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Five Tips to Avoid Ending Up in the ‘Acoustic Asylum’

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five tips to avoid the acoustic asylum

Thanks for all the kind words about the Acoustic Asylum podcast so far.

I’m very much just getting the ball rolling, but once I get a regular schedule going and the website fully up and running, it’s going to be great fun.

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Filed Under: Learning, Podcast Tagged With: guitar podcast, Learning

Why Don’t More People Do This on the Guitar?

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Whenever someone tells me they’ve been struggling for decades to play any sort of song, my heart sinks a little for them.

And sadly, this situation is not that uncommon.

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A Vital Guitar Lesson from Rocky IV

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rocky iv

Last week I wrote a little humorous bit about how there are certain Sylvester Stallone movies which we can take some fun guitar lessons from.

Well, as a hardcore Rocky fan growing up, there was one movie and one incredibly special scene I forgot to mention.

This movie would always fire me up and get me in the mood for training.

It was…

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Filed Under: Learning, Practice Tagged With: guitar practice, Learning, Movies, practising

One of My Favourite Exercises for “Unlocking” the Fretboard

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There’s an exercise I love to teach.

It’s inspired by the guitarist, Joe Satriani.

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3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Stallone, Appreciation, and Inspiration)

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Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including thoughts on Sylvester Stallone and the guitar, inspiration, and more.

Here we go…

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A Solid One-Year Plan

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If you want a long-term plan for your guitar playing, this should prove useful.

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3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Being in Love With the Guitar, a Secret Ingredient, and What’s Wrong With Most Songs?)

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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…

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It Was Nothing Personal

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nothing personal

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…

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12 Years of Hard-Won Guitar Teaching Success in a 61-Word Paragraph

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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:

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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

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