Understanding the Greatness of Clapton Yes, I have met students who have never heard of Eric Clapton! That kinda thing never ceases to amaze me. You wouldn’t believe it, but it’s true! Or, they may know of him in a vague sense, but don’t know his tunes, his solos, or his massive influence on rock…
Do This One Thing To Be More Creative What does it mean to be creative on guitar? What do you think of when you hear the term? For most of us, we think of creative people we look up too. They could be songwriters, lead guitar players, artists, actors, rappers, painters, anyone who takes part…
5 Guitar Truths – No One Will Tell You These facts are the things people will never tell you, but they nearly always thinking. Why won’t they tell you? Simply put, most people avoid conflict if they can. There’s no reason to engage in conflict with someone if the other person is unwilling to understand…
10 Ways To Be A More Creative Guitar Player Do you always wish you were more creative playing guitar? Do you listen to people who seem to have an endless amount of creative juice they can tap into at any moment? Whether monstrous solos, or lots of songs, It’s like a weird superpower, right? I…
4 Reasons You Avoid The Metronome I feel like I hear it every week at least once in lessons. “Hey, why do I need a metronome?” Well, maybe you don’t! It could be that you are the one student who never needed one! HAHA, no. Most of this is coming from fear. If you have…
5 Practice Room Musts Are you struggling to meet your goals on the guitar? Then we created this article for you. Players of all levels will eventually hit a wall where they don’t know what to do in order to advance to the next level of their playing. For each student it is different, because…
7 Things You Should Be Doing In The Practice Room When new students come to us for lessons, one of the first things we do is make sure they know not just what to practice, but HOW to practice. The practice room is the place where you’re going to be spending lots of time honing…
6 Ways to Tell You Need Lessons Looking for music lessons? Do you find yourself looking around youtube for hours, but not actually getting any progress finished on your instrument? In our DGA group, we often talk to people on the internet that are convinced they don’t need need lessons….or maybe they do, they’re never…
Why Beginners Struggle With Guitar If you’re ready to begin your journey on guitar, then you know there are many questions about gear, playing, picks, strings, how to sit, how to count, how to READ, the list just goes on and on. You have that burning desire to play, and learn the songs and solos…
Tips – Learning Guitar, Overcoming Issues I wanted to spend some time sharing ideas about how to overcome issues playing guitar as a beginner. There are many places and voices to find, and it can be quite confusing perusing the internet, as all the opinions and takes on issues may make you more confused than…