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Musicians experience pain differently than non- musicians...

Now I'm no nuerologist, but New brain research has come out showing that musicians experience pain in a unique way from the rest of the population. Apparently through brain mapping musicians and non-musicians scientists have observed that musicians' brains adapt and rebound quicker when experie...

Dec 23, 2025

The Perfect 🎁 For ... Yourself?

Every year I search for the perfect gift for others. What would he like? What would she love? How much is too much? Too little? But the one person I forget, year after year, is... myself! Now, I'm not saying we should always buy ourselves something. Afterall generosity is chief among virtues. ...

Dec 18, 2025

2026 Resolutions? Don't wait til January 1st!

Far too many people wait until January 1st to begin listing out their new year's resolutions. By that time your mind is already gearing up for the normal pace of life to return and before you know it it's March and nothing on your list has been accomplished! SO this year, why not decide now. Be...

Dec 16, 2025

What Did Joni Have That's Missing Today?

Joni Mitchell had something that we've lost today. Courage. The courage to put herself out there - flaws and all. You watch videos of her playing guitar and she keeps things very simple. You hear recordings of her singing and she's all over the place pitch-wise yet it's a beautifully human sou...

Dec 13, 2025

The Hardest Part of Learning the Guitar? Look at Sisyphus!

Many people will tell you the hardest part of learning the guitar is deciding to start. The logic goes something like this... the most energy spent in getting something moving is at the beginning, but once you get the ball rolling it will become easier to maintain. But this thinking assumes a...

Dec 12, 2025

Music Is The River

I was recently reading about the history behind one of the most popular American choruses that has stretched the world over... Jesus Loves Me. Millions upon millions of people have sung this simple hymn all over the world, but it has a strange beginning... It wasn't originally written as a song....

Dec 10, 2025

Pain-Free Guitar Playing? What's the catch?

Early on in my music career I remember being shocked by a common object that kept showing up among guitarists - the wrist brace! "What's up with that?" My twenty-something self would ask. The reply was always the same, "wait til you're my age." The funny thing was that these guys weren't that ol...

Dec 06, 2025

"If I Hadn't Experienced It For Myself I Wouldn't Have Believed It"

Just this morning I heard a story about a corporate executive who was struggling to find joy in life when his wife bought him a guitar for Christmas. He said, “The simple act of playing the guitar was life-changing. If I had not experienced it for myself I wouldn’t have believed it.” This BLACK ...

Nov 09, 2025

The Four E's of Learning Guitar Fast!

I'll never forget one of my first guitar lessons as a kid. I told the teacher that my moms old rusty-stringed acoustic guitar was hurting my fingers and I couldn't get a good sound out of it. His reply? "That's how we all started, kid." That was my last lesson with him. The next day I took my en...

Nov 08, 2025

This Quote Alone Has Motivated Me More & More As A Person & As A Guitarist

In his masterful novella, The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery writes a very powerful quote which says, "If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." I can't tel...

Nov 06, 2025

5 Steps to Playing Guitar Fast

Hello there, guitar enthusiasts! Welcome to this edition of Join the Jam where I'll be sharing the 5 steps to fast track your guitar journey. Whatever your aspirations, everyone has to start somewhere yet starting is often the hardest part! So let's get to it. 1. Guitar Choice Hopefully this is ...

Oct 10, 2025

A boy and his guitar.

I found the guitar at the age of 12 after having been fired by my piano teacher years earlier. I had a thing against sitting still for long periods of time. The doctors called it ADD and prescribed me meds that ended up in the same napkin as my broccoli. But as I simultaneously entered puberty ...

Oct 09, 2025

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