Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including some fretboard fun, the guitar teacher’s plague, and more. Here we go…
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.
Two Interesting Reader Comments and Questions
Here are two interesting emails I have got lately.
I hope you find the emails and my thoughts useful… [Read more…]
The Guitar Teacher from Hell
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, and what I saw surprised me.
Out from behind the door came this guy with long greasy hair, tight jeans, and a big gut – looking like he had just woken up.
The blast of stale cigarette smoke hit me in the face as I stepped through the door.
“This is going to be fun” – I thought.
This was my first lesson with a so-called guitar tutor who was supposed to be the “best in town”.
3 Critical Factors That Will Help You To Be A Happier, More Successful and More Efficient Guitarist
There are three key factors that will define how happy, successful and efficient you are at learning to play the guitar, especially if you don’t have a teacher and therefore you effectively teach yourself guitar.
In this post, you will learn what they are, how important they are to your success and why only you can control these factors.
Q and A – Five Minutes With Guitar Teacher Drue James
Welcome to the second ever Guitar Domination Q and A. Last month was the first of our monthly Q and A’s and that was with singer songwriter, Harry Harris. This month, we have someone totally different, a world reknowned guitar teacher and a great guy too – Drue James. [Read more…]