There’s a habit among musicians to compare and care what other people think about our decisions: fans, friends, family, anyone! We forget to put our blinders on and forget to just keep getting excited about what we’re doing. It can be a real bummer, time sucker and career killer! What...
It’s the holiday season which means either you’re the busiest you’ve been all year, or you’re forgetting to do some things you need to do.
For me, it’s the busiest I’ve been all year because amongst writing to last minute briefs, scheduled co-writes, and my...
Today, my “why” became more meaningful and specific. Every year it gets clearer because of creative thinking, action and reflection and I want your why to be as loud as a battlecry.
I’ll explain.
As I record music for a potential TV show placement in my home studio, I find...
When setting out to produce and record a track, either for an indie artist, music library cue, or sync brief, I always have a go-to move that gives my guitars an ability to be exactly how I want to hear them.
So you know from the beginning, I don’t go into crazy technical stuff,...
I went on a Facebook Live the other day, and I was talking about dreams versus goals. It hit me how many people never move past the dream phase. Honestly, it made me a little sad, because I know it’s possible for you to move past it, and I’m tired of seeing people give up after...
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!
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...
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...
