“I bet I’m the worst student you’ve ever had” she said as she started to put her guitar away. The truth is, Lisa was probably the most talented person to sit opposite me in months. She was a real natural and picked everything up quicker than most. She was a complete beginner and had always […]
“I didn’t get to play as much as I’d hoped this week.” This is the most common thing any student says to me at the beginning of each lesson. Seriously, this is said by almost every student that arrives at my studio. No one ever seems to feel they’ve done enough playing to justify the […]
A few years back, I was asked to be the guitar tutor at a local music school. For one day each week, I would work with a handful of guitarists giving guidance and training. My first day was spent being shown around the incredible facility complete with studio, session rooms, and complete band set-ups. Everyone […]
Video Lesson: How to Play The Ballad Strum Some of you will recall I did a free strumming series on YouTube a year or so ago. In it I covered some essential guitar strums aimed at getting you up and playing in a range of musical styles, fast. Well, it seems that I missed one […]
In a recent lesson I was asked about my approach to playing funk guitar solos, which caused me to pause… because I’ve never really analysed what I do when playing funky solos… I’ve mainly tended to play just whatever I feel in the moment… never thinking too much as I find thinking gets in the […]