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- Why Most Guitar Teachers Struggle To Help Their Students Solve Their Musical Problems - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2017 from Tom HessSolving your guitar students’ musical problems helps them make progress and feel motivated to get better. When you are unable to do this, they quickly become frustrated and eventually quit taking lessons with you. This makes learning how to effectively solve their problems absolutely ...
Views: 799 - Why Most Guitarists Don’t Become Excellent Players - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2014 from Tom HessThe Main Reason Why You Aren’t A Better Guitar Player By Tom Hess Do you ever wonder why you haven’t reached your guitar playing goals yet? You might think that it’s a lack of talent or musical ability, but the truth is far more complex. In reality, nothing is stopping ...
Views: 1234 - Why Most Musicians Fail In The Music Business - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2019 from Tom HessWhy Most Musicians Fail In The Music Business By Tom Hess Many musicians want to be successful in the music industry, but few ever make it. The majority end up frustrated, broke and working a dead-end day job to pay the bills. Here are 3 common reasons why musicians often fail in the ...
Views: 805 - Why Musicians SHOULD Want To Make Tons Of Money - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2019 from Tom HessWhich would you prefer: making a good living entirely through music or being a “starving artist” who spends most of his/her time working at a miserable day job just to get by? No doubt you chose the former... However, even musicians who make decent money in music could be doing so ...
Views: 608 - Why Self-Taught Guitarists Commonly Do Not Become Great - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2020 from Tom HessAs a guitarist learning on your own, know that your practicing habits determine if you become great or not. When you don’t have good practicing habits, you make musical progress very slowly. It’s common for guitarists who learn on their own to form bad habits that hold their playing ...
Views: 489 - Why So Many Musicians Don’t Get A Record Deal - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2017 from Tom HessIt’s common for musicians to struggle to get signed to record deals because they base their careers on myths about how the music industry works. Don’t go down this same road. Educate yourself and begin creating personal value you can offer to record companies. Below are three ...
Views: 922 - Why Some Guitar Teachers Don’t Become Successful - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2017 from Tom HessWhy Some Guitar Teachers Don’t Become Successful By Tom Hess Although there are many guitar teachers, only a small percentage of them teach successfully. Many teachers barely earn $35k annually and have few good students if any. Fact is, everyone has the potential to become a ...
Views: 748 - Why The Majority Of Self-Taught Guitarists Do Not Become Great - Part 1 - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2018 from Tom HessLearning guitar alone makes it very hard to become a great player. This happens because you don’t know if your practice habits are effective and have to guess your way through. It’s common for guitarists who learn on their own to form bad habits that hold their playing back. The ...
Views: 670 - Why Uploading Your Music Online Doesn’t Get You Tons Of New Fans - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2018 from Tom HessGaining tons of new music fans requires more than just uploading your music online. Here is what you need to do: First, understand that there is more to gaining fans that simply uploading music online and waiting for people to listen to it. This is one of the most common approaches people ...
Views: 512 - Why You Aren’t Dominating The Local Guitar Teaching Market - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2014 from Tom HessWhy You Aren’t Dominating The Local Guitar Teaching Market By Tom Hess It’s a sad fact that most guitar teachers would rather accept mediocre results in their guitar teaching business than make a big effort to help their students become great players. Even worse, of the ...
Views: 951 - Why You Have A Hard Time Expressing Yourself With Your Music - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2013 from Tom HessWhy You Have A Hard Time Expressing Yourself With Your Music by Tom Hess Of all the musical skills that you can develop as a guitarist, the single greatest goal you can reach is the freedom to express any musical emotion that you feel through your guitar playing. The ability to instantly ...
Views: 1310 - Why You Have So Many Guitar Playing Problems (And What To Do) - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2014 from Tom HessWhy You Have So Many Guitar Playing Problems (And What To Do) By Tom Hess Ever feel like you are going nowhere in your guitar playing? We’ve all been in that situation before, and usually this kind of stagnation comes from years of poor playing habits. These kinds of habits will ...
Views: 1103 - Why You Haven't Made It In The Music Business Yet - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2013 from Tom HessWhy You Haven't Made It In The Music Business Yet By Tom Hess Tired of not making progress in your music career? Until you abandon the amateur music career advice you have been given by others, you will not succeed in the music business. Following misinformed advice and anecdotes from ...
Views: 1502 - Why You Lack Emotion In Your Guitar Playing - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2015 from Tom HessEver wonder why guitar players struggle to express themselves? It is not that they don’t know enough guitar licks or scales or that they lack natural talent. Truth is, most guitarist do not even attempt to improve their ability to express emotion in their playing. If you neglect ...
Views: 1292 - Why You Need Aural Skills To Become A Great Guitarist - by Submitted on May 07, 2018 from Tom HessWhy You Need Aural Skills To Become A Great Guitarist By Tom Hess It’s difficult to become a better guitarist without solid aural skills. But it’s probably not for the same reasons you're thinking of... A lot of guitarists think that developing aural skills only ...
Views: 629 - Why You Need Aural Skills To Become A Great Guitarist - by Submitted on May 07, 2018 from Tom HessWhy You Need Aural Skills To Become A Great Guitarist By Tom Hess It’s difficult to become a better guitarist without solid aural skills. But it’s probably not for the same reasons you're thinking of... A lot of guitarists think that developing aural skills only ...
Views: 641 - Why You Should Forget About Natural Talent For Guitar - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2017 from Tom HessWhy You Should Forget About Natural Talent For Guitar By Tom Hess Want to quickly become a great guitar player? Don’t allow yourself to become consumed with thoughts of whether you are naturally talented or not. There are three main reasons why focusing on natural talent slows down ...
Views: 829 - Why You Still Haven’t Become A Professional Musician... Yet - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2014 from Tom HessThe vast majority of musicians fail to achieve success as professionals. In many cases, this is because they continuously work on things that take them further away from their musical goals. Even though many musicians try very hard to make it, most of them will fail and experience great ...
Views: 942 - Why Your Guitar Teaching Policy Makes Or Breaks Your Business - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2018 from Tom HessWhy Your Guitar Teaching Policy Makes Or Breaks Your Business By Tom Hess Having a weak guitar teaching policy makes running a successful business difficult. Here’s why and what to do instead: Having a weak guitar teaching policy gives students power over your time and lets ...
Views: 655 - [Guitar Speed Tips] Fix Sloppy Sweep Picking With Tremolo Picking Technique - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2021 from Tom HessEver wish you could play badass sweep picking arpeggios without making unclean mistakes that ruin them? Not a problem! A long time ago, I struggled to play sweep picking licks. Really ... I was nowhere near proficient at the technique. At shredder speeds, my arpeggios wasn't ...
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