Paul Hackett kindly passed this note, originally sent to our “General Questions” box at Guitar Noise, on to me: If you would please answer my questions about guitar teaching since you’re the expert. 1) Is it frustrating? 2) Do you need a degree from college? 3) If not, would it draw more customers to have […]
Another recent email: When you’re playing a song, how do you know how many times you need to strike the chord before you change? Like, when you read the music, it’ll say just one note, for example “D#,” over one word, and in a few words, it’ll say another note. My question is regarding how […]
A couple of emails these past months asked, totally in passing, about whether I might be hosting one (or more) Guitar Noise Seminars this coming year. While in the middle of the book deadlines, I really wasn’t thinking about it, but as the deadlines are being met and will (hopefully) be over by the first […]
Another recent email: Dear David, First, thanks so much for the great lessons you have provided at Guitar Noise. Second, is Leo Kottke a Travis style picker? I watch his videos and it seems that he is. Can you suggest any lessons (other than the obvious ones under fingerstyle of finger picking on GN) that […]
I get this sort of email a lot, so I thought it would be good to post an answer here in case other people want to ask and just haven’t gotten around to it! Hey. I stumbled across your website looking for easy songs to learn on my guitar. Love the site, I’m learning a […]
From a (fairly) recent email: Dear Mr. David Hodge, I am new to guitar with a few months of experience. I really like Jim Croce’s music, and recently I picked up a DVD by Pete Huttlinger entitled: Learn to Play the Songs of Jim Croce; Guitar Accompaniment and Techniques. I was glancing through the tabs […]
New Year’s is, traditionally, a time of resolution and goal setting. We come up with visions of being better guitarists, better musicians, better people and then resolve to do so. And, also traditionally, we tend to get bored or frustrated and abandon our plans somewhere between the Rose Bowl and Chinese New Year. As people, […]
Hello to all! And my apologies for being away so long. Things have been very busy between wrapping up work on The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing Rock Guitar, which is currently scheduled to hit stores on March 2, 2010, as well as on the writing and recording of the entirely new version of The […]
Hello to all! It’s my pleasure to announce an upcoming show: Saturday, November 28 (two days after Thanksgiving), I’ll be joining some friends to play at Grover’s Mill Coffee. It’s a great little coffee house in West Windsor, New Jersey, fairly close to Princeton and practically right off of Exit 8 on the New Jersey […]
It doesn’t amaze me anymore that I can wake up and find whole stretches of time gone, almost as if they never happened. One gets caught up with a book and an afternoon, sometimes a day disappears. Playing in a show can erase an entire week. Working on a project can find you on an […]