Simplicity is powerful. When you find it, you go further. When you don't, you get frustrated, bogged down by complexity, and less effective when learning guitar. Nowhere is this truer than in the areas of music creation, Simplicity plays a vital role in making a song memorable. When people listen to your song and anticipate the memorable … [Read more...]
The Antidote for Digital Addiction
Imagine you're trying to get something important done. You check your phone to see if someone commented on your post. Someone did. You respond back and try to start your work again. You check your phone again, someone comments, and you reply again. This goes on for a while. You stretch out your arms, check your phone, squirm in your seat--you're … [Read more...]
Practicing Guitar Should make Minutes seem like Seconds
If you're struggling to practice guitar, make it your goal to make minutes feel like seconds. You don’t have to practice as much as you think if you focus on quality practice. What do I mean? You measure quality by the effort you put in. If you spend 5 minutes practicing, only you know your level of effort. Quality effort fuels the desire for more … [Read more...]
Should You Limit Your Creativity?
Adding the things I am and do, I’ll add runner. If I want to run on Wednesday night, I have to plan the night before because of my schedule. If I plan well, I can squeeze in a 40 minute run while my daughter is at gymnastics. Why am I telling you this? If learning and improving on guitar is important to you, then you'll likely have to plan ways … [Read more...]
Guitar Manifesto Wants You to Play
Guitar Manifesto wants you to unleash creativity and go play. That’s my manifesto and I’ll tell you what inspired me to write one. I’ll also explain what Bruce Springsteen really thinks about politics. So what's a manifesto? "Manifesto" is typically a word you hear in politics. It is "a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, … [Read more...]