The difference between being good at guitar and being great at guitar is a chasm that seems impassable to most. There’s no way around it,…
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As guitarists we tend to focus on guitar-specific things such as learning licks, riffs, technique and the accumulation of gear. While this is all well…
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If you’re committed to learning the guitar, it’s inevitable that you’re going to get into a rut from time to time. Ruts can last from…
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Sometimes all it takes is a suggestion or a new perspective to jump-start your improvisation skills or give your solos a new lease of life,…
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You’ll find a lot of stuff on the internet about breaking out of scale boxes; some players suggest learning the modes (more boxes?) or throwing…
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We all know that one of the biggest challenges faced by guitarists, after putting in the hours to learn all those scale patterns, is how…
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As guitarists, we tend to get comfortable with our playing at a certain level and not venture out of our comfort zones too often, especially…
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Out of the 20 something years I’ve been playing guitar, I’ve had lessons for about 3 of those, so I’m largely self-taught, which is probably…
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When you come to write your own material as a solo artist, band member, composer, or anything else, you’re going to need to know which…
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I decided to go to Music College back in the early 2000s, to the ACM in the UK to be precise, on the advice of…
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