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 Interesting News and Articles for Guitar Teachers From Across the Web…   Good article from the Music Teacher’s Helper blog about money and the fees many music teachers collect from their students – http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/money-matters/ What musicians can learn from Olympic athletes – http://takelessons.com/blog/2012/07/what-musicians-can-learn-from-olympic-athletes/ News flash: Rocksmith now includes BASS GUITAR – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz0WbgBIOHk Recipe for enjoying […]

 Interesting News and Articles for Guitar Teachers From Across the Web…   Very good, detailed article about moving your teaching business online: The Virtual Studio (Teaching Guitar In the 21st Century) – http://www.mattwarnockguitar.com/the-virtual-studio-teaching-guitar-in-the-21st-century1 Good article from the Music Teacher’s Helper blog about giving your students incentive to practice – http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/practice-incentives/ Surprising Findings: Where Most Teens […]

 Interesting News and Articles for Guitar Teachers From Across the Web…   Cool video: Bobby McFerrin demonstrating the power of the Pentatonic Scale to a live audience – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hodp2esSV9E How reading “Bounce” by Matthew Syed can help your practice times (the MYTH of talent and the POWER of practice) – http://guitarlessonsinwimbledon.co.uk/tag/deliberate-practice-in-teaching-guitar/ Great article about setting […]

 Interesting News and Articles for Guitar Teachers From Across the Web…   Here’s a great article on practicing from The Bullet Proof Musician blog – http://www.bulletproofmusician.com/how-many-hours-a-day-should-you-practice/ Here’s a little HUMOR for you…if you’ve never checked out Guitar Fail, you don’t know what you’re missing! Once in a while a post is somewhat inappropriate, but they […]

 Interesting News and Articles for Guitar Teachers From Across the Web…   Here’s a cool new “fretlight”-style guitar that connects to your iPhone and teaches you how to play – http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/21/incident-gtar-iphone-teaching-guitar/ Check it out…Paul Gilbert just opened his own online guitar school – http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/Daily/News/Paul_Gilbert_Launches_Online_Guitar_School.aspx From Music Teacher’s Helper: Five Tips For Teaching Rhythm – http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/five-tips-for-teaching-rhythm/ […]

 Interesting News and Articles for Guitar Teachers From Across the Web…   From MusicTeachersHelper.com: Cool idea about how to get 10 new students in two hours – http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/working-together-to-grow-our-music-business/ How to have an UNSUCCESSFUL career teaching guitar – http://thelaughingbard.com/how-to-have-an-unsuccessful-career-teaching-guitar/ From GuitarNoise.com: Ten Ways for Beginner Guitar Players to Improve In a Hurry – http://www.guitarnoise.com/lesson/ten-ways-for-beginner-guitar-players-to-improve/ Five Ways […]

 Interesting News and Articles for Guitar Teachers From Across the Web…   From UltimateGuitar.com: “What Skills Will Improve Your Guitar Playing Faster” – http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/general_music/what_skills_will_improve_your_guitar_playing_faster.html Are you “stopping at the green lights” in your teaching business? This is a good article to help motivate you to action – http://www.jmlalonde.com/stop-stopping-at-green-lights/ From MusicTeachersHelper.com: “Personality Tests and Teaching” – […]

 Interesting News and Articles for Guitar Teachers From Across the Web…   Teaching songs is overrated…riffs rule! – http://www.jimbowley.com/2011/05/songs-overrated-riffs-rule/ Great article from Music Teacher’s Helper…”Why Do You Teach?” – http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/why-do-you-teach/ 8 Ways To Get Better At Playing Guitar Chords – http://www.notplayingguitar.com/2010/05/8-ways-to-get-better-at-guitar-chords.html Gary Marcus: Guitar Zero And The Science Of Learning (courtesy of STG community member […]

 Interesting news and articles for guitar teachers from across the web…   Here’s your chance to take guitar lessons from the mayor of Hackensack, New Jersey – http://www.northjersey.com/news/meneses-to-teach-guitar-class-1.846376 7 Mistakes Every Beginner Guitarist Makes – http://truefire.com/blog/sevens/7-mistakes-every-beginner-guitarist-makes/ From our friends over at GuitarTrump.com…How To Practice Guitar and Get Results – http://www.guitartrump.com/homebase/get-the-most-out-of-practicing-guitar/ From Copyblogger.net…Why Blind Obedience Is […]

 Interesting news and articles for guitar teachers from across the web…   Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope you don’t forget to pick up something nice for your “significant other” today :) Interesting article (with video) about Travis Perry, who invented a cool product to help people learn guitar chords…and ended up on the “Shark Tank” TV […]