September 2019

The Do’s and Don’t s of Jamming with a Band What is jamming? I’m going to explain mainly about if you go to club that has a band and they’re doing a Blues jam night, you sign up on their… Read More »The Do’s and Don’t s of Jamming with a Band

The Joy of Playing Guitar or NOT I can remember wanting to be able to play guitar for years before I ever owned a guitar. Hearing sounds coming across the speakers that I knew I wanted to make those sounds… Read More »The Joy of playing guitar or Not?

The number one skill guitar players need is ear training. And this may be the most neglected skill for guitar students. Why is ear training so important? Because it can limit what you can play and learn on the guitar.… Read More »Ear training for guitar, how to hear what you’re playing

Don’t fear these things, Guitar Players! From teaching so many different age groups, genders and skill levels I realize most of us have the same fears when it comes to practicing guitar, improving and performing. When first started I remember… Read More »Don’t fear these things, guitar players!

When you practice do you feel like things are really difficult or almost impossible to play? Are other people just more naturally talented than you? Do you really try but can’t really improve playing guitar? There are real specific answers… Read More »The Secret to Guitar Success, Muscle Memory

IMPROVISATION on the Guitar What does that even really mean? If we think about how we learned to speak any language. It’s very similar to Improvisation on the guitar. Each word we speak is like a note we play on… Read More »The Key to Guitar Improvisation