March 24, 2021

Getting motivated to practise guitar Part 2

I don’t know what to practise…

I’m just not getting that new song…

My wrist and fingers hurt too much…

I’m never going to be able to play how I want anyways…

Part 1 of getting motivated to practise guitar saw a couple of ways we can start to get excited about practising guitar again.

Revisiting your WHY and also get listening to music!

Here are some more ways to get you motivated to practise guitar.

3. Getting Inspired

Along with listening to music there are lots of other ways you can find inspiration. It could be watching concerts musicians you really like or actually going to concerts physically depending on when lockdown eases.

It could be watching other musicians on YouTube that you really admire.

It could be finding a group of friends or teacher who really inspires you to get better as well.

Do you know how they say you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with?

I find that it’s the same with music so if you can find other musicians that you really enjoy playing music with preferably those who are better than you you can get a lot of inspiration and give you opportunities try out lots of new things and get inspired practice. 

Do you want those people to be supportive of course and people who want you to get better too. 

Which is why finding a guitar teacher who have other students who want to play with you is a great place to start. They also tend to be in a learning environment and mindset, and want to improve as well I will be able to support you as you are learning and improving on the guitar.

4. Getting direction 

Not knowing what to practise on the guitar is one of the biggest hurdles that stop people from practising. 

On the other hand, having too many things to practise can also be overwhelming! 

That’s why having a guitar teacher who guides you will help you a lot in getting motivated to practise the guitar. 

Or perhaps even a simple course that just gives you more direction and less distractions can be helpful too. 

I hope these few things will help you get motivated and practising the guitar again if you have any questions and don’t be afraid to get in touch with us so that we can help you further.

Here’s more inspirational music for you:

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March 16, 2021

Getting motivated to practise guitar Part 1

I’m just not feeling practising guitar tonight…

I’m way too tired… 

I’ve got too much work on… 

I don’t know what to practise… 

Oh I just feel like I’m not getting anywhere with this… 

There are many reasons and excuses we give ourselves when it comes to practising guitar… 

And you know maybe some of them are true! 

Maybe you aren’t sure what you have got to work on… 

Or maybe your job is crazy at the moment. 

So what are some ways we can combat it? 

Should we just accept those as facts of reality and give up? 

Or do I love the guitar enough to make room for it in my life? 

If that’s a yes, then hope this article helps you. 

How can we overcome these

  1. Rediscover your why 

Sometimes just thinking back to why I started playing the guitar is enough to reinvigorate you into getting Motivated to practice.

Maybe you performing a friends’ wedding? Maybe you want to play to your little girl when she’s a bit older? Maybe you just want to be able to play with your friends who are musicians? Maybe you want to be able to relax at the end of the day with an instrument hobby that you enjoyed the sound of.

Whatever it is, the more you think about it, the easier it will be to practice the guitar. And more importantly, you might discover new WHYs for practising guitar too. More on this later.

2. Listening to music

Actually, listening to music my favourite ways of motivating myself to wanting to practice music. 

There are so many great musicians out there that inspired me to want to pick up the guitar and play along and try new things. And discover new sounds that I really enjoy.

It could be a cool riff here, or a new cool song. Or maybe a technique of playing a song differently. Or an acoustic cover of a song that’s piqued my interest. 
There are so many ways that listening to music will help get you interested in practising again. 

Heres some cool guitar music I’m listening to at the moment.

Check out Part 2 for more ways to get you motivated about practising guitar! …

admin Guitar 0 1 min read
March 7, 2021

I want to learn to play the guitar, how long will it take?

When I had this question asked, I always wonder why are they learning to play the guitar?

Are they trying to learn for a specific song?

Are they wanted to do this as a hobby for the summer?

Are they trying to learn just so they can have it as a school on the CV?

I always find it a strange question to ask how long it will take to master something.

How to truly master an instrument

To truly master something there is something that takes 10, 20 years.

For anything…

It’s not just guitar but it could be the piano or could be singing. The number of hours you put in is important, but the more important thing is if you are actually gonna keep going for that long. And what kind of hours, and practising and learning you are going to put in for that duration of time.

There are people who learn the guitar for 20 years and can only play four chords. And then we have students who play for 3 months and can play at Open Mics…

But I only want to learn guitar for the summer

If you only want to learn to play the guitar for a few months, you only get limited things out of it.

It’s not you… it’s Science

Naturally there was a study that showed that how long you think you play something for correlates to the amount of progress that you make. In a classroom kits were they thought they were going to play them instrument in this case a violin, for 20 years.

Fastest kids that I thought they were only going to play it until the end of school year. The ones who thought they would play it for 20 years made a lot more progress. That makes sense because you have a vision for do you wanna achieve long-term, you might actually do more practice because of it. And you might be more enthusiastic about the instrument you thinking that you can apply for such a long time.

Put the progress wasn’t minuscule it was 2 or 3 times folds so makes a lot of difference How long you think you wanna play the guitar for. And this is an accounting for practising time this is when the practice the same amount of time. 

So what are you saying?

I hate to say it’s like how long is a piece of string…. But…

When people ask me the question… “How long does it take for me to learn the guitar?”

I always look at them with a puzzled face and they probably look back at me and wonder what I’m thinking.

Here’s someone who really has mastered the guitar:

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March 1, 2021

Being a female guitarist.

Many people for you being female as a challenge that we need to overcome in the society. Men have all the privileges and as women we need to overcome our “shortcomings “to be able to compete in the world. However I see things differently. Being female is in! People want female musicians. And don’t forget the biggest earning star of 2018 was Taylor Swift who is a pretty young and attractive female! And a guitarist.

But what about as a profession? I hear you say. 

I think we should be celebrating our differences! And realise that being with a woman actually helps you in the musical world rather than something that you’ve got to overcome. And if you are a female guitarist who is doing session work.

There are so many opportunities of band managers and And record artist who will be dying to have you join them.

One of the most important thing I think is female is to remember that you still have to be good you have to be good at instrument you have to be a master of it being female does not mean you get a shortcut to the top. I need this being a man. It’s important that you are good at what you do no matter what your sex is.  

It’s important that you build your own following and not rely on others to create success for you.

And even better if you have other things that are unique to you that is your selling point if you are ethnically Asian if you’re ethnically black these are things that can make you really stand out.

No things that you should be celebrating posting on social media to help other people recognise you. You can create a niche for yourself and you start to sell your persona to a record label for example.

It’s important that you build your own following and not rely on others to create success for you. You are the only one who can build your own success and be responsible for it. And the more you can create that yourself, the less reliant you will be on the label or on a manager and therefore You will have a lot more control and power over your music in the long run.

You might remember that Taylor Swift is currently in a legal battle of her record label and has been going through probably hundreds of thousands of lawyers fees to try and win a music back.

And that’s because she was so young when she became a star. For you there are so many musicians out there who really only music properly and you can use them to start at six samples for yourself.

Now even if you’re not composing and you just playing on tracks you can still get royalties for those suits important that you know the legality of what it means to be a professional musician..

So don’t let being a woman hold you back. Use it to your advantage and as a strength.

Use your experience and thinking to create a success for yourself. Whether that’s as a singer songwriter or session musician, or even just playing in front of a few friends. Whatever it is, go for it!

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