Learn Electric Guitar

I think every kid dreams of being a rock star at some stage when they’re growing up.  And why not?  I mean, on the face of it, it seems like a pretty good deal.. you get to travel the world and perform your own songs to hordes of appreciative and adoring fans.  But of course, [...]

2010 is just around the corner guys!  And if you’ve been meaning to step up your guitar playing, the new year is a great opportunity to spur yourself to do something about it.  Here are a few ideas you can include in your New Year’s Resolutions:
Practice More
It might seem obvious, but it’s still a great [...]

“I wish they’d had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would’ve been straightened out.” – Jimi Hendrix
“After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.” – Frederick Chopin
“You’ve got to learn [...]

So, you wanna be a rock star, but you’re not sure your name would look the part in the liner notes?  The  stage name is your friend, my friend. Some guitarists have ended up with a stage name from a nickname, others have deliberately crafted a radically new identity for themselves.  Here are a few [...]

So you are learning electric guitar, and unsatisfied with the pace you have set?
Learning to play any sort of instrument does largely come down to consistent practice. But there are a few things you can do that will help you learn electric guitar fast.
1) Use a metronome
There are many types of metronomes – older [...]

Isn’t it strange how performing in front of a crowd can sometimes make something as fun and enjoyable as playing into a real nightmare?  Here are a few tips to sort out those nerves..
Know your parts
Learn every part of every song you’re going to play, and learn them backwards.  Get to the stage where you’re [...]

Heya.. happy new year everyone
To kick things off for the year, I have created an account on Flickr for the Learn Electric Guitar blog.  Flickr is a popular image hosting and sharing service.  What’s cool about having the exercises on Flickr is that, if people want to review some of the exercises I’ve [...]

I haven’t added any exercises here in a while.. though I do plan to get one more post on alternate picking exercises before christmas.  In the meantime, check out these licks from Jon over at Guitar Noize.
He’s written up some string skipping exercises, they are written out legato though as he suggests, you could have [...]

Do you ever sit down to practice.. tune up.. plug your guitar into your amp.. start playing and then think “i’m sure it sounded better yesterday“?  So then you start switching pickups, play with the gain knob.. okay, that’s sounding harsh now, I’ll wind back the treble.. okay it needs a bit more attack, I [...]

An interesting comment from blog reader ’stevo’ on my last post on learning to play other people’s songs:
    “why would you wanna play other people’s songs? just develop your own voice”
There’s so many different ways of responding to this, because different people have different reasons for wanting to learn other people’s songs.
I’ve always spent most [...]