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The Psychologically and Musically Sound One Note, One String Method For Starting To Improvise On The Guitar
Last month I got to jam with my brother-in-law Stephen and one of my daughters–this one is my recent college grad. We played some Doc Watson, some Marty Robbins, some Jimi Hendrix. Anytime I get to play with one of my kids I think “this is one of the great moments of my life!” B
Continue Reading ?Don’t Wait Until You’re Great To Start Having Fun
Don’t Dream It, Be It After 30 years as a guitar school entrepreneur, I’ve heard thousands of people tell me, “I want to learn guitar.” Often the student has an idea of potential progress in terms of skills acquired. They want to learn chords or barre chords.
Continue Reading ?Once Again, For the First Time…Some More
Yet another way to have more fun and more success by practicing smarter. Thirty years ago I had just arrived in the bright lights of New York City—a very different place than the little Idaho towns where I grew up—and my friend had gotten me a cool gig. I was filling in for a couple s
Continue Reading ?You’re Practicing Guitar Wrong (Here’s Why)
The Fastest Way to Play Better is to Slow Down You’re practicing too fast. And it is slowing you down. I get it, it is fun to play fast–and sometimes we have to play fast to play the songs that move us. But when we learn a new guitar part or pass a new threshold of skill, there
Continue Reading ?Getting Stuck is Part Of Getting Going by Dr. Dave Popple
Above: That’s Dave on the far right, performing in Herald Square with (from left) my NYC Guitar School business partner Jen, me, student Sophie—and teacher Dylan Charles on the snow mountain. We were playing “On Broadway”… on Broadway! (Photo by Malik Chatman) Today’s guest post comes
Continue Reading ?Stop Hitting Yourself With Your Guitar
Sticking with it matters more than suffering through it We’ve all heard the old joke: Patient: “Doctor, it hurts when I hit myself in the head.” Doctor: “Stop hitting yourself in the head.” Today, I will be your Doctor of Guitar. After several decades of teaching guitar and watching t
Continue Reading ?Don’t Fear the Resolution: Why Imperfect Goals Still Rock
Read this if you want your next resolution to actually stick! It’s the New Year! And that means lots of New Year’s resolutions. As a rock‑and‑roll entrepreneur, I love that — January is always one of our biggest months for new enrollments. People are fired up, hopeful, and ready to tr
Continue Reading ?Thank You for a Beautiful Year of Music
60+ Events Made This Our Biggest Year Yet! I’ve had so many moments of joy and satisfaction this past year as a guitar-slinging, song-teaching rock-and-roll entrepreneur—but one of the very best came just a couple of weeks ago at one of our Songwriter Showcases. Mass Appeal in Union S
Continue Reading ?Stop Making Guitar Hard—No More Guitar Heroes
Just Play You don’t need a breakthrough—you need a habit. I felt on top of the world! I had just finished hosting a sold-out Master Class at NYC Guitar School with the incredible lead guitar player and teacher Suke Cerulo. The room was packed, the energy was high, and the students wer
Continue Reading ?Barre Chords, Broken Strings, and Building a Business: My NYC Guitar School Story by Elizabeth Cornell of Urban Canyon Guitar Repair
One of the most rewarding parts of running NYC Guitar School is watching students grow—sometimes in ways none of us could have imagined. Today’s guest post comes from a student who went from battling barre chords to running her own guitar repair shop inside our school. (She learned to
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The Psychologically and Musically Sound One Note, One String Method For Starting To Improvise On The Guitar
Are you afraid of “getting it wrong”? Read on! This advice works for both guitar and life. How good is this advice? Well, it’s free, so...
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