Do You Need to Learn Music Theory to Play Guitar?

Do You Need to Learn Music Theory to Play Guitar?

You probably know, or have heard of, people who never went to college, or barely got of high school, but yet went on to be wildly successful. Through hard work, determination and persistence many of these people wound up becoming millionaires living the life of the...
Do You Need to Learn Music Theory to Play Guitar?

Songwriting Tips For the Guitarist – Song Structure

Almost any song you hear has a structure at its foundation. Even improvisational, loose format, jazz songs are tied to some sort of song structure. Learning how songs are “put together” and some common methods for “arranging the pieces” will...
Do You Need to Learn Music Theory to Play Guitar?

Start Writing Songs on Guitar by Doing “Nothing”

Previously we’ve discussed some very concrete steps you can take to start writing songs on the guitar. This topic involves something very un-concrete and un-structured. In fact it’s fairly abstract, but it also may be the most important. It has to do with...
Do You Need to Learn Music Theory to Play Guitar?

Songwriting Tips For the Guitar Player

Whether you have been playing guitar for 30 days or 30 years you will, at some point, more than likely be struck by the urge to write your own songs. I have often said in my guitar lessons courses that the real goal of any musician is to transcend from...
Do You Need to Learn Music Theory to Play Guitar?

How to Find Song Ideas For the Guitar Player

Turn on Your “Radar” Where do song ideas come from? The answer is everywhere! They are all around us. Ideas can spring from anywhere. The key to finding these ideas is to “turn on your radar” and always be on the lookout for them. When you are...