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So Are You? Or don't you want to be? This relates back to an article I read a few weeks back about guitar motivation. I had plans to write a post about it back then but I was busy so it must have been pushed to the back of my mind. Until I seen a picture of the Hendrix statue in Seattle. This immediately sparked a thought process. Why do we decide to learn the guitar in the first place? What is it that draws us to want to tame this magical beast? Potential Fame? Commanding a Stage? Or maybe just for the general Fun Factor of it? This[...]

Are you a guitar beginner? Are you an experienced guitarist that's just lost that motivation to play? Do you want some structure to your practising? Or maybe you just want to improve as a guitarist? Then this simple guide is for you. This guide contains 52 simple tips for you to try out so that you can: Improve technique Finger Ability Theory knowledge Motivation Timing Rhythm Many More Now please remember that these are just simple tips that you can do, and you will need to read into them further to boost your[...]

A week or two ago I posted about my guitar motivation, or lack of it. Now although I have picked up my guitar since then, I still haven't picked it up enough. I mean, when people ask me what my hobbies are or anything like that, I do say "I play the Guitar." But the way things are going at the minute I am going to refrain from saying that to people as it's just not true. Anyway as I was looking on the internet for different motivational techniques, I came across one article that seemed to jump out at me. It was called Guitar Practice[...]

Alright people, how are you all? Hope you're all ok. Anywho back to the post. Recently I've been really trying to push myself back into the guitar. I remember when I was about 14 I couldn't put the guitar down. I would play every night without fail, scream away with distortion blaring. Anytime I had a free couple of minutes or a couple of hours I would pick up my acoustic and strum out some Oasis, Paul Weller or another great song. I would regularly listen to guitar based music and think "Wow! I wanna learn that!" My favourite shop used to[...]