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December 27, 2022 In Misc. Tagged as learning guitar motivation By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Tuesday (A Musical Game, a Student’s Transformation, and Life!)

Welcome to a new post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life.

It’s a day later than usual as yesterday was Boxing Day, so I took the day off.

I hope you had an amazing Christmas and here we go…

December 26, 2022 In Misc. Tagged as Christmas learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

Santa’s Guitar Playing Troubles

Last night, I woke with a jolt in the middle of the night.

I heard a booming anguished cry, the sound of strings twanging, and wood cracking.

I frantically ran to my living room to see a very overweight guy in a red suit holding the smashed remains of one of my guitars.

December 7, 2022 In Misc. Tagged as learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

Moving Away from Life’s Pains With the Guitar

I read an interesting email the other day.

The author was talking about how he was walking around a shopping complex and was thinking about how everyone in the place looked kind of sad.

November 27, 2022 In Misc. Tagged as learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

Funny Thoughts and Wacky Times on Guitar Playing

Today I thought I’d share some of the short and humorous comments I’ve gotten this week on my website.

They’re good fun. Plus, there are some super useful nuggets of wisdom here. Let’s begin…

November 24, 2022 In Misc. Tagged as Guitar teachers learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

Guitar Teacher Confuses Talent With This Critical Element…

Today I want to talk about two things…

“Natural talent” and something else.

The something else is far more important than “natural talent” in my opinion.

This thing is how “teachable” a student is.

November 19, 2022 In Misc. Tagged as 12 bar blues Blues Learning By Dan Thorpe

The Problem With Most Guitar Books

I was teaching one of my favourite students last week.

October 31, 2022 In Misc. Tagged as Halloween learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

The Blair Riff Project

Ah, the night of Halloween.

A time of year that Archie and I rather enjoy.

So, in honour of this night, here is something fun…

October 28, 2022 In Misc. By Dan Thorpe

A Guitarist’s Cinderella Story

One of the most well-loved emails I wrote over the last year or so was the one about the 5-Point Musicality Checklist.

The gist of it was basically this…

October 15, 2022 In Misc. Tagged as Learning learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

The Goonies and the Guitar

Over the years, my son Archie has loved it when I create little treasure maps for him.

I’ve loved creating these for him too.

My love of this probably stems from growing up watching classic movies such as The Goonies and It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

August 31, 2022 In Misc. Tagged as learning guitar motivation By Dan Thorpe

Advice From Like-Minded Others If You Ever Think About Quitting Guitar

On my Facebook page, I recently asked people to give advice to others who were struggling.

It got a lot of brilliant responses.