Overcoming Self-Doubt When Learning Guitar

I think that most of us know people who appear to be bulletproof. They seem to have an undying belief in themselves and never seem to waver in the pursuit of their goals. They never seem to doubt themselves, even for a split-second. I admire them greatly....

Inverting Guitar Licks: Part 1

In this guitar lesson, we’re going to take a look at the concept of inverting guitar licks. This is a very simple, but often overlooked, strategy that helps you to get a lot more mileage from all the licks that you learn. The basic idea of inverting licks is to...

How Fast Should You Be Progressing?

Occasionally I’ll get an email from a guitarist wanting lessons from me who says something like…”If I start lessons with you, how fast will I progress?”. This type of question bugs the hell out of me for a few reasons… I don’t know...