“Why am I troubled in this narrow cramped routine, when life, all life, with all its joys lies open to me?”-Leo Tolstoy
Do you seem to be asking yourself this question regularly? Are you leading the life that you have envisioned for yourself?
Maybe you are. But there is a good chance that […]

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Just got finished reading a blog post from Michael Michalko, one of the most highly acclaimed creativity experts in the world. As an officer in the U.S. Army, Michael organized a team of NATO intelligence specialists and international academics in Frankfurt, Germany, to research, collect, and categorize all known inventive-thinking methods. His team applied the […]

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A great thing about commenting on blogs is that you can put a link to whatever website you would like to represent on your commenting name.
It can boost your credibility, bring in more music sales, and increase your revenue. A well-placed, well-written comment gets fellow readers interested in you, and they’ll follow you to your […]

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Besides from sucking, (although there are many exceptions to this) the number 1 reason people fail to achieve what they want in life is simply one word:
Find out what it is by reading more….

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Or would you curl up in a ball, cry yourself to sleep, and wake up the next day and sell your guitar on eBay?
Having the maturity and resolve to handle criticism is a skill that most guitarists and even people in general lack. Losing the ego and just taking in what others suggest can […]

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“Play a new thing every day. Learning one new passing chord or a note combination will get you moving towards something that will serve you later on. Someday, a song will come along that all of those things will relate to.”—Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder is as diverse as anyone in music. He is known for […]

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…or What I Learned From Hazrat Inayat Khan

Hazrat Inayat Khan was a travelling Sufi who lectured on the true nature of sound and vibration as the basic creative force in the universe and how music and dance can be used as a tool to achieve harmony with your surroundings and God (pick one… he wasn’t […]

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The issue of “Funk” is something all musicians have to address eventually. Some folks are naturals. Others are hard-workers with creative minds, and yes there are a few who no matter what they do will not play Funk. Whether it’s by choice or Interest, they will not or can’t nail the funky stuff. Are they […]

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We all never want to stop getting better at guitar. What’s the best way to go about achieving Never-Ending Guitar Improvement?
The Japanese have a word for Never-ending Improvement.
It is “Kaizen.” Kai meaning “change” and Zen meaning “good”
If all you did was improve one tiny aspect of your guitar life every single […]

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I am pretty lazy about life, in general, I do not meditate as much as I used to, nor do I get out to exercise much, but as far as my guitar fitness, I am constantly striving to stay at the top of my game, and learn new things. For […]

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