Using A Guitar Practice Journal

About 14 years ago I noticed that one of my students was making spectacular progress. They were progressing at a rate far faster than some of my other students. I was curious about how they were getting the results. So I asked them exactly how they approached...

The Guitar Mastery Practice Planning Process

In this article, we take a look at the exact process that I use to plan my guitar practice. I call it The Guitar Mastery Practice Planning Process. (Try saying that 10 times in a row quickly!!!). Although the specifics of practice planning will be different for every...

From Pipe Dream To Reality

In another article, I talked about the value of learning to hustle. In that article, we took a look at the importance of building momentum that helps you achieve your musical goals. In this article, we’re going to look at a specific strategy to help you build...

How To Totally Suck At Guitar

You’ve probably seen plenty of advice on how to improve your guitar playing. So I thought I’d do the opposite. In this article, I’ll reveal how to totally suck at guitar… You ready? Yeah? Cool. Here we go. Here’s how to totally suck at guitar…...

The Benefits Of Logging Your Guitar Practice

Because we looked at keeping monthly and yearly guitar practice logs in a couple of previous articles, I thought it would be a good idea to talk now about some of the benefits of logging your guitar practice. Let’s jump right in with the first benefit…...

Identifying Guitar Timing Problems

Have you ever had trouble mastering the timing of a lick or riff that you’ve been practicing? If you have, then you’ll know that it can be a very frustrating experience—especially if you’ve put in hours of diligent work and still can’t get the...