When you are playing songs on guitar (or any instrument), you know you are in the moment when you put your whole self into it. Everything is really clicking. Moments like that are really awesome. But, there are also times when putting our whole self into it can be detrimental Read more…
Music is poetry, poetry is music. The two go hand in hand in my view. They really are one in the same. Take limericks for example. How about this one: Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock; the clock struck one and down he run; hickory Read more…
It’s a beautiful fall night. You are with a group of friends and/or family sitting around the bonfire. Life is good. Then someone grabs some guitar from somewhere and puts it in your hand and says “play a song!”. I must know a thousand songs, maybe more. But for some Read more…
One on one lessons are FAR, FAR better than going through life ONLY self-taught. I know, I have been there and let me tell you, my progress as a guitar player would have progressed much better having some kind of consistent instruction from someone who knows better. Too many of Read more…
While teaching in my private lessons, I have been seeing more and more a troubling trend. Here is an example: A brand new student comes into my studio for the first time wanting to take guitar lessons to correct some problems he knows he has. Naturally I want to see Read more…