Following on from last week’s post about Tommy Emmanuel, which a lot of you said you enjoyed, I wanted to give you some insight into the mindset of the guy. On the surface, it might appear to be advice for those advanced players who can do loads of cool things on the guitar. In […]
Back in the days when I was a long-haired 20-year-old grungy looking guy, I wanted to give fingerpicking a go. I loved my big heavy rock bands but knew even then that deep down it was the deeper sounding acoustic music that moved me more. I started with Nirvana’s Unplugged in New York and […]
With a bit of nervousness and excitement, I took a deep breath and knocked on the door. At this point, I had no idea that the next 60 minutes was going to be some of the most bizarre I was about to experience as a guitarist. After a few moments, the door opened, […]
Welcome to a new Q and A. For this one, we have Assaf Levavy from LickNRiff. I don’t follow many YouTube channels but when Assaf puts up a new video I usually take notice. He has plenty of great arrangements which are not only interesting but original too. He teaches everything to do with fingerstyle […]
Today, I want to give you a quick two-minute audit/quiz that will help you assess where your guitar playing is right now, where you need to improve, and possibly teach you a few new tricks of the trade you may be unaware of. Sound good? If so, let’s begin…
Love him or loathe him (personally I love him), Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones knows a thing or two about guitar playing. After all, he’s older than a conker tree and has over 3000 guitars (which is 2992 more than me!). Here are some tips from “Keef”, (courtesy of an interview with Alan di Perna) that […]
One of the biggest frustrations for anyone learning to fingerpick is this… The annoying thud that you hear when you go to pick a string, only to accidentally pluck the wrong string.
Here’s a little test I want you to do. It’s something I like to do with new students and also with current students every now and then.
Today, I want to start off a new series of my top ten tips for all the important aspects of guitar playing. Each lesson I’ll send you ten quick but very powerful tips that will help you with a specific subject so you can make improvements in this area and get past the most frustrating […]