Six months ago I was chatting with a friend who seemed to have lost his way… He was as sad as raindrops on a grave, because every time he picked up his guitar to play, it seemed that nothing came out. So, he’d just sit there, strum a couple chords, woefully reminisce about the days […]
All guitar beginners progress at different paces – no different than how kids develop. I was walking at ten months (which is early), but apparently it took Einstein until four years old before he spoke his first word (late). I’ve seen some guys tear right into learning to play guitar, and blow past seasoned players […]
Years ago I remember taking some sort of I.Q. test. I don’t remember much about it, including what my result was, but I know I scored somewhere between “broccoli” and “Einstein” so I guess I did okay. One thing I do remember about that test was that part of it was about how well you […]
Last week I was at a year end concert for a bunch of local guitar students, and it was fun to listen to how they played. One particular fellow, in his mid-50’s or so, had clearly wanted to play lead guitar for many years, but had only recently had the opportunity. Well, that night he […]
A few years back I lived in Liberia, West Africa for about a year. Long story, for a different day. While there, I had a pet monkey. He was cool. He liked to ride on the motorcycle handlebars, right up front. He was pretty good at it too, and he’d go on long rides with […]
I had a problem with my car the other day – there was some terrible clunking noise coming from the back end, and I had no clue what it was. You see, I’m not exactly what you’d call a ‘gear head.’ I’ve ‘helped’ friends work on their cars at various times over the years when […]
Three free videos. The fretboard isn't twenty separate positions, it's one system that keeps repeating. Once you see that, the chord shapes you already know stop being mystery moves and start being the where of something bigger. I'll show you in about fifteen minutes total.