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Working as a guitar teacher I realized early on where to focus if I was to continue getting paid. Students continued taking lessons with me because of the value I provided to them. Sure, some students seem willing to hang out because of the music store atmosphere, my playing ability or the the simple thought of "Jeez, that Storm is a really cool guy". ;) ... Full story

Some lead guitar licks you hear over and over again. These licks are clichés and they are valuable to have under your fingers. Just like their verbal cliché cousins, tried-and-true sayings (such as "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush") these licks can quickly get over used but they get over used because they work. The following 10 Early Rock licks work ... Full story

If you have never taken an online guitar lesson before, then I hope you can come join me Thursday when I take the FREE section of GuitarTeacher.com to a new level! Tomorrow, Thursday, June 12th from 2:00-3:00 PM(PST) I am previewing FREE LIVE GROUP GUITAR LESSONS. No registration required. Simply go to my Live Lesson ... Full story

Sometimes life gets a little crazy. Too many places to go. Too many emails to respond too. Too many G13b9b5 chords! It's at times like these you just want to sit back, relax and jam to a nice diatonic progression in C major using simple triads. Like the following jam track: Download original file (.mp3) This track ... Full story

It's May 1st and it is time to announce the winner of the giveaway of a month of online guitar lessons. The contest helped me promote my service here of live 1-to-1 guitar lessons via Skype and was open to all subscribers to the GuitarTeacher.com 'Play Guitar Better' Newsletter. The subscriber count as of today ... Full story

April is almost over but you still have time to enter the contest to win a free month of guitar lessons! All you have to do enter is subscribe for FREE to the GuitarTeacher.com 'Play Guitar Better' newsletter and you are automatically entered in the contest. Use the form below to enter. What else ... Full story

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In that spirit of that crazily popular website Facebook, here are 25 completely random posts from my website, GuitarTeacher.com. Free Online Guitar Jam Tracks 4 Scales You Should Know Finger Stretching Warmup - “The Rack” Parts Of The Guitar The “Secret” Pentatonic Shapes 10 Must Have Items for Guitarists GuitarTeacher On Twitter Learning ... Full story

For the last few days I have kicked the tires on a piece of software called WebCamMax and I am really excited about it. The more I use it, the more I know it will become one of the software tools I use here at GuitarTeacher.com for creating online guitar ... Full story

Yes today is April 1st, April Fools Day, but I have a new promotion to tell you about and it is not a joke! For the month of April, anyone who subscribes to my Play Guitar Better newsletter will be automatically entered into a contest to win a month of Private Online Guitar Lessons with ... Full story