08/06/2020
As a musician you will almost certainly have heard the line “play what you hear” – but many find that doing so is way ...
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Actively listening to music is one part of practising that many guitar players miss – in fact almost all musicians miss ...
READ MORE >09/09/2019
No one wants to make mistakes or look inept when up on stage in front of an audience, but I have seen it happen many times, ...
READ MORE >14/02/2019
Earlier this year I was in Los Angeles and caught up with the amazing guitarist Carl Verheyen (pronounced Ver-high-in) at ...
READ MORE >Earlier this year NZM's Kevin Downing interviewed guitarist Carl Verheyen in LA, and wrote a Guitar Cool column about a ...
READ MORE >20/06/2018
This is an introductory lesson into the classic acoustic guitar technique of Travis picking, which was made famous by the ...
READ MORE >20/04/2018
Although I am not a big fan of New Year's resolutions, I am a big fan of setting some new goals every now and then. Some ...
READ MORE >11/01/2018
Many guitar players haven’t got a wide-ranging repertoire in their favourite genre let alone even a few favourite Christmas ...
READ MORE >20/12/2017
Have you ever taken a solo and it just sounds like you are just fishing around for the right notes and immediately thought ...
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