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The World’s Ugliest Guitar Player

So in my “travels” I recently came across an article talking about the Blobfish – recently voted as the world’s ugliest animal. Anyhow, this Blobfish looks for all intents and purposes like a pinkish blob with eyes, a nose like thing, and a mouth. Basically, it sits about 900 meters underwater, looking for stuff to […]

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The most self-conscious guitar player in the room

I was talking to this guy named Chris – he told me a story I’ve heard all too many times before… Basically he loves to play guitar with his mates, but his big problem is if there isn’t a page of chords in front of him, he’s totally lost. He kind of gets by, bit […]

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1 Trick To Figuring Out The Key Of A Song

After spending 5 months in out space, last week Commander Chris Hadfield safely landed back on earth, with his two crew mates. In case you weren’t aware, Cmdr Hadfield has gained fame as being the “guitar playing astronaut” even writing and performing music from outer space! Pretty cool, if you ask me. He even played […]

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Gagging Down The Blue Pill

Did you ever see the movie the Matrix? Kind of a weird movie I guess, but it sure spawned a loyal following, and somehow they turned it into a trilogy… Anyhow, there’s this scene in there where Neo, the main character, is given the choice between taking two pills. There’s a red pill, and a […]

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How To Decipher Mystery Chords on Guitar

So… mystery chords… What is a mystery chord? Have you ever fiddled around on your guitar, and come up with a guitar chord that sounds really good, but because you literally just created it by ear, you have NO idea what to call it, let alone how to use it? (Side note – you can […]

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Impress Your Friends With This Guitar Trick

Last weekend I went for a quick little camping trip. There’s something about camping – even close to home – that does the heart good. At least, it does mine. And of course I jumped at the chance to take along my old Takamine and get in a little campfire jamming in the evening. Certain […]