So last week I ruffled a few feathers.
I sent out an email talking about how most guitar teachers NEVER really teach good basic technique.
Someone said, “Well, Erich Andreas teaches this stuff”.
The gist of my reply was that if he’s like most other tutors, I doubt he does.
That was not an attack or anything on Erich, and it’s NOT personal…
Firstly, I just want to give you a heads up…
In a few hours, enrolment for the Dan Thorpe Acoustic Academy closes. (After this time you will no longer be able to join for this month).
Right now, here’s something you’ll find interesting:
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.
I was watching a rare interview the other day.
It was with an amazing guitarist who died young in a tragic helicopter crash.
This fella was a beast of a guitarist and even Mick Jagger and Keith Richards talked about him as being one of the best of all time.
Here are two more interesting emails I have got lately.
I hope you find the emails and my thoughts useful…
Welcome to a new weekly post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including the “musicality mansion”, 54 days until Christmas, and more.
Here we go…
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.
I’ve been writing a few songs lately.
Some I may use, some I may not. I’m not too sure yet.
…But if you ever want to dabble with writing songs on the guitar…
What’s the best way to learn music theory on guitar?
It’s a great question and since I came back from my little trip, I’ve had a few similar questions about this.
