By Joshua LeBlanc Knowing What You Want To Achieve A lot of guitarists think that when you practice you just grab your guitar and play for how ever long and that is it. However this will only give you small improvements in your playing. Instead you need a clear idea of what you want to … Read more
What Is Jamming? Jamming is when musicians get together to play songs or chose a melody to improvise on together. Jamming isn’t like a performance. It’s a great way to play music casually, try new things and have fun connecting with other musicians. Some quick essential tips for beginner guitar players to get started jamming: … Read more
In this article I’ll try to give you a few tips on how to be better at improvising. First of all, what actually is improvisation? Some people think (I used to be one of them) that improvising is making up what you play on the spot. This is only partially true. Improvising is actually using … Read more
Let’s get one thing straight – there’s few people who aren’t impressed by a good blues guitar solo. Even people who don’t listen to the blues, don’t listen to rock music, and don’t even play guitar, will grudgingly admit that the blues sound just has that something to it – a certain swagger and attitude … Read more
“Success is 10% talent and 90% hard work” – you all heard it, right? Well, there is a good reason why this saying is so popular. The reason is simple – it is the truth! Many people give up playing guitar (or doesn’t even start) because they believe they don’t have music talent. I’ll tell … Read more
Are you just starting out to play the guitar and don‘t know what to do with it? There are many ways to use the instrument in a musical way and the vastness may seem intimidating. To start out why don‘t you learn something you can use right away and will build the groundwork for many … Read more
I’ve been writing songs for over twenty years, and for most of these years, I used to believe that the right time to write a song is when you have a sudden flash of inspiration where the melody comes easy and the lyrics kind of write themselves. And sometimes it happened. I could be while … Read more
How To Make Your Guitar Practice More Effective For Getting Results It’s common for guitar players to spend tons of time practicing only to end up frustrated because they never seem to get any better. Does this happen to you to? There are many different reasons why you are becoming a better guitarist during your … Read more
Blake Stevenson Music has been around for ages. It’s benefits have been proved time and time again. Still, less and less people tend to be willing to pay for something like a music education as they are still unconvinced of the true value of something like guitar lessons. Here are 3 reasons why learning guitar … Read more
As a performer, there’s nothing more disheartening than performing a song that you’ve worked so hard on, only to have your audience look bored when you perform. Why is it when some people perform the audience has a great time, and other times the audience just isn’t “into it”? Let’s look at a couple of … Read more
