I enjoy learning how to play from videos of other great guitar players. I also, am detail oriented as well as super visual. So, working with chords in a book step by step usually works very well with me also. I guess I get the motivation from watching and the application to do from being [...]
I have decided to post more articles on midlife and aging on this guitar site. Why? Because for me playing the guitar not only helps my brain but keeps me feeling young. So here is a great article from Baby Boomers and Aging on Aging and the Brain. My wife turned me on to this [...]
A challenging article By Kevin Sinclair It is a common misbelief that to be able to play the guitar by ear you need to possess some kind of super talent, but this really is not the case. If you can play the instrument, even a little, you can learn how to play by ear. Of [...]
By: Kevin Sinclair Depending on the kind of music you like to play would determine as to what kind of guitar you would choose to purchase from the many different varieties that are available on the market today. It is essential, however, that the guitar that you select feels comfortable to you. If you are [...]
My wife asked me what guitar would I want If I was stranded on a desert island. After a quick thought, I said a Gibson just like the one BB King has. I don’t know the model number off the top of my head but that is the one I would want to play each night [...]
Are you too old to be creative. Too old to produce something new on the guitar? To old to learn the guitar? Some would say that you just cannot learn those complicated movements past age 30. But others would say that is insane? What do you say? Check out this really great article written in [...]
Read the special news report about the sale of Jimi Hendriks first guitar! Of course you do not want to be dead for that to happen. But here’s hoping you see fame in your lifetime. Guitars can hold, I am finding out, a good resale value.