Courtesy of Jhoni Jackson What defines a successful music career? Quality albums? Fame? Fat music royalty checks? All of that's right – but also none of it, too...  Making it in the industry is no longer gauged by major label contracts, Grammys, and high rankings on...

Courtesy of Total Guitar.com Give your rhythm playing an authentic rockabilly vibe with these nine essential must-learn chords…  Generally, rockabilly makes heavy use of the well-known I-IV-V blues progression. In the key of E the chords are E-A-B; in the key of A it's...

Courtesy of Max Monahan How Much Does It Really Cost to Make a Professional Studio Album? Check Out This Breakdown of the Total Costs Involved... You've got big dreams. You want to make an album that's going to change the landscape of modern music. There's just one little...

Figure it Out Fridays: Lesson 014 - Part One Welcome to, "Figure it Out Fridays - Lesson 014," the unique Ear Training Guitar Lesson on YouTube.  The focus of these lessons will be to study how to transcribe, (learn by ear), a new guitar melody or a chord progression...

Courtesy of Rick Emmett /CBC Was There Theft Involved When Led Zeppellin Composed Stairway To Heaven? Watch this short interview and decide for yourself... Rick Emmett and the CBC's Paul Hunter discuss the similarities and differences between the Spirit song, "Taurus," and...

Courtesy of Noa Kageyama You know those happy moments in the practice room when you experience a tiny breakthrough, and after having struggled for a while, you can finally play a passage exactly like you want? Feels like cause for celebration, right? Well, as a kid, I would...

Courtesy of Pedals and Effects (YouTube) You might recall that a while back there was a viral YouTube video of a group of dudes demonstrating how an electric guitar sounds when plugged into a chain of 100 effect pedals. That particular bit of experimentation was performed...

Courtesy of Rob Jenkins So you want to be a music teacher. Well, if you hope to find some decent success, you'll need to start analyzing what makes a great teacher seem great to you...  What is it that makes for a great music instructor? Is it a funny, approachable,...

Figure it Out Friday's: Lesson 013 - Part Two Welcome to, "Figure it Out Fridays: Lesson 013 - Part Two," Ear Training Guitar Lesson.  Here's the Answer Key for, "Figure it Out Fridays," Ear Training Lesson 013. In this series, we study how to transcribe a new guitar...

Courtesy of Ian Temple This Psychologist Wants You to Stop Wasting Your Practice Time... “Practice makes perfect” is a classic cliché – it contains elements of the truth but misses the whole story by a long shot. As musicians, we’ve all experienced times when we master...

Courtesy of Casey van Wensem We’ve probably all felt it more often than we’d like to admit: the feeling that we’re not "there yet" in what we do musically. The good news is that this is a normal feeling, and it’s something that people in any creative field deal with all the...