The 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: 1134
Tom Hess, professional guitarist, musician in the virtuoso metal band Rhapsody Of Fire and international guitar teacher shares his perspective on reaching a major level of success in the guitar teaching profession.
Did you ever ask yourself why you are not as successful as your local guitar ... Views: 1127
3 Ways You Can Get More Music Fans And Promote Yourself In Them Music Industry
By Tom Hess
Are you looking for effective ways to promote your music and develop a following of fans? If so, you are not alone. For most musicians, understanding how to promote their music and gain fans ... Views: 1124
How To Play Powerful Sweep Picking Arpeggios
by Tom Hess
Think sweep picking is all about memorizing arpeggio patterns and playing them as fast as possible? Fact is, the greatest sweep pickers are not only ‘fast’ but understand how to use sweep picking to express themselves in their guitar ... Views: 1119
Being able to play pinch harmonics will make your guitar playing sounds totally badass. With this single technique, you can add true passion, quickly and easily to your guitar playing. However, if done improperly, it can be a very frustrating technique to deal with.
Look at this video to see ... Views: 1118
5 Fundamental Elements Needed To Succeed In Music
By Tom Hess
No matter what you do, you will NOT make it in the music industry until you attain the 5 key elements possessed by all successful musicians. Building a successful long term music career is a lot of hard work... and it will be ... Views: 1110
If you read Part 1 of this article, you already understand the tremendous importance of developing your 2 hand synchronization so you can play guitar faster and cleaner than you ever have. The next step is to learn the 3 main reasons WHY most guitar players never achieve perfect 2 hand ... Views: 1109
If you thought about starting to teach guitar, you have probably felt apprehensions about getting started such as these:
•You don’t really know what you must do (and avoid doing) in order to successfully teach guitar as a career.
•You do not have highly effective teaching systems in place ... Views: 1084
How To Quickly Play Challenging Guitar Licks And Solos
By Tom Hess
You will have a very hard time playing awesome guitar solos if you believe this myth:
“To play hard guitar solo licks that utilize various techniques, you need to practice these techniques on their own until you ... Views: 1082
By studying guitar players like Steve Vai or any other great guitarist, it can be helpful for refining YOUR own musical skills but only if you know exactly what to look for. Fact is, Vai's guitar playing greatness comes from his capability to deeply express himself with music, NOT because ... Views: 1077
Whether you are an advanced guitarist or you are just starting, there is one thing that can help you gain massive results from your guitar practice and enhance your motivation for practicing every day. This powerful technique is: tracking each aspect of your guitar playing progress on a regular ... Views: 1073
How To Play Killer Sweep Picking Arpeggios
Most guitarists have no idea how to transform their sloppy arpeggios into fast, clean sweep picking licks. I struggled with this, years ago, too. Playing
clean arpeggios is one of the most common guitar technique problems I see with the ... Views: 1051
How To Play Awesome Guitar Solos, Part 1: Vibrato
by Tom Hess
There are many possible reasons why your guitar solos and licks don’t sound totally amazing. The good news is, every problem you can think of has a very specific solution that you can implement to fix any issues and ... Views: 1048
Do you get nervous when performing live in front of other people? You’re not the only one... Almost all people go through this same kind of anxiety! However, things do not need to continue like this for you. Once you understand how to practice and prepare for live guitar performances the ... Views: 1047
Think you know a lot about becoming a great guitarist? There exist tons of myths regarding playing making improvement through practice. Guitar players who believe in these myths almost never achieve their musical goals. Guitarists who learn how things really are, make fast progress and become ... Views: 1045
Practicing as many guitar exercises as possible does NOT help you become a better guitarist faster. Guitarists who use this approach practice less efficiently, make slower progress and become frustrated due to a lack of results.
Here’s 3 reasons why having too many guitar exercises ... Views: 1037
Why 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: 1014
How To Play Guitar Solos That Rock Part 3: Expressing Intense Emotions In Your Solos
By Tom Hess
If you want to play killer guitar solos that are highly emotional, you must be able to identify which of the following pairs of notes sound the most similar – Do this right now. ... Views: 1012
5 Ways To Develop A Highly Successful Career In Music
By Tom Hess
You will never become incredibly successful in the music industry by only copying other musicians you look up to. Why? Truth is, when musicians reach a high level of success it is not because they just so happened to ... Views: 1009
Do you feel frustrated because your guitar playing progress is too slow? If you are like the vast majority of guitar players, you’re looking for the right things to do that will make you a better guitarist. However, you probably are NOT looking for the things that hurt your guitar playing ... Views: 1009
To succeed in the music industry, you must learn:
*The correct steps to take in order to achieve success as a pro musician.
*The easiest way to take these steps to get the exact results you want.
*The best order to take these steps in to grow your career fast.
There are many ... Views: 1008
Five Incorrect Questions Guitar Players Often Ask And What You SHOULD Be Asking Instead To Become A Great Guitarist
By Tom Hess
A large percentage of guitarists ask incomplete and misinformed questions in order to fix the issues that prevent them from making fast progress in their ... Views: 1003
Do you want to have the most enthusiastic guitar students around, new students constantly knocking at your door and the envy of all other local guitar teachers? Before you can do all this you need to learn how to transform all your average students into incredible musicians. To do this, you must ... Views: 993
How can studying the guitar playing of Steve Vai improve your own guitar playing? If you think learning his guitar solos or looking up transcriptions of Steve Vai songs is going to make you a great guitarist, then you are wrong. These things may help you in small, insignificant ways but they ... Views: 987
How You Can Play Killer Lead Guitar Licks & Solos Using Better Creativity
By Tom Hess
Do you struggle to play creatively on guitar even though you know a bunch of licks and scale patterns? One thing is for sure – you will NOT become more creative by simply “learning more ... Views: 982
If you think that making a lot of money ($100,000+ per year) by teaching guitar without holding a day job is an unrealistic goal, then you are clearly not living up to your full potential as a guitar teacher. If you want to grow your guitar teaching businesses to a high level, you must take ... Views: 972
How To Play Amazing Guitar Arpeggios (Without Playing Super Fast)
by Tom Hess
You don’t have to blaze through sweep picking arpeggios at high speeds to make them sound great. Instead you can use creative exercises to make them sound musical (AND badass).
The following video ... Views: 972
What is the main factor that determines whether your music career will be a success or a failure?
The answer is: The type of mindset you have. How much success you have in music is entirely determined by the decisions you make and the specific actions you take in your life. Both your ... Views: 955
How To Master Guitar Technique And Play Guitar Fast And Clean
By Tom Hess
What do you need to do in order to completely master guitar technique and increase speed? Here’s a hint: you don’t need to practice for 8 hours a day. Instead, you need to practice the right things, at ... Views: 950
Have you ever thought about what the one thing is that your favorite guitarists have in common when playing fast? Here is the answer: every one of them plays in a way that looks extremely effortless. In reality, shredding on guitar not only looks easy - it actually IS easy…or, to be honest, it ... Views: 943
How To Dramatically Improve Your Guitar Playing And Reach Your Musical Goals Fast
Most guitarists have no idea which of their guitar practice exercises are improving their guitar playing and which ones aren’t. Consequently, they constantly struggle to get better at guitar and end up ... Views: 924
Most guitarists have never figured out the reason why they are unable to build tons of speed on guitar. This is usually because they take one of the following approaches:
1.They consistently practice at very slow speeds while believing that it will help them become faster players. Usually ... Views: 910
5 Guitar Practice Habits That Improve Your Guitar Playing Skills
By Tom Hess
Simply put, the kind of guitar practice habits you have determine the amount of musical progress you make. Good guitar practice habits fix your problems and help you to become a better guitarist in less time. ... Views: 905
Closely analyzing the vocal phrasing of amazing singers is helpful for making your lead guitar playing more emotional.
The first part of this article series, you were shown four ways to use King Diamond’s melodic singing style to improve your lead guitar playing.
The following ... Views: 899
Biggest Myth About Guitar Playing (And How It Hurts Your Progress)
By Tom Hess
The following myth about guitar playing massively slows down your progress when you believe it: “There is no right or wrong way to do things”. Fact is, there (often) ARE. This doesn't mean ... Views: 897
Why 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: 889
Are you tired of not being able to play cool guitar licks? Wish you knew the process for coming up with your own awesome guitar soloing ideas? Fact is, a lot of guitar players have this same problem and are never able to solve it. Why is this?... because they believe that great guitar licks are ... Views: 886
The 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: 877
Are you no longer having fun during your guitar practice time? If so, you will get much slower results (if any) for these reasons:
1. When you feel bored or tired, you are going to practice less. When you spend less time practicing guitar, you make much slower progress.
2. In some cases, ... Views: 863
Believe it or not, singers can help you become a much better lead guitarist. The majority of guitarists never think about studying singer to improve their soloing skills... instead they attempt to get better by building speed, learning new licks or looking up new scale positions. Fact is, once ... Views: 857
It’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: 854
Ever wonder how some guitarists seem to be able to play with excellent rhythm guitar timing while others just can’t? To do this, do you have to learn a bunch of riffs? Do you need practice with a band or get good with using a metronome? The answer is no.
Excellent rhythm guitar skills ... Views: 850
Three Ways To Help Your Guitar Students Make Tons Of Progress Fast
By Tom Hess
Use the following guitar teaching advice to help your students become better players faster than ever:
Tip #1. Help Your Students Understand The Benefits Of Practicing Guitar Slowly
Practicing guitar ... Views: 847
How To Quickly Get More Music Gigs
By Tom Hess
Having difficulty getting new gigs? You might be holding yourself back due to holding one or more limiting beliefs such as “venues aren’t looking for bands right now,” or “the competition is too great for my band to ... Views: 837
by Tom Hess
What is the biggest thing that keeps you from becoming a great guitarist? It’s NOT trying to play challenging techniques, playing with greater speed, understanding music theory or any other music related factors. Truth is, being able to play guitar well is not extremely ... Views: 820
Your chances of becoming a successful professional musician are next to none if you ask the same questions asked by the musicians who contact me on a daily basis. 99% of the time, aspiring pro musicians ask me all the WRONG types of questions that:
1. Are built from ignorant assumptions and ... Views: 820
Statistics have shown that the majority of guitar teachers do not succeed with their teaching businesses. Most guitar teachers have just a few really great students (if they actually have any) - and for most of them, a $60,000 per year income seems like a distant dream. Most of these teachers ... Views: 814
You become a great guitar player very quickly when you use effective guitar practice schedules. Any solid guitar practicing schedule is made up of five made elements that improve your guitar skills:
Guitar Practice Element #1: Skill Progression
It’s critical that your guitar ... Views: 813
You get a lot of guitar students by not making the same excuses as most guitar teachers. When you believe there is an excuse (outside your control) for your failure to get students, you never take the action needed to get them. Understanding why these excuses are wrong makes it easier for you to ... Views: 813
How To Record Your Music In The Studio
by Tom Hess
To become an in demand musician in the music industry and attract the attention of successful bands and record companies there are many things that you need to know and do. Although the complete list of all the steps needed ... Views: 811