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Confessions of an 80’s Guitar Shredder

I learned guitar in the 80’s. This was a time when guitar solos were fast, squealy and played by real men… dudes dressed as women that worshipped the devil and wore…

Which guitar players should I listen to?

“Which guitar players should I listen to?” “Who should I emulate?” I get these questions from students all the time. Who floats your boat? Who tickles your fancy? Wh…

Terry Robb

Terry Robb is a blues guitarist occupying a unique position in the guitar pantheon as an exponent of American Primitivism a style pioneered by John Fahey and derived…

How Much Should I Practice Guitar?

I often get asked, “How much should I practice guitar” and “How much practice will I need to do to get good at guitar?” Everyone has their own answer for this. I fin…

Guitar Players

riani What kind of guitar player would you like to be? A shredder? A melodic guitarist? A rhythmic, percussive jazz fusion master? A groovy funkmeister? A country ho…

Perfectionism vs Pushing Through

The guitar students that I’ve taught throughout the last 20 years or so all fall into two categories when it comes to their particular style of practicing. They eith…

Blast from the Past

Here is the unbelievable Merle Travis beating Angus Young to it, but only by around 40 years or so! Pay close attention to Merle’s fingers and you’ll see that he is…

Chet Atkins

About twenty years ago I went out to buy a Chet Atkins record and what I came back with contained the impressive instrumental Kicky. Atkins makes this sound about as…

Silencing the ‘Little Advisor’ (A.K.A. Overcoming Guitar Procrastination)

One word that seems to manifest an uneasy feeling in most of us humans is the word discipline. So often it’s associated with pain, boredom and generally doing stuff…

Do guitar drills actually help your playing?

The thing I love about getting face to face with other aspiring musicians that are hungry to improve, is knowing that I’m going to learn something from them. I know…

The Truth About Mastering The Guitar

“I bet I’m the worst student you’ve ever had” she said as she started to put her guitar away. The truth is, Lisa was probably the most talented person to sit opposit…

Guilty Guitar

“I didn’t get to play as much as I’d hoped this week.” This is the most common thing any student says to me at the beginning of each lesson. Seriously, this is said…