http://www.beginner-guitar-lessons.com/backstage News, tips and information for budding guitarists using the web to learn their art Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:12:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When you think of playing the guitar you probably have images of being on stage in front of an adoring crowd or jamming in the studio, a party or just round at someone’s place.    It’s always a happy place where everyone’s having a great party – right? компютри втора употреба Well this ... http://www.beginner-guitar-lessons.com/backstage/playing-the-guitar-is-not-always-a-happy-occasion/ I've just read a very encouraging post on another blog about what it actually takes for anyone to master anything they want. It has little to do with starting early or having the right genes - although these things certainly help they are not required. It's objections like "It's too late/I'm ... http://www.beginner-guitar-lessons.com/backstage/how-anyone-yes-even-you-can-become-a-world-class-guitarist/ Now that I’ve got my feet wet with my shiny new M-Audio Fast Track Pro Mobile USB Audio/MIDI Interface things are starting to come together and it’s all getting a bit exciting.   Still facing some challenges with latency and distortion and the fact that my computer is pushing 6 years old doesn’t ... http://www.beginner-guitar-lessons.com/backstage/home-studio-newby-part-2/ Didn’t get that much practice done this last weekend mainly due to my exciting new purchase of an external USB sound card with MIDI and guitar jack interfaces. Everything was going smoothly until it came to calibrating the sound card, it seems that even when you can find the right input ... http://www.beginner-guitar-lessons.com/backstage/putting-a-home-music-studio-together-newby-guide-part-1/ Been getting some interesting feedback from the "what's your 1 question?" form on the sign up page for the accelerated onine beginners course Mainly over a concern over whether 'it actually works' and can learning quickly without an instructor actually be done. Well that's what the course is all about - ... http://www.beginner-guitar-lessons.com/backstage/interesting-faqs-and-beginner-guitar-lesson-course-questions/ Not the most difficult beginner song to learn how to play, although it does involve a bit of bar chording. However – my challenge (which I have decided to accept) is to play the 12 string intro - without the capo – which is tough and will require a bit ... http://www.beginner-guitar-lessons.com/backstage/project-hotel-california/ What is with all these people thinking they can learn to play the guitar without having to at least pay something?   Learning any musical instrument is a time consuming and laborious process at the beginning and without the proper guidance the chances are you'll give up in frustration out of ... http://www.beginner-guitar-lessons.com/backstage/why-free-guitar-lessons-are-a-waste-of-time/ These free guitar lesson sites are popping up all over the web - so how do we know which ones are any good or not? Anything that's free has to have a catch right? Well no actually - or yes and no, or was it no? I'll stop that before I ... http://www.beginner-guitar-lessons.com/backstage/start-learning-the-guitar-today-for-free/ I just came across this video on Youtube - it's one of my favourite guitarists Tommy Emmanuel playing a 12 bar blues that goes beyond brilliant. I think I'm going to make it a habit of watching incredible guitar playing before any practice session - starting with this clip here, enjoy! http://www.beginner-guitar-lessons.com/backstage/inspiration-that-makes-you-go-wow/ Today I’m going to look at the quickest and most effective way to learn the guitar there is bar none – it’s no secret but it’s also something people don’t do enough – it’s all very well saying “I know that” but if you know it but don’t do it ... http://www.beginner-guitar-lessons.com/backstage/learn-to-play-guitar-the-fun-and-quick-way/