5 Challenges of Being a Guitar Teacher
Don’t get me wrong, I love my Job. Seeing someone go from playing the first few tentative notes of Smoke On The Water to shredding…
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Guitar Toys For Christmas
Fender EOB I know Radiohead are like marmite but Ed O’brien’s new signature Stratocaster is more like cake. Everyone loves cake. Everyone would love this…
The Ultimate Guide to Suzuki Piano
As a parent or a new learner, you might have come across references to “Suzuki Piano.” This often leads many to wonder what “Suzuki Piano”…
A Trip To Marshall HQ
Last week found out about an interesting opportunity that had come my way – getting to go to Marshall Amps HQ in Milton Keynes to…
History of Bodhran
The musical instrument Bodhran is an old but a young instrument of this era. Bodhran exists in Ireland for last many decades and it is…
5 Reasons To Learn Guitar Online
As an online guitar teacher, I am always asked the same questions relating to my job when I speak to just about anyone. This would…
Viva Roxy Music
John O’Brien’s Roxy Music Virtual Museum Whether it is The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Nirvana or Ed Sheeran there are certain bands and artists…
5 Online Tools Every Guitarist Needs
1. Ultimate Guitar This was the one online tool I used right from the very beginning and still do use to this day. Whether you…
Chuck Berry: The Rock and Roll Master
There aren’t many players who can lay claim to building the foundations of rock. If you have dug into the history of rock in its…
Guitar Intonation Demystified
There seems to be this general perception among a lot of guitar and bass players that the process of intonation is some sort of mystical…