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From Bedroom to Stage: How to Start Performing Guitar Live

Introduction Playing guitar alone in your bedroom is where most of us start. It’s safe, comfortable, and the only audience […]

Apologies for the clickbait title, I couldn’t think of a better one and besides, I believe this post will help […]

We all know that one of the biggest challenges faced by guitarists, after putting in the hours to learn all […]

Reaching an intermediate level of guitar playing is a great achievement, it means you have the discipline and perseverance to […]

As guitarists, we tend to get comfortable with our playing at a certain level and not venture out of our […]

Most guitarists get stuck in a scales rut sooner or later; this is somewhat due to learning patterns which, because […]

With the advent of the internet, and especially YouTube, there are now a plethora of backing tracks available for pretty […]

I didn’t learn the bulk of my guitar knowledge from YouTube, but every now and again I come across a […]

For the most part I taught myself to play guitar. I spent a year at Music College and had a […]

A lot of guitarists get stuck on the intermediate plateau, some for years, some even give up playing at this […]