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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

Join the Jam: 4 Essentials for Accelerated Growth

Hello, fellow Rockstars! Welcome to this week's edition of our newsletter, 'Join the Jam'. We're excited to share some valuable insights to help you grow as a guitarist and draw inspiration from our vibrant community. Here are the four (un-cool) essentials for accelerated growth! (un) Cool Coach:...

Oct 08, 2025

Sheep intestines... is that what that smell is?

I've always been fascinated by history. Take the guitar, for example. Up until the early 1800s a guitar's strings were made of sheep intestines. That was when C.F. Martin decided to innovate and do something no one had done in the hundreds of years prior - change the strings. You see, banjo pla...

Oct 07, 2025

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