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3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Clapton, Jamming Ideas, and Game Show Inspiration)

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clapton

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including some thoughts from Eric Clapton, jamming ideas, and more.

Here we go…

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Filed Under: Learning, Legends, Practice Tagged With: jamming, learning guitar

An Unusual Jamming Trick I Love

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One thing that used to drive me crazy about learning guitar was when I’d watch other guitarists jam the hell out of their guitars.

It could be friends, pro musicians, people playing open mics, or even my dad jamming.

This was made worse when a friend would ask me to play them a piece of music.

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice Tagged With: jamming, Learning

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Darts, Help If You’re Struggling, and Templates for Jamming)

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darts

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life. Here we go…

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Filed Under: Blues, Learning, Live, Practice Tagged With: 12 bar blues, Blues, jamming, Practice

How to Get Confident Enough to Jam With Others

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play with recordings

Here’s something I know many guitarists want to be able to do (at least deep down).

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Filed Under: Practice Tagged With: jamming, Learning to play guitar

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Chris Cornell – My Biggest Hero, a Lennon Documentary, and Jamming With Yourself)

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Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including remembering Chris Cornell, a Lennon documentary, and more…

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Filed Under: Learning, Legends Tagged With: Chris Cornell, jamming, Learning to play guitar, The Beatles Guitar

Two Interesting Reader Comments and Questions

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Here are two interesting emails from this past week. I hope you find them useful…

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Filed Under: Reader Question Tagged With: jamming, Reader Questions

Podcast #5 – The Critical Factors Of Learning Guitar Faster (Part 1)

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In this podcast, we are discussing one of the three critical factors for your success as a guitarist. In part 1, we are talking about the importance of having a ‘laid-back attitude’.
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Filed Under: Learning, Podcast Tagged With: Attitude, Ed Sheeran, enjoying the journey, jamming, Laid back

Why Jamming with Other Musicians is a Must for all Guitarists

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Why Jamming with Other Musicians is a Must for all Guitarists

Jamming, Kidapalooza, Lollapalooza 2013 by Eric Gravengaard, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)

I have a rule that I enforce on myself and which I encourage students to adhere to. That rule is, for every 10 hours I practice, I must spend at least 1 hour jamming with others.

Jamming with others is not only good for your musical soul, but will make you a better all round guitarist, and it feels damn great too.

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Filed Under: Performing, Practice Techniques Tagged With: Creativity, Improvising, jamming, Musicians

The Most Painful Guitar Playing Mistakes And How To Avoid Them (Part 1)

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Thanks for all the comments on my recent beginner New Year’s transformation series of lessons.

In today’s blog post we are getting really practical and it’s a really important topic – it’s about the way you practice.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Learning, Practice Techniques Tagged With: Common mistakes, jamming, Recording, self analysis

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