June 17th, 2009 / 10 Comments » / by GuitarWiz
So I am finally going to start doing this blog thing. I mean on a regular basis.
In the past few years I have had the privilege of getting to know literally thousands of guitarists in every corner of the globe. Some have bought my guitar lesson books Ebay, others have been my private students.
I have considered many different ways to continue this online, and now after a lot of trial and error and scrapped websites that never went live, I’ve decided to do it here with GuitarWiz.net.
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June 16th, 2009 / No Comments » / by GuitarWiz
If you plug the word “guitar” into Google it will yield 205,000,000 results. Here are 10 guitar websites I really like.
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Posted in: Guitar Resources
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March 15th, 2009 / No Comments » / by GuitarWiz
There are a lot of guitar aficionados who are partial to shredding and shredders. It all started when Van Halen released their debut album in 1978. Until Eddie Van Halen came on the scene, nobody had ever played guitar like that, and it got the attention of just about everyone who ever paid attention to the guitar.
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February 28th, 2009 / 4 Comments » / by GuitarWiz
One of the most difficult aspects of learning to play lead guitar at an advanced level is the ability to turn those scales into music. There are a lot of books and websites that cover guitar scales, but aside from showing a fretboard map of the scale most don’t do a good job explaining a method to really use them to make music.
After a lot of struggling and frustration I was able to finally get a grip on using scales to make music. I hope this article can help you in your guitar practice.
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Posted in: Free Guitar Lessons
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February 27th, 2009 / No Comments » / by GuitarWiz
On February 4, 2009 Lux interior died of an aortic dissection. In case you don’t know, Lux Interior was the frontman of The Cramps.
There are a lot of articles and blog posts already about this, so I’m not going to go into detail about the history of The Cramps or the circumstances of Lux’s death. Here is a good article that covers those details.
Although I am late in writing about this, I feel compelled to offer this post because, well, I love the Cramps, and I have for years. In fact the death of Lux Interior was one factor that compelled me to start GuitarWiz.net.
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February 24th, 2009 / No Comments » / by GuitarWiz
I love the guitar. But, more than that, I love music. This blog is dedicated to anything I may have to say about guitars, guitar playing, guitarists, and music in general. After over 30 years of playing, studying. and teaching guitar, playing all kinds of music from punk rock to blues and jazz, I have a few things to say about it.
There are many sites devoted to the craft of guitar, i.e. the technical skills necessary in order to play. Technical ability is important. Every good musician spends a lot of time working on technique. It is extremely important.
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