The Fundamentals of Fun
We “play” the guitar…and you can’t play if you don’t know how to have fun!The subject of Fun is one of the most serious topics we can discuss. One of the greatest achievements of my lifetime has been the maintenance of the capacity for fun from early childhood. Another has been coming to an […]
Continue readingBecoming The Music
Why We Play MusicWhy do we play music? What is the root, the fundamental thing we are really doing when we play and practice music? We play music because a great desire has been awakened in us; and that great desire is to become the music. It is this desire, which for some is a mild […]
Continue readingMystery, Beauty and Grace
In my study of great musicians, I have noticed that the very greatest are also very spiritual. Bach, Beethoven, Barrios, Santana – anyone of whom I have ever heard or read, and believe to be a divinely inspired musician, has a very strong spiritual sense. I believe that Spirituality, or the forms it takes when […]
Continue readingThe Inner Master
Of all the things you can do to make sure you are enabling yourself to achieve your guitar playing dreams, finding the Inner Master is the greatest. All great players have found the Inner Master. The Inner Master wants us to be a good guitar player, and enrich the world with our music. How do we […]
Continue readingThe Alone Place – The Best Place To Play Guitar!
I am sitting in the forest right now, having the exquisite pleasure of listening to music that is in many ways more divine than the music I make. It’s Thursday, somewhere late in the afternoon. I’m not sure exactly what time it is, and I don’t really want to know. I don’t want to experience […]
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