Monthly Archives: May 2024

Choosing a Friendly, Local Guitar Store

If you’re interested in learning guitar, you need a local, friendly guitar store. You need a store where you can visit, ask questions, buy materials, and occasionally buy guitars. For me, my local store is Rare Birds Music in Chicago … Continue reading

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Beginner Guitarist Demo after 7 Months of Practice

Yes, I’ve been playing guitar for over 7 months. It doesn’t seem that long to me. I have practiced every day. I enjoy it. First Demo, “Man of Constant Sorrow” – 3/4 Epiphone Les Paul Special Express Guitar Here’s my … Continue reading

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5/14/2024 – Sam Ash Going out of Business Scam on Facebook

Yes, it’s a scam. But it does look “official” doesn’t it. Here’s the entryway from Facebook shown below. I am not even looking for musical equipment or film cameras. Facebook knows I do so it serves up these ads. One … Continue reading

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www.KaizenGuitarist.com becomes www.ShoshinGuitarist.com

This took a week of my time to do correctly. I changed a young, existing website from its wonderful name of www.KaizenGuitarist.com to the very good name of www.ShoshinGuitarist.com . Both Kaizen and Shoshin are Japanese words. Although I am … Continue reading

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