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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…

February 26, 2022 In Practice By Dan Thorpe

Why Saying “I’m Too Old for This” Is Wrong

Over the years, I’ve heard a lot of people tell me they think or worry they are too old to learn guitar.

February 25, 2022 In 10-Second Tips Practice Tagged as 10-Second Tips quick tips By Dan Thorpe

10-Second Tip (Do This to Remember Strumming Patterns Better)

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…

February 24, 2022 In Practice Tagged as Practice Methods By Dan Thorpe

How to Use Gym Style “Supersets” to Make Faster Progress in Less Time

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 gym for the first time…

…Which has led me to create a very unique guitar lesson.

February 21, 2022 In Practice By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Ski Jumping, a Key Skill, and Gold, Silver, Bronze)

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…

February 18, 2022 In 10-Second Tips Practice Tagged as 10-Second Tips quick tips By Dan Thorpe

10-Second Tip – Playing the Bass and Melody at the Same Time

Welcome to a new weekly 10-second tip.

This week we are talking about…

February 15, 2022 In Practice By Dan Thorpe

Even the Great Paul Simon Struggled With This

I was reading an interview with Paul Simon the other day.

He was talking about the classic song…

“Still Crazy After All These Years”

This is what he said about it…

February 14, 2022 In Practice By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (IT Class, Motivation, and an Inspiration Tip)

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including an IT class story, an inspiration tip, and more.

Here we go…