Author: Sienark
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Five Secret Beginner Guitar Tools
Are you a beginner guitarist? So was I, 8 months ago. Now, after playing/practicing guitar at least 2 hours every day for 8 months I am an advanced beginner guitarist. I wanted to share three “secret” guitar tools that will help you make it past the first 3 months. Yes, you need a guitar tuner…
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Beginner Guitarist Demo after 8 Months of Practice
Thanks for visiting. Today, this is a short post (hopefully). USING A MICROPHONE: For the first time ever, I am using a cheap yet very good Shure microphone. It’s an MV5 Shure that plugs directly into my Android phone. Wow, the recording is much better than ever before. My two guitar demos for this month…
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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 at 3350 N. Milwaukee Ave which is two blocks from my home. Why do you…
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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 demo using my Birthday Epiphone. The Epiphone was made on my dad’s birthday of January…
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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 Step Further in the Facebook Scam So you click on the SamAsh ad in Facebook.…
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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 not Japanese, I do admire their cultural beliefs in improving quality every day (Kaizen) and…
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How Well can you Play Guitar after Six Months?
I began playing/practicing guitar just over 6 months ago. Here is a progress update. First Demo, playing “Angel Band” – Jet JS300 Electric Guitar Here’s an electric guitar demo of me playing Angel Band (April 15, 2024) in my basement. This is my Jet JS400 electric guitar. I have named her Bela, which is Slovenian…
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3/10/2024, Discontinuing Weekly Guitar Journal
I have decided to discontinue my weekly guitar journal. I think this is a Kaizen (change improve) decision. This decision is a relief, a burden removed from my daily routine. This will be a fun, Kaizen adaptation for my KaizenGuitarist website. The Weekly Guitar Journal has Disadvantages So if Kaizen is about improving 1% every…
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5 Month Anniversary: Playing Guitar
I wanted to write a few things down commemorating March 5, 2024. It’s been 5 months since I began studying, practicing, and playing guitar. I am retired. And, playing guitar has brought me joy in my 70’s in retirement. (The above photo is the first day I bought a guitar. I found it in a…
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2/24/2024, Weekly: Guitar Weekly Learning Journal
My Guitar Learning Notes for One Week This is another weekly KaizenGuitarist journal entry. I hope that someone finds this on the Internet and finds it useful. I think that over time I may discontinue this journal and just focus on the guitar learning nuggets on my guitar journey. But for now, I will continue…