Staying Fired Up: Keep Your Guitar Motivation Alive. Becoming the best guitarist you can be isn’t a finish line—it’s a lifelong jam session. Players who truly take the instrument seriously usually share one thing in common: they never stop being students. If you look closely at your guitar heroes, even the ones who’ve melted faces …

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A smarter way to analyse your guitar playing and make real progress. When you start analysing your guitar playing, you’ll quickly realise there are a lot of different areas to look at. Some are obvious, like speed or accuracy, while others are more subtle—the kind that quietly hold you back while you wonder why your …

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Practice note functions, not intervals to improve your ear  By Janus Buch In my years as a full time guitar teacher it baffles me, that teachers keep emphasizing the importance for singing and hearing intervals in music. My teachers did it at the university that I attended and they continue doing it in music schools …

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Fending Off Writer’s Block By Tommaso Zillio If you ever tried to compose a song or write any kind of music, then you probably experienced writer’s block. This is when you just stare in the void desperately trying to come up with an idea, but nothing comes to your mind. No matter how hard you …

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Sometimes Wrong Notes Are Right… If You Know What To Play After By Tommaso Zillio When you start to learn lead guitar, you are (usually) introduced to the concept of “good” notes and “bad” notes. Even if your teacher does not do that (and let’s be clear here, he may have some very good reasons …

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What It Takes To Release An Album Are you a musician, looking to release an album or an EP? If the answer is yes, then roll up your sleeves, because a lot of things will have to get done before the release will actually happen. First off, I am by far not a music marketing …

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Why your music teacher can’t tell you what guitar to buy As a guitar teacher I teach a lot of beginning guitar students. All of these students are eventually faced with the decision of witch guitar to buy. Maybe it’s their very first guitar or they started out on some cheap crappy guitar and now …

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Essential Items You Need When You Buy Your First Guitar When you purchase your first guitar, you should plan on buying a few other things too. These essential items make starting to play and care for your guitar much easier. 1. Pen and Paper Pen and paper is a simple thing that is often overlooked. …

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How To Stay Motivated To Play Guitar Everyone who plays guitar will at times lose motivation. To some this sounds depressing, but this is a good thing. We all go through it. If we are ready for it, we can use it to our advantage.   You are making a mistake if you’re waiting until …

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4 Beginner mistakes and how to avoid them By Miika Korte When you are starting your journey with your new guitar, there are a lot of pitfalls, that you can encounter, which could discourage you from keeping on playing, because ultimately you might realise, something sounds not quite right, but you cannot point your finger …

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