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Friend — Time to crush the fears today. I’m talking about the fear of LEARNING classical guitar because it’s “too hard”. Believe me — I had that fear too. Here’s the antidote: learn a really simple classical piece. Something that’s easier than eating a piece of Grandma’s pie with ice cream. I’ve got that piece …
Hi Friend, Someone asked me yesterday: “Can anyone learn to play guitar?” “Can anyone really learn to play their favorite songs?” After thinking about it, my answer is: YES! First, I don’t believe anyone has “zero” talent. But, regardless of your level of talent, you can learn to play guitar or just about anything else …
Hi Friend, What do drunk hillbillies and MTV kids have in common? They think classical guitar sucks! The fried MTV kids can’t focus on anything for more than 2.2 seconds. And the drunk hillbilly can’t put the bottle down long enough to learn a classical song. Fortunately, I know you’re NOT like these flunkees. And …
Hi Friend, What’s up? What’s next? I’ll tell you what’s next: Another preview of Lily Afshar’s soon-to-be-released DVD course: “Classical Guitar Secrets”. https://www.classicalguitarsecrets.com/blog This time I want to show you a sample of her teaching style. You’ll learn some neat things about guitar playing in the process. For example, “the planting technique”… Check it out. …
Hi Friend, I just uploaded another killer backing track to my blog for your jamming pleasure. https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog This one is pure inspiration! It’s “trippy” with some cool space-alien sounds but super melodic at the same time. Also on my blog, check out my guitar solo over the other jam track in B minor… I remixed …
Hi Friend, Here’s 9 items I’d like to tell you about for the latest , greatest news from Guitar Control: 1. I messed up the link the other day for Rokstark’s ebay item. (Insane deal on strings). Here it is: https://cgi.ebay.com/Insane-deal-3-brand-new-electric-string-sets-1-99-/150607669679?_trksid=p3286.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D1%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D226495938016349287 2. There’s a slight delay in unveiling “Harry the (Guitar) Cable Guy”, he’s a …
Hi Friend, Top of the day to you. Go ahead and download this groovy jam track in B minor. It’s on my blog: https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog If you’re not familiar with jam tracks, they are a GREAT, and incredibly FUN way to play guitar… It’s like a band is there jamming with you. All you do is …
Hi Friend, I have a very EXCITING new video for you,but first I want to share a funny story. (Ok, if you just cant wait, here’s the video):https://www.classicalguitarsecrets.com/blog/?p=6 ***The Mystery of the Dayglo Pirates*** The other day I was playing some tuneson my guitar, and I started messing aroundwith this old Jethro Tull song called …
Hi Friend, ok, so guess what I did today? It’s something I almost NEVER do… I went to a Yoga class! Not just *any* yoga class, it was an “advanced” class and the room was all heated up so you sweat more. I survived. 🙂 You know what made the class cool? It was the …
Hi Friend, So I’ve been playing around with this new “Song Surgeon 3″… ******* (get it fa-fa-fa-phree for a limited time here): https://guitarcontrol.net/gc-preview/gcblog4/songsurgeon ******** Revisiting some of my favorite guitar licks and solos. The other day I was decoding some Satriani licks from one of my favorite solos. I sent you an email about it …