Today I read a great post by Marketing genius, Seth Godin, and it really hit home with me.   With all the craziness in the economy going on, everyone seems to be making excuses for not doing this or not trying that.
When in reality, the most sagacious thing to be doing is to take your game [...]

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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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When it comes to the subject of musical tuition many of my students arrive with the statement ‘I am stuck in a rut and I can’t improve’. In my opinion there is no simple or straightforward answer to this question, however, I believe your playing can be improved not necessarily through pure physical dedication, but [...]

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When it comes to the subject of musical tuition many of my students arrive with the statement ‘I am stuck in a rut and I can’t improve’. In my opinion there is no simple or straightforward answer to this question, however, I believe your playing can be improved not necessarily through pure physical dedication, but [...]

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Everybody is born bringing a new idea into the theme of life, an idea short and sweet. As you grow your idea grows into a melody that is unique to you. However your idea cannot hold its own in the theme of life, oh no, music cannot be great when only one idea is being [...]

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While this may be a very controversial topic for some, other may find it very enlightening, I myself come from a strong Christian background, mixed with a little eastern beliefs, as well as a few other sects of the churches in America, I feel as though I am one with [...]

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Happy New Years guys! Thanks for making the past 5 months at GuitarPlayerZen.com great!
Now that all the partying and relative visiting is over, we all are brainstorming what New Years Resolutions we will attempt for the new year.
It can be overwhelming, exciting, and scary to think about what will [...]

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When I’ve played from my mind I get in trouble.

-Stevie Ray Vaughan

Think about it.

No, wait, I mean don’t think about it.
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Brian Kramer Workshops & Festival in South Africa
Just returned from almost three weeks in
South Africa (Sept. 16th till Oct. [...]

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“..Your lifelong task, if you care to be a
guitar player, is to accommodate this sort of “bastardised” instrument,
to the Real World of Music” (Charlie Byrd)

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