Music Theory Primer
First of all, I'm not a music teacher. Nor am I offering some sort of magic formula. Over time, many people have said to me that they've never bothered learning…
New Year's Revolution
I'm not a big believer in New Year's resolutions. I think they're a clever device which works the opposite way to how you think, by encouraging you to set unachievable…
You are not James Hetfield
As well as the physical side, there's also the mental aspects of learning the guitar. The best lesson I could of had would have come before I got my first…
Beginners' guitars
The first guitar I had was a red Encore strat copy. It was awful. It weighed a tonne and the high action meant that the strings were about half a…