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What To Do When You’re Moving Backward

Monday, August 9, 2010

I have to admit it. For the greater good of the blog, the loyal Fretheads that come and read my rants on being focused and having the right attitude, blah blah blah, and for my own sanity I have to be up front and honest. As much as I’ve been trying, I’m just not feeling [...]

The Weekend Challenge

Friday, August 6, 2010

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I’ve been trying to come up with a simple yet hard exercise to challenge myself. I didn’t want some overly-complex arpeggio or crazy gymnastic lick, but rather something that would normally seem so archaically easy that I could just pick up the guitar for a few minutes and work on it. The idea was to [...]

The Six-Month Challenge

Friday, June 4, 2010

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Yesterday, I put the finishing touches on my new practice routine. As I mentioned when deciding to embrace the suck, I’ve felt that my practice sessions have been floundering. Although my sessions have been very good for technical practice, I think they were falling short of my actual needs. I was substituting activity for productivity. [...]

5 Ways to Practice Without Your Guitar

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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So there you are, stuck at work, or perhaps on a blind date that is just going horribly wrong. Dinner with the in-laws, waiting in line at the DMV, stuck on the can after a particularly grueling (and losing) battle with the hot wings you had for dinner… there are lots of things that can [...]