All posts tagged with: learning guitar
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including a story of David Gilmour and his wife, the attractiveness of guitarists, and the love/hate relationship with guitar.
For a bit of fun, here’s a Valentine’s Day special…
Motivation and inspiration are incredibly powerful.
Both of these things have created massive positive changes throughout history, after all.
I mean that’s how the lightbulb, TVs, phones, cars, the internet, space shuttles, and more were invented.
As it’s Valentine’s Day in a few days, I want to tell you a quick love story about the guitar gone bad.
Last week I talked about one of my most embarrassing moments playing guitar.
If you’ve ever played in front of others and it didn’t go so well, you might wonder why it’s so hard.
One reason is because of nerves.
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including needing to have “thick skin”, playing for yourself, and a potential new podcast. Here we go…
Have you played guitar in front of someone else and had a bad experience?
I know I’ve been there in the past.
For me, it was horrific.
Here’s an interesting comment I got from a member of the Fingerstyle 101 Facebook group last week.
It was in reply to me asking the question:
“What are you insecure about when it comes to your playing?”
A few people have been asking me lately about how they can learn the guitar effectively at a pace that suits them.
It’s a really important question in many ways.
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including being in love with the guitar, contrast as a secret ingredient, and more. Here we go…
The guitar is a magical instrument – we all know that.
…And just like how the ancient Aztecs used to cook with a special ingredient called amaranth (which I’ve started to use myself).
I want to teach you about a special ingredient you can add to your guitar playing.