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25.000 Subscribers: A Q&A and a Cup of Tea
25.000 Subscribers: A Q&A and a Cup of Tea
To celebrate 25.000 subscribers on YouTube, I sat down with a cup of tea and answered the questions you sent in. In this post I share the conversation, from how... Read more...
My Favourite Guitar Tunings (Nylon and Steel String)
My Favourite Guitar Tunings (Nylon and Steel String)
Tunings open small doors into the guitar that standard playing alone cannot. In this post I walk through some of the tunings I keep returning to on both nylon and... Read more...
The Day I Met My Dream Guitar
The Day I Met My Dream Guitar
A few years ago I flew to Texas for a guitar show, and that weekend I first held the steel string guitar Rebecca Urlacher had built for me. In this... Read more...
Miramare: My Original Fingerstyle Guitar Piece Inspired by the Italian Coast
Miramare: My Original Fingerstyle Guitar Piece Inspired by the Italian Coast
Miramare is an original solo guitar piece I wrote while staying on the Italian coast, looking out over the Mediterranean. In this post I walk through the musical ideas behind... Read more...
The Real Reason You're Not Practicing Guitar (And Why It Isn't Motivation)
The Real Reason You're Not Practicing Guitar (And Why It Isn't Motivation)
Consistency in practice is not really about motivation, talent, or time. It is about self-trust. In this post I share the small, almost embarrassingly simple shift that helps me show... Read more...
Dormiveglia: My Original Fingerstyle Guitar Piece About the Space Between Sleep and Waking
Dormiveglia: My Original Fingerstyle Guitar Piece About the Space Between Sleep and Waking
Dormiveglia is an original fingerstyle guitar piece inspired by the fragile state between sleeping and waking. In this post I walk through the musical ideas behind the piece, the techniques... Read more...
How I Learn and Memorize a Piece of Music (Without Feeling Overwhelmed)
How I Learn and Memorize a Piece of Music (Without Feeling Overwhelmed)
Learning a new piece can feel overwhelming, and that feeling is very human. In this post I share seven things that help me get to know a piece without pressure:... Read more...
Winter: My Original Fingerstyle Guitar Piece About the Beauty of the Seasons
Winter: My Original Fingerstyle Guitar Piece About the Beauty of the Seasons
Winter is an original fingerstyle guitar piece I wrote after moving to the countryside and experiencing the seasons change for the first time in years. In this post I walk... Read more...