All posts in category: Songs
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including thoughts on recording yourself, how I chose the songs for my new course, and some secret bonuses.
Here we go…
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In yesterday’s email, I talked about the ‘head’ and memory, but today I want to talk about the ‘heart’.
One of my all-time favourite quotes about guitar playing is from the classical great Andrés Segovia.
In a few hours, I’ll be closing down enrolment for the Dan Thorpe Acoustic Academy.
As a polite reminder, if you join before (midnight PST time), you will get the new No Chord Fingerstyle course for free.
Lately, I’ve been talking about my No Chord Fingerstyle course.
…And how it can teach you how to play beautiful songs WITHOUT the need for any tricky chords or painstaking chord changes.
A few years ago, I sat down and watched the Elton John, biopic, Rocketman.
I love a good rock star movie.
Earlier in the week, I talked about how it’s been almost ten years since I quit my old job to become a full-time guitar tutor.
And yesterday, I mentioned a big announcement coming up today.
Here’s how to save time when learning a new song.
I do this BEFORE I start learning it.
Learning songs can be a “brutal” experience.
That’s because so many people are taught to go about doing it the wrong way.
It’s easy to misjudge the difficulty of a piece of music.
Walt said this the other day after listening to my latest podcast episode.
