Learn Electric Guitar

Guitar Center have published three snippets from a video interview with former Yardbird and jazz fusion groundbreaker Jeff Beck.  These videos are worth watching whether you have never picked up a guitar before or you’ve been playing for decades.  I was lucky enough to see Jeff Beck play live in concert just a few months [...]

“Shut up an’ play yer guitar” – Frank Zappa
For years now, I have made a habit of frequenting music forums and blogs quite a bit.  I’ve made a few firm friendships that way, learnt a great deal, and had some laughs along the way.  In reading the posts on some of these places I do [...]

The world of guitar instruction has changed a little since I was first started playing electric guitar as a teenager in the early 90s.
Home internet was around back then, but it was very new, and downloading hours of video or audio content was certainly not something that ordinary people had the connection speeds to consider [...]

It happens to all of us some of the time.  Anybody learning electric guitar will at some stage reach a point where every time they pick up the guitar they end up playing the same few things that they played last time.
It’s worth noting that playing similar patterns does not have to be a bad [...]

After finding a band looking for a guitarist, you will need to meet up with them for an audition.  Often, with rock bands, things will be a little less formal and instead of planning an audition, somebody in the band will just say “hey dude, come over to our practice space for a jam” or [...]

Playing guitar at home can be very rewarding.  And for many people, that’s enough.  But, to really learn guitar beyond a beginner level, to really progress with your playing you will need to jam with other people.  Learning to really lock into a band and to listen and connect with other musicians is completely different [...]

Darrin Koltow of the Guitar Noise blog has written recently about practicing first thing in the morning:
“Practice first thing in the morning. The fatigued you is not the ideal, guitar-practicing you. The morning you is. Even if you’re not a “morning person,” you may still feel that boyish/girlish feeling in the morning – the sense [...]

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 [...]