Over the past few weeks I've received a few questions from my Insider Members on arranging guitars for demos.
I posted this video in the group but I wanted to share it with you too. Now is the best time to dig your heals in and prep your skills for 2021!
If you find this video helpful and...
Are you struggling with a bunch of unfinished songs, unproductive days, and a wandering mind that won't focus?
I feel ya...
...no really, I was you. So many unfinished songs. It wasn't lack of time or laziness.
It was anxiety
Once I started a daily meditation process, everything...
Are you a songwriting guitarist who struggles with burnout?
I'm gonna give you 3 helpful tips to help prevent this!
Sometimes it's not the melody, chords or strumming that needs fixed in your song . .
. . . instead a very simple step that makes a HUGE difference!
Have you ever worked on a strumming pattern where the count was right, posture was fine, you were holding the guitar properly, had the right pick and strings . . .but it still didn't sound right?!
I hate to break the news. . you might be a robot!
Don't fear. . .there is an easy solution!
Have you ever been given a track or a series of chords and someone said
"Hey, write a guitar hook to this"
And you thought. . .
"How the &!*@ do I do that?!"
I'm gonna give you some simple questions you can ask yourself to make that process a little bit easier, not so stressful, and actually...
Have you ever had a melody in your head, sing into your voice memo, and come back a few days later with your instrument and then you struggle to find the chords?
You're not alone, so many songwriting guitarists get stuck when it comes to this.
I'm gonna walk you through some simple steps...
Let's be honest, $h!t is crazy right now. We never experienced anything like this. We're all searching for a little bit of normalcy and trying our best to be creative.
During these times we can feel a little helpless and wonder . .
"What should I work on???"
I want to give you 5 things you can...
I want to talk about the #1 thing songwriting guitarists need but lack . . confidence.
So many people talk about exercises, techniques, and things we can be doing to improve our playing. Now, don't get me wrong all those things are great but we need to talk more about confidence when...
Hi Everyone,
Hope you had a fantastic holiday, this week we're gonna talk about mayo chords!
Now here's why I call them "Mayo chords". If we were to eat a jar of mayonnaise it'd be nasty (that's disgusting and nobody should ever do that!) But when paired with the right thing (like a...
What’s up everyone, it’s Mike here with a Songwriting For Guitar Tip! This week is a follow-up to a video I posted a while ago on the metronome. I received a bunch of emails from people saying . . . .
"I understand the importance of a metronome. I'd love to...
This week we're gonna talk about making your guitar line feel like a sample. I know what you're thinking. . .
"Mike why do we want our guitar to sound like a sample? Why can't we pull something from Splice, Arcade or Apple loops!?"
You could do that and that's completely fine, if...
Today, let's talk about dexterity and stamina in guitar playing! When you're playing a series of chord progressions and shapes for a long period of time in a write, ever notice the quality just dip down?
How do we fix that what? Any steps we can take right this very second?...
