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, […]
Here are two more interesting emails I have got lately. I hope you find the emails and my thoughts useful…
Welcome to a new Monday email with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including thoughts on bench pressing the guitar, the “pro” approach, and remembering Mark Lanegan. Here we go…
Over the last week or so, I’ve mentioned a couple of times how fun the blues can be to play on guitar… While it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, here are 16 reasons why I think everyone should learn at least one blues piece in their guitar-playing lifetime…
Over the years, I’ve heard a lot of people tell me they think or worry they are too old to learn guitar.
Welcome to your weekly 10-second tip. This week’s tip is a simple but effective one. It’s all about how to improve your memory and strumming by…
If you’ve seen any of my old YouTube guitar videos from about 5-6 years ago… You’ll know I had a big podgy face which some people say doesn’t even look like me (which makes me laugh as I can kind of see why they say this). So back about 5 years ago I hit the […]
Years ago, I had the idea of writing a book about the history of the blues guitar.
Welcome to a new Monday email with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including ski jumping, a key skill, and more. I’ve been enjoying watching the Winter Olympics recently so here’s a Monday special all about it and all related to guitar…
The focus and desire to start again at the beginning Here is a snippet of a comment I thought I’d share, especially for those of you who have the Fingerstyle 101 BOOK or EBOOK. It was taken from the VIDEO version of the Fingerstyle 101 course and was a comment left last night…