip. Today I want to talk about something I see a lot. When some guitarists play, they raise their shoulders up in a tensed position. I jokingly call this playing like Uncle Fester.
The other day, Dan Thorpe Acoustic Academy member Richard asked me a few questions about the capo, and why I am such a big fan. There are plenty of reasons which I talk about a lot, but in a moment, I’ll talk about a surprising one you may not have heard me mention before. First, […]