In my post last week, I talked about what sets children apart from adults which allows the former to pick up new skills quicker than the latter. In our case we are interested in playing the guitar. I argued that time plays a big — if not the biggest — role. Most children have an [...]
September 24, 2010
I recently submitted a Youtube video to an online Blues contest — called the Blue Noize contest — hosted by one of the heavyweights of the guitar blogosphere, Guitar Noize. The challenge was to create a solo over a blues backing track provided by the organisers and submit it to Youtube to be judged by [...]
September 22, 2010
For those people who don’t know Tommy Emmanuel: have you lived under a rock all this time? Seriously though, Tommy Emmanuel is regarded by many people as one of the best guitarists of our time. He is most well known for his acoustic guitar work. The man truly is a genius. He can play several [...]
September 20, 2010
In their quest to guitar mastery, many players will hit a point where they wish they had started playing earlier. How often have you heard someone mutter something along the lines of, “If I had only started playing when I was 8, I would have been so much better than I am now!”. Perhaps you [...]
September 17, 2010
When performing in front of an audience inevitably there will be a moment in which you make a mistake. Making mistakes is part of being human; and it seems that playing in front of a crowd makes you even less safe from this unpleasant phenomenon. No matter how often you practise something perfectly, sooner or [...]
September 15, 2010
This is the — for now — final post in the Slash guitar lesson series of articles at The Lone Guitarist. It is a guest post by Dr. Matt Warnock of Guitar International Magazine. I often have students and players come to me asking about which books they should buy in order to learn how [...]
September 12, 2010
In my previous post (see “Slash Guitar Lesson and Tips” which I did for Guitar International Magazine) I talked about three ideas that Slash uses that are typical of his lead playing style. In this post I want to add three more ideas that you can incorporate into your own lead playing. Let me emphasise [...]
September 27, 2010