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How to Deal with Stage Fright

Stage fright; noun 1. Nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience. Scientific research into stage […]

When learning guitar, or indeed most things, your initial progress matched with your new-found enthusiasm will make for almost daily […]

One of my all-time favorite guitar players, and possibly the single biggest influence on my playing over the years, has […]

A lot of intermediate guitarists arrive at the point where their soloing either sounds uninspired or relies too heavily on […]

My buddy Alex over at (the now defunct) guitarsightedinstruction.com got me thinking about teaching experiences, and one in particular that had […]

If you’re over the age of 35 you probably remember being taught to write with an ink pen or fountain […]

One of the hardest things to pull off when you go to improvise (in my opinion) is… The solo that […]

Here are a few things that I feel really separate great players from good ones: 1. Good Vibrato Guitar playing […]

You may not have heard of him, but Allan Holdsworth is one of the most interesting, unique and all-round terrifying […]

Around 2002 I wanted to get serious about playing guitar, so I decided to go to Music College. I chose […]