Is Your Guitar Hero Your Guitar Hero?

As a guitar teacher, I’m constantly hearing comparisons between “Guitar Hero” (the game where you hit buttons on a guitar shaped controller in response to lights) and actual guitar technique. There are a few similarities, but also many differences and I thought it would be useful to make a list. This should benefit those of [...]

January 18, 2010 at 2:35 pm | Guitar Technique and Exercises, Music News and Opinions | 2 comments

Guitar Prodigy?

So, this being England in the winter, everyone has had to deal with copious amounts of snow (and trust me, this country doesn’t work very well in the snow!). Looking outside my window, there is still a foot (30cm) of snow covering everything and this is after it’s been sitting there -melting- for the last [...]

January 8, 2010 at 6:27 pm | Music News and Opinions | No comments

Pure, Raw, Unadulterated ROCK!

Imagine the scene: three hairy, bearded rockers in a hot, sweaty practice room, somewhere in the English town of Reading. Armed with only a humble tape recorder and a couple of dynamic microphones strategically placed in the centre of the room, they go about capturing the powerful, heavy beast that is their unique sound. That [...]

December 31, 2009 at 4:13 pm | Music News and Opinions | 1 comment

Christmas Sheet Music

OK, so it’s almost that time again: Turkey, Christmas pudding, guy with fat red suit, feuerzangenbowle…however you chose to celebrate in you own country there will be one thing in common for all of us: friends and relatives. Whether it’s you’re Gran and Grandma coming over tell you how much you’ve grown, or you’re closest [...]

December 23, 2009 at 11:24 am | Music News and Opinions | No comments

Old Woman Blues, Next X-Factor Star?

Recently, on YouTube I came across this video of an old lady from Belarus playing the guitar with a lightbulb. The guitar is out of tune, and you can only vaguely make out the melody, but I don’t care. I think this video is great. I can’t even tell if the passers by are giving [...]

December 14, 2009 at 4:22 pm | Guitar Technique and Exercises, How to, Music News and Opinions | No comments

Why Do We Even Need Barre Chords Anyway?

This post is a response to “Bar Chords: Do You Have to Learn Them” posted on another guitar-based blog called “Not Learning Guitar” by Gary Fletcher. I agree with alot of what is said in the post, but there are a few points I would have to clarify for anyone reading it (guitar-technique related points, [...]

December 10, 2009 at 12:00 pm | Guitar Technique and Exercises, How to, Music News and Opinions | No comments

Strum Along

I once remember being asked a question by another guitarist, and to be honest, he had a very good point. The problem was the point of view that he was asking the question from. I had the a similar perspective to him before I found the answer, and this is one of those things that [...]

December 6, 2009 at 12:00 pm | Guitar Technique and Exercises, Music News and Opinions, Practicing and Practice Routine | 1 comment

Feelin’ Blue

Recently, I bought an album by the band ZZ Top- it’s the one known as “ZZ Top’s First Album”, which I always thought was the absolute best title to give a bands first album (provided of course, that the band in question is named “ZZ Top”- otherwise it’d be a bit weird…). Anyway, while listening [...]

December 5, 2009 at 1:50 pm | Music News and Opinions | 3 comments

Guitar Fail

This is specifically dedicated to those of you who think it’s a good idea to show off on stage. Remember, the things that make a good stage performance include: atmosphere, communication, and the music (of course). I don’t know why this guy thought that jumping off his amp was a good idea! Not only does [...]

December 2, 2009 at 6:58 pm | Music News and Opinions | No comments

Caring for Your Guitar

Although, as I’ve said before, knowing how to play and having a good guitar technique is more important than playing the best guitar, it’s still important to look after the guitar you have. So here are five things you will need in order to take care of your instrument: 1) A Hard Case Once you [...]

November 30, 2009 at 12:00 pm | How to, Music News and Opinions | No comments

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