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December 5, 2023 In Songs Tagged as songs By Dan Thorpe

How a Random 90s Pop Song Inspired This Guitarist

I often like to talk about great musicians and guitarists.

Especially those who started out during the golden years of music (the 60s and 70s).

…But today instead of talking about the likes of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Simon, Mark Knopfler, and James Taylor…

I want to talk about a 90s R&B girl band.

June 17, 2023 In Songs Tagged as learning guitar songs By Dan Thorpe

Join ‘The 5-Song Club’

As I mentioned last week, I’m in the process of making some tweaks to the Dan Thorpe Acoustic Academy.

All the good stuff is staying, but the academy has now got bigger and better.

I’ll mention more of the tweaks soon, but today I’m excited to announce the ‘5 Song Club’ Award.

June 15, 2023 In Songwriting Tagged as Learning songs Songwriting By Dan Thorpe

The Key Elements of Writing a Song

When it comes to writing songs, there are a whole bunch of things that count.

December 17, 2022 In Practice Songs Tagged as Christmas songs By Dan Thorpe

10 of My Favourite Christmas Songs

I don’t think I’ve ever compiled my list of favourite Christmas songs before.

I’ve talked a fair bit about how much I love playing Christmas carols on guitar but…

Today I want to share with you ten of my favourite pop and rock Christmas songs and how they relate to the guitar.

September 6, 2021 In Practice Songs Tagged as guitar practice songs By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (No Songs Are Easy, Fun Music, and Questions)

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including fun music, questions to ask yourself when pracitsing, and more.

Here we go…

May 17, 2021 In Practice Songs Tagged as learning guitar never too old songs By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Music and Dementia, Your “Go-To” Piece, Crazy Skills)

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including research on music and dementia, your “go-to” song, and more…

March 22, 2021 In Practice Songs Tagged as beginner guitar Beginner songs Fingerstyle Fingerstyle Arrangements Practice practicing songs songs By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Beautiful Setlists, Fun Guitar Songs, and an Announcement)

Here are this week’s 3 random thoughts on guitar, music, and life, including fun guitar songs, plus a big announcement, but more on that in a moment.

September 13, 2018 In Q and A Tagged as Inspiration Learning Recording songs By Dan Thorpe 11

Q and A – Five Minutes With Superstar YouTube Teacher, Andy Guitar

Welcome to a new Q and A. For this one, we have Andy Crowley from Andyguitar.co.uk.

Due to his laid back teaching style, his genuine focus on helping beginners improve and high quality tutorials, he is someone I respect highly. Most popular online tutors, especially those on YouTube say they teach beginners, but often their lessons are too difficult for actual beginners.

May 21, 2018 In Riffs Videos Tagged as Bond John Barry Lists songs Top 50 By Dan Thorpe 1

Learn How To Play The James Bond Theme On Guitar

Today we have a fun and exciting riff which is the James Bond theme. Last week I told you I have decided to update the top 50 riffs of all time and this one is definitely going in.

May 14, 2018 In Riffs Songs Tagged as Guitar riffs Rhythm Guitar songs Top 50 By Dan Thorpe 4

An Upcoming Update On The Top 50 Riffs Of All Time

One of my most popular posts on this blog is the Top 50 guitar riffs post which was released a few years ago. It is now getting a massive update and I want this to be the absolute best guitar riff list anywhere so you can have fun, enjoy the best sounding riffs and learn them in a progressive manner.