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Playing The Guitar With Others: Where To Find Jamming And Gigging Opportunities For Amateur Guitarists

2024-02-27T07:30:08+00:00

Jam with Friends! It can be quite a daunting thing to go from someone who enjoys playing guitar at home by themselves, to playing in front of real other human beings! I have had many adult aged students reach a point in their playing where they are really getting comfortable playing in their chosen genres and are keen to take it to the next step, but struggle to do so if they don’t know of anyone or have any opportunity to jam with other people. This is a crucial step to becoming a better musician, as playing with others teaches you [...]

Playing The Guitar With Others: Where To Find Jamming And Gigging Opportunities For Amateur Guitarists2024-02-27T07:30:08+00:00

How To Spice Up Your Blues Chords

2023-02-01T14:23:03+00:00

Use Extensions So we all know the regular boxy 7th chords that we probably start with when playing the blues, so our first step will be breaking out of this sound to use something with a little more colour. 6th, 9th, and 13th chords work great over a 12-bar blues, and offer up different flavours that work great within the style. Try the following for a blues in the key of A: Chromatic Lead In A great and simple way to add a bit of spice is to use one of the chords that we already have, the D9 chord in [...]

How To Spice Up Your Blues Chords2023-02-01T14:23:03+00:00

How To Prepare For Your First Gig On Guitar

2024-02-27T07:33:52+00:00

Learn The Songs! Sounds obvious, but you’d be surprised at how many people breeze over this and worry too much about all of their different preset changes or buying all sorts of gear to use! Everyone has their own way of learning songs for a gig, so find what works for you and make that your routine leading up to a gig. Personally, I like to start going over the setlist as early as possible to allow the material plenty of time to sink into both my brain and muscle memory. My goal is to always be at a stage where [...]

How To Prepare For Your First Gig On Guitar2024-02-27T07:33:52+00:00

How To Keep Your Motivation When Learning to Play Guitar

2024-02-27T07:34:32+00:00

Learn Songs That You Like! There is nothing worse than summoning up the courage to sit down and practice a song that you don’t like. We’ve all been there, and we all know that we’re far less likely to practice these songs. That’s why it is extremely important to learn songs that you like! Whether it’s completely subconscious or not, you will be 100 times more likely to sit down and practice if you’re learning your favourite songs on the guitar. You can start off by making a playlist of your favourite songs of all time (or you may already have [...]

How To Keep Your Motivation When Learning to Play Guitar2024-02-27T07:34:32+00:00

Why Learning Guitar Is Good For Your Mental Health

2022-10-03T16:18:26+01:00

Improves Your Mental Wellbeing! Many studies have been conducted in various universities around the world on the effects that music can have on the human brain. Music has been proven to stimulate different parts of both sides of the brain, and how these effects can help to reduce stress, lower chances of depression and reduce seizures, as well as improving cognitive and motor skills. Listening to music even stimulates the brain for patients of severe Alzheimer’s who are otherwise unresponsive in the later stages, causing their eyes to light up and for them to make physical movements. Even if you aren’t [...]

Why Learning Guitar Is Good For Your Mental Health2022-10-03T16:18:26+01:00

5 Creative Culture Things To Do In Dubai

2022-07-08T11:13:03+01:00

With so many destinations to explore whilst visiting Dubai, picking just a few can be a hard task. But if you’re a musician or someone who enjoys creative culture, here are 5 must-see attractions in the city of Dubai. Dubai Opera / Coca-Cola Arena Dubai is filled with creative culture with all things to do with music and the arts. Downtown Dubai hosts the Dubai Opera, an architectural masterpiece of a venue that holds performances in a variety of performing arts such as musical theatre shows, popular music tribute acts, big band performances, as well as screenings of recently released films. [...]

5 Creative Culture Things To Do In Dubai2022-07-08T11:13:03+01:00

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