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The Start Teaching Guitar Podcast

STG 064: 15 Components of a Complete Guitar Player

https://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/content.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/STG064.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS What is a complete guitar player? There are a lot of different aspects to being a well-rounded musician. People debate this subject all the time. Is it all about how well you can play technical passages, or how well you understand theory […]

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STG 063 : How Using A Budget Can Save Your Teaching Business From Total Destruction

Hands down, the biggest reason why every kind of small business goes belly-up (including guitar teachers) is because of MONEY. Not staying on top of your income and expenses can get you into all kinds of trouble, including tax problems, not being able to pay your bills and not being able to keep your teaching […]

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Guitar Teacher Interview 021 – Joshua C Liston

One of the driving principles behind Start Teaching Guitar is that we can all learn from each other. This “Guitar Teacher Interview” series is a chance for us to hear from other guitar teachers around the world and hopefully get some ideas for our own teaching businesses. This interview is with Joshua C Liston, a […]

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Win a Free Copy of Guitar Pro 6 XL!

April 2013 Giveaway Contest We’re giving away TWO copies of Guitar Pro 6 XL ($75.94 value) This contest is CLOSED! Congratulations to the winners: Kerry Holsinger Stephen Joseph Guitar Pro is a musical software program offering all of the functionalities that guitarists need. Create, edit, visualize, and share tabs and charts Learn to play or improve […]

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STG 062: 5 Ways Your Students Can Sabotage Their Guitar Lessons

https://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/content.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/STG062.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Guitar students can choose to quit taking lessons with you for several different reasons. Sometimes it’s because of something you did or didn’t do as a teacher, sometimes it’s just because life gets in the way, and sometimes it’s because they do […]

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Guitar Teacher Interview 020 – Tim Woosley

One of the driving principles behind Start Teaching Guitar is that we can all learn from each other. This “Guitar Teacher Interview” series is a chance for us to hear from other guitar teachers around the world and hopefully get some ideas for our own teaching businesses. This interview is with Tim Woosley, a guitar […]

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STG 061 : How Your Personality Type Can Impact Your Guitar Lessons

Do you ever wish you could understand why your students respond to your lessons the way they do? Maybe you’d love to know what strengths and weaknesses you bring to your guitar teaching business so you could get help with the things that could make you more successful? Understanding personality types and how they interact […]

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STG 060: Time Management For Guitar Teachers – Interview With Kevin Toller

https://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/content.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/STG060.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Are you so busy teaching guitar lessons that you don’t feel like you have time for the things that really matter? Or maybe you work a full-time day job and teach guitar on the side and it feels like you don’t have […]

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STG 059 : The 80/20 Principle of Teaching Guitar

The 80/20 principle applies to many aspects of teaching guitar lessons, and it can really help you be more successful as a teacher, as a musician and in your life. By focusing on the 20% of your efforts that bring you 80% of your results, you can maximize the level of success you see in […]

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STG 058: Riff Master Pro – Interview With Heath Nicholson

https://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/content.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/STG058.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS You’ve probably heard of Riff Master Pro by now, but you may not know much about Heath Nicholson…the guitar teacher from Sydney, Australia who created it. Heath is a successful teacher, performing guitarist and business owner who has some excellent advice for […]

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