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, it could lead [...]

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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 [...]

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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 day, [...]

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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 the serious guitarist, there is [...]

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