Tip books are a dime a dozen. Good tip books are rare.
The Little Book of Talent has some incredible advice, and good news: It's completely applicable to guitar.
This is a book you need to have on your guitar bookshelf. Seriously. This post will share why. Let's hit it!
Read MoreBlack Grease is given a 0/10 difficulty rating. You need to learn one chord and one strumming pattern to play this awesome song. That, and it's a rocker!
Read MoreThis video is part of the Black Grease blog post and guitar tutorial.
Looking for a solid metronome app for iOS? Look no further than ProMetronome. This metronome has it all.
Read MoreThere are two guitar picks that I currently recommend to absolute beginners, and the Snarling Dog Brain Picks is one of them. Find out why in this review.
Read MoreThere are thousands of places online where guitarists of all levels can hang out and talk shop. It takes a little bit of effort to find a good community if you're a beginner and want to find one, but it's well worth the trouble. After all, they can help you learn guitar much faster. How?
The answers might surprise you. Let's suss this out...
Read MoreThere are two major books out there on learning funk rhythm guitar. This one is the best. This is a review of this book, and what you'll learn if you buy it. It includes examples of the exercises played by yours truly.
Read MoreTeachers and students. The idea is simple: Learn from someone who knows more than you do about a subject. You learn, you become more familiar with the subject, and then you get what you want. This process goes swimmingly when the teacher cares about the student as a human being first, and a student second. This is great, right? Yeah! It is! But what happens when the teacher is bitter and sarcastic? Biting, and aggressive with criticism? Ouch.
Read MoreCharlie Belle, the band consisting of Jendayi Bonds and her brother Gyasi Bonds, is going to get pretty big one day. Count on it. Did you ever wish you knew a band before they got big? Now is your chance. Also, I get the extreme honor of playing a tune with Jendayi.
Read MoreDaniel Louis White gave one of the most insightful interviews about music and jazz composition I've ever heard. I felt seriously, completely humbled to be there, to ask him questions. He's a giant!
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