I don’t know about you, but my ultimate goal as a guitarist can be summed up in one sentence: to be able to play anything I hear in my head. Now, in order for that to happen, these elements need to be in place: You have something in mind to play. This may seem obvious,…
Last weekend I accompanied my wife on an acoustic guitar while she thumbed through a few children’s songbook, singing to my tired-and-needed-to-wind-down children. And this little family event reminded me of the importance of doing the simple things well. Finding the Challenge in Simple Things From a guitar player’s point of view, it can seem…
I’ve never taken a lesson from him but I always pay attention when the Japanese guitar master Tomo Fujita talks about best practices. He just has this uncanny ability to pick out kotsu — a Japanese word for hidden pointers that can make significant difference — when it comes to getting better on guitar. Here…