As I frequently mention in my Guitar Mastery Blueprint speaking presentations, I have been coaching guitarists pretty much full time for 20+ years. After spending this kind of time, 30-40 hours per week with all kinds of different personalities that have an almost identical goal in mind, it really becomes quite easy to start identifying certain behavioral patterns and traits that invariably lead to VERY specific results – either positive (rarely) or negative (much more often…) So, I will start a series of posts dealing with the issue of being a self-taught guitarist. However, before I continue, I want to make 2 very important clarifications 1)      This post refers to people that are self-taught by CHOICE – not for any other reason 2)      I am referring to those that wish to become excellent at the  [ Read More ]

A farmer had only one horse.  One day, his horse ran away. All the neighbors came by saying, “I’m so sorry. This is such bad news. You must be so upset.”   The man just said, “We’ll see.” A few days later, his horse came back with twenty wild horses.  The man and his son corraled all 21 horses. All the neighbors came by saying, “Congratulations! This is such good news. You must be so happy!”   The man just said, “We’ll see.” One of the wild horses kicked the man’s only son, breaking both his legs. All the neighbors came by saying, “I’m so sorry. This is such bad news. You must be so upset.”   The man just said, “We’ll see.” The country went to war, and every able-bodied young man was drafted to fight. The  [ Read More ]