One of my recent book purchases has been The 4-Hour Body, by Tim Ferriss, who happens to be one of my favorite authors and inspirations.  Tim, who also wrote 4-Hour Work Week, likes to think and approach things differently than most people.  He is a person who is fueled by discovering ways to change the [...]

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It’s been an awesome time writing and editing articles here on GuitarPlayerZen, but as you all have probably noticed,  I have really been slacking lately.   Unfortunately or fortunately sometimes it is best to let things be, and appreciate them for what they are or were, rather than just trying to force things.    At this [...]

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“Beauty is the purgation of superfluities” -Michelangelo* It’s no surprise that Michelangelo spent his whole life fighting the evil Shredder.   You see, Michelangelo likes the simple things in life:  pizza, karate, and babes.   What things of beauty! The evil Shredder, well, he makes life complicated.  He shrouds himself with a metallic suit, covering his face [...]

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Worldwide Launch – Monday, October 25th, 2010 Six String Bliss is many things: it’s a website, it’s the longest-running guitar podcast on the internet, and it’s a community. What started out as a one-off idea, putting out an album of listener-submitted Christmas songs in December 2007(A Blissful Christmas, Episode 92), became a more ambitious undertaking [...]

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Effects of Mental Practice and Modeling on Guitar and Vocal Performance, a study done by Anne Theiler and Louise Lippman, has shown that mental practice facilitates cognitive coding and creates optimal levels of attentional focus and arousal. aka:  Making you more of a guitar badass. What They Did In this study, the effectiveness of various [...]

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