Effectiveness is the measure of truth- The Seventh Principle of Huna
Everyone knows that if you want to get really good at guitar, you need to practice. This is a given. There is also a big difference between practice and playing. These should be interchanged, and in my opinion, you really need [...]

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I don’t have the right amp. I just don’t like how my neck pickup is sounding so I have to wait until I can afford to replace it. My hand is cramped up. There are just too many players out there who are better than me, so why practice and even [...]

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How do you develop strength and control in your left hand in the most optimum and efficient way? Well that’s a good question! Contrary to what some may think, pushing down the strings as hard as you can is counter productive to guitar playing. Not only can it lead to tuning problems, [...]

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I’ve been playing for 8 years and I practice heavily about 3 hrs a day. With that being said, you’d think I can play confidently in a music store, right?
Wrong! It seems that every time I’m in a music store, I don’t know what to play.
It’s like my hands are touching a guitar for [...]

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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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For about 20 years, I was in search of something different, in a time period where guitarists worldwide were learning EVH riffs, and whole introductions and songs, I turned a different direction. I learned a different type of theory, Basic Chord Progressions. I had a guitar teacher in junior high school that taught me all [...]

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Do you play a mean guitar but sound like you’re flying in a Satriani dream?
Have you won the statewide guitar contest for playing all of the Yngwie Malmsteen Marching out songs and solos note for note twice as fast?
Are you the second coming of Greg Howe or Holdsworth but going nowhere with your own sound?

“Innovators [...]

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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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