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Is There Natural Talent?

by Matthew King on 05/26/2011

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Hell no!!! I've never believed that anyone has sold their soul to the
devil or taken a magic bullet and suddenly by magic gained the ability
to play the guitar. Picking up any skill as difficult as this is not
the result of being chosen as worthy of having a special gift. You want
to know why this myth as succeeded for such a long time?

It's the only way to make sense of it to those who don't have it
themselves. Anyone can have the ability to play the guitar like whoever
their favorite guitar hero is. I believe that with every bit of my
soul.

We believe in this myth only in order to avoid the hard work that goes
into it. This myth also helps enhance the mystic of legendary musicians
like Mozart, Hendrix, Liszt, and the Beatles. Why is that? Because
dehumanizing these godlike musicians gives us another reason to avoid
the work.

Once we believe this it's hard to imagine Michael Jordan ever missing a
game winning shot or Michael Jackson once having trouble performing the
moon walk you can find plenty of stories about anyone who has excelled
at anything not having that ability at one time.

So how can anyone destroy this belief and start relating to a brilliant
musician that inspires them? By finding other legitimate reasons why
they're as gifted as they are.

Now I do believe in a few things that'll enhance any budding musician
from the start, which I will get into. Having giant hands to play
chords and a higher IQ can give you a slight advantage, but only a
slight one. We should recognize these factors as good enough reasons
for playing really well, but not the ultimate reasons. [click to
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6 Ways To Dump Your Boring Lead Guitar Scales

by Matthew King on 05/16/2011

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Scales are the enemy! If I knew how I would put a big X on this
pic....

After studying lots and lot of guitar players I find it amazing that
even the best stick to playing within scale patterns. It became so
monotonous to see the same Chuck Berry phrases, blues scale cliché's,
and repeating licks littered throughout the best of the best and I'm
talking about the guys who are the end all be all of guitar players
like Van Halen, Jimmy Page, and Zakk Wylde.

How do the guitar magazines and their followers fail to go beyond these
embarrassingly familiar ideas?

My opinion is that we guitar players are trained to think in scales,
and then we never get out of it! We play our rhythm parts consisting of
powerchords and open chords, and then before the last chorus we throw
in as many notes as possible that are often unrelated to the rest of
the song.

Isn't this a strange idea? [click to continue...]

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Slow Down. The Music Won't Last. Why You Shouldn't Make Music Your Life.

April 15, 2011

"There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there
is nothing harder to learn." -Seneca After two years of playing guitar
(around 2006) I noticed something that my brother pointed out. I wasn't
breathing at the same time that I was rushing through my songs and
guitar riffs. Every time I [...]
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Play Stu's Song From The Hangover, On Guitar!!!!

April 13, 2011

Despite what you may think I didn't write this post because of the new
trailer for the sequel to the first hangover movie. I know I really
need to get over to Youtube and check it out, but I've been consumed by
this idea of making an arrangement of "Stu's Song" from the first
movie. [...]
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How To Avoid Hurt Fingers and Play "Our Song" by Taylor Swift On Guitar

April 12, 2011

Now that I'm starting to get the hang of using twitter I've noticed
that there are many cries for guitar help out there which can all be
reduced to a simple inability to get started. The problem, one that
I've very familiar with, is the abundance of material out there to
choose from! Hell, if [...]
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I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

April 6, 2011

To get right to the point I desperately need your help. It's one of my
shortcomings that I don't have an extensive network or 2000 facebook
friends as I've kept myself isolated for as long as I can remember, and
in doing so I've kept my passion for music to myself. I'm now
determined to [...]
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Why You Should Pay Attention To The Oscars, But Skip The Show

March 16, 2011

I keep asking myself why I was excited about watching the Oscars? Was
it to see a film I like bask in the spotlight with its numerous awards?
To cry foul at the bad choices they may or may not make? Or maybe to
see someone pull a Kanye West! The best answer I can [...]
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Yes. You Can Learn From Steve Vai. Even If You Can't Even Play A Chord.
Seriously.

February 25, 2011

Want to know the best advantage of being a self-taught player? You can
study a Steve Vai tab book, and not become attached to whether you can
play it or not. Yeah, I've got that book. Can I play most of the licks
out of there? Hell no, Vai is a maniac!!! Take a look [...]
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An Eternal Question: Esperanza Spalding or Justin Bieber?

February 18, 2011

The Players In some magazine I read way back, some girl I'd never heard
of had her own block quote saying "I don't think Katy Perry or Lady
Gaga is the best music in the world right now" to paraphrase a comment
she was making about that year's Grammy nominees. This past Sunday,
that comment [...]
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I Tabbed Lady Gaga's New Song Because I Was Born This Way!

February 11, 2011

Lady Gaga's new single, Born This Way, was released earlier today, but
I didn't hear it until 2. I gotta say I love it and if you're a fan of
hers I definitely recommend to stop what you're doing (reading this
article) and go buy that song! It's awesome. I've been tabbing so many
songs [...]
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