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	<title>Free Guitar Lessons, Guitar Master Classes, Learn Guitar &#124; Insane Guitar &#187; Tom Hess</title>
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		<title>Why You Should Forget About Most Common Guitar Teacher Advice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why You Should Forget About Most Common Guitar Teacher Advice
By Tom Hess
Are you tired of earning only a small amount of income from guitar teaching? Wish you had a schedule full of motivated students? Unsure about what you need to do to grow your guitar instruction business? Truth is, most guitar teachers never become successful, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Lessons For Guitar? Here’s 7 Unfortunate Truths About Your Guitar Teacher</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[REALITY: Most guitar instructors have never taken the time to develop their teaching skills. Unfortunately, this means you must become their student ‘experiment’ as they learn through trial and error. Before you take another lesson, here are the seven things that your guitar teacher has never told you (that you need to know!):
1. “The truth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use Your Favorite Singer&#8217;s Voice To Write Guitar Solos</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Use Your Favorite Singer&#8217;s Voice To Write Guitar Solos
 
by Tom Hess
Would you like to have the ability to write guitar solos which are highly melodic, expressive, and passionate? If you are like the majority, then you have a hard time making your lead guitar playing sound exactly how you want it to. A great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Promote Your Music Career And Build Your Music Fan Base</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you trying to find the best way to promote your music and gain a huge following of fans? This is a major concern for the majority of musicians; both for those who are just starting their music careers and for those who have been in the music business for a long time. There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Creative Tactics That Will Transform Your 7 String Guitar Playing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you feel like your 7 string guitar playing is not as creative as you would like it to be? Chances are,  you have not fully explored the instrument’s creative possibilities and limited your approach to simply trying make  your 6 string ideas work with the low B string.
Unlike most guitarists, truly great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Powerful And Unique Approach To Writing Guitar Solo Phrases</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Powerful And Unique Approach To Writing Guitar Solo Phrases
By Tom Hess
Many guitar players think that having great technical  playing skills is crucial to writing incredible guitar solos. In reality, there  exist tons of great guitarists who play truly inspiring guitar phrases without  playing in a very ‘technical’ manner… and you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Succeed At Teaching Guitar By Showing Your Students How To Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How To Succeed At Teaching Guitar By Showing Your Students How To Practice
by Tom Hess
One of the biggest challenges you can face when teaching guitar is teaching students who never seem to make any progress. Some guitar teachers would simply assume that the student is ‘slow’ or simply doesn’t ‘get it’. However, if you make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Gain A Lot Of Motivation For Guitar Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been experiencing a lack of motivation in your guitar practice? Are you unsure about what and how to practice? Do you wish you could practice guitar effectively and get better results? If so, you are not alone. It take most guitar players many years before they learn how to practice guitar in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Create Rock Guitar Solo Improvisations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Hess
Are you having a hard time thinking up great rock guitar solo improvisations? If so, you are in the company of many guitarists. Fact is, there are endless amounts of guitar players who want to play guitar solos in a highly creative manner; however, for one reason or another, very few have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Become A Better Guitarist By Listening To Yngwie Malmsteen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How To Become A Better Guitarist By Listening To Yngwie Malmsteen
by Tom Hess
When it comes to the most important guitar players to have ever played, I believe that Yngwie Malmsteen stands out as one of the most highly influential and ‘underrated’ guitarists. In fact, I would even make the claim that by simply understanding why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Reasons Why You Aren’t Making Good Money Teaching Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top Ten Reasons Why You Aren’t Making Good Money Teaching Guitar
by Tom Hess
Do you feel like you should be making a lot more money as a guitar teacher? Have you ever thought about how different your life would be if you made a lot more money in your guitar teaching business? Do you ever wonder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make It In Music By Eliminating Your “Risk”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Hess, international music career mentor and guitar player in the 1.5+ million album selling operatic metal band Rhapsody Of Fire discusses what it takes to achieve success as a pro musician.
How is it that many people cannot seem to achieve success as professional musicians, while some people quickly build and develop highly successful music [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Turn Your Thoughts Into Musical Emotions With Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How To Turn Your Thoughts Into Musical Emotions With Guitar
By Tom Hess
Do you want to be able to fully express yourself with your guitar? One of the most powerful aspects of music is its ability to serve as a tool for expressing our ideas and emotions. It is for this reason that musical expression should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Take Your Music Career To The Next Level With A Mentor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you would like to start a career in music and quickly reach success as a professional musician, it is crucial to find a mentor who has already achieved great things in the music business. Learn how to find your own mentor by reading this article.]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven Rule Method For Finding The Right Band Members</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has this ever happened to you?: You begin looking for new members to join your band. You place flyers, newspaper ads, or even post in online music communities. Then, whenever someone gets interested in your band (they call you, or audition), they do not have the same dedication and ambition that you have. The truth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Soloing Solutions: Use The Power Of Your Favorite Singer&#8217;s Voice To Turbo Charge Your Lead Guitar Playing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do your guitar solos sound very similar to each other? Are you frustrated by your lack of ability to come up with fresh and inspiring lead guitar phrases?  If so, then you are not alone. It is common for many guitarists to get into the habit of using similar melodies and musical ideas when creating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make Your Own Rock And Metal Guitar Riffs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you wish you could write cool rhythm guitar riffs for rock and metal? If you are like many rock guitarists, you have much stronger lead guitar skills than rhythm guitar skills. In most cases, guitar players only learn the basic power chords, open chords, or barre chords when learning to play rhythm guitar. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make Your Music Career Highly Profitable And Stable</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you hold  the belief that it is ‘wrong’ to try to make money with your musical talents,  do not read any further…simply close this page now.
For those  of you who have decided to continue reading…welcome. Fact is, the majority of  musicians want to have a career in music. However, these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Turn 7 String Guitar Into A Powerful Tool For Musical Creativity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you struggling with musical creativity on 7 string guitar? If so, don&#8217;t worry…This is actually a very common issue for most 7 string guitarists. This is especially the case if the majority of your time has been spent playing on a 6 string guitar. Even though there are many similarities between 7 and 6 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Record Your Guitar Playing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How To Record Your Guitar Playing
by Tom Hess
Most musicians already know that there are many skills they must develop to increase their chances of success in the music industry.  However, there is one specific musical area that is often overlooked by many musicians (especially by guitar players) in their pursuit of a successful music career [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where To Find Highly Effective Guitar Practice Exercises</title>
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		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/where-to-find-highly-effective-guitar-practice-exercises#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you have an easier time learning to play guitar if you knew exactly what guitar practice exercises to focus your time on?  Are you being spread in many different directions by the vast number of guitar playing resources that all seem to offer a different way of learning guitar?  Do you feel overwhelmed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Improve Your Lead Guitar Playing</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-improve-your-lead-guitar-playing</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-improve-your-lead-guitar-playing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a hard time coming up with guitar solos that sound like real music instead of a &#8220;combination of guitar licks&#8221;?  Have you spent a lot of time looking for countless guitar exercises, new scales and guitar licks to play on the internet, only to realize later that these things are NOT making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Improve Your Guitar Playing With And Without A Metronome</title>
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		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-improve-your-guitar-playing-with-and-without-a-metronome#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you think that using a metronome is important for improving your guitar playing?
On this issue, guitar players tend to fall into one of the following groups:

 Some guitarists almost never use a metronome in their guitar playing.
 Others always (or almost always) practice and play guitar with a metronome.

When asked about why they practice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Develop Creativity In Your Guitar Playing &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-develop-creativity-in-your-guitar-playing-part-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-develop-creativity-in-your-guitar-playing-part-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you struggle with becoming a more creative and self expressive  musician? Many guitarists run into this problem as they begin to feel  more comfortable with the physical aspects of their guitar playing. A  lot of musicians can&#8217;t seem to write songs or create their own guitar  solos at the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Guitar Teachers Find It Difficult To Get Guitar Students</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/why-guitar-teachers-find-it-difficult-to-get-guitar-students</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/why-guitar-teachers-find-it-difficult-to-get-guitar-students#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a hard time finding more guitar students? Do your    guitar teaching ads and website not seem to really work like you want    them to? Are you tired of constantly pouring massive efforts into  promotion   and not getting enough students from it? Does it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Play Guitar Fast &#8211; Avoiding Critical Mistakes In Learning To Increase Your Guitar Speed</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-play-guitar-fast-avoiding-critical-mistakes-in-learning-to-increase-your-guitar-speed</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-play-guitar-fast-avoiding-critical-mistakes-in-learning-to-increase-your-guitar-speed#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you struggle with playing guitar fast?  Is your lack of  guitar speed making it difficult for you to  express yourself fully as a  musician?   Although playing  guitar fast is not every guitarist&#8217;s  most significant goal, those who do  want to improve their guitar   speed desire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriting &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/songwriting-part-1-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/songwriting-part-1-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most musicians (especially guitar players) approach songwriting in  the same general way. For many songwriters, especially those who write  music versus writing lyrics only, that process consists of relying on  their instrument to improvise or &#8220;jam&#8221; until they stumble upon something  that   sounds cool. They choose to focus only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Clean Up Your Lead Guitar Technique &#8211; Part 2 Find The Solution To Fixing Sloppy Lead Guitar Playing</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-clean-up-your-lead-guitar-technique-part-2-find-the-solution-to-fixing-sloppy-lead-guitar-playing</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-clean-up-your-lead-guitar-technique-part-2-find-the-solution-to-fixing-sloppy-lead-guitar-playing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a hard time playing lead guitar cleanly, the most likely  reason for this is excessive guitar string noise. For most guitarists,  refining   this area of their lead guitar technique may have nothing to  do with improving the way they play &#8220;the notes they want to hear&#8221;.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Chords To Beginner Guitar Students</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/teaching-chords-to-beginner-guitar-students</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/teaching-chords-to-beginner-guitar-students#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very common and  frustrating problem beginning guitar students  face is not being able to change  chords quickly, fluently and  musically. This may be frustrating for you, the  guitar teacher, too,  when you are not sure about how to solve the problem.
There can be more than  one reason [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improve Your Lead Guitar Playing: Lesson And Video</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/improve-your-lead-guitar-playing-lesson-and-video</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/improve-your-lead-guitar-playing-lesson-and-video#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of  your guitar skills can you use ‘fluently’ when creating,  improvising or playing  a guitar solo? I’m not asking about ‘how good  you are’, ‘how much you know’, or  ‘what you can play’. I’m asking you  to think about how well you can ‘use’ the  skills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Get Started Teaching Guitar &#8211; 5 Things You Need to Know and Do</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-get-started-teaching-guitar-5-things-you-need-to-know-and-do</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-get-started-teaching-guitar-5-things-you-need-to-know-and-do#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 17:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to teach  guitar, then it&#8217;s critically important to know  what the most important steps  are to becoming the best teacher you can  be. Many people who have been teaching  guitar for a long time don&#8217;t  know all 5 of the important things you are now  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Trying To Become Professional Musicians</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/top-10-mistakes-people-make-when-trying-to-become-professional-musicians</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/top-10-mistakes-people-make-when-trying-to-become-professional-musicians#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by  Tom Hess
There many things you  need to know and do in order to become  successful in the music industry. But  even if you learn and do all of  those things, you still might prevent yourself  from achieving success  in the music business by making key mistakes along the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Improve Your Guitar Technique &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-improve-your-guitar-technique-part-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-improve-your-guitar-technique-part-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to improve your guitar technique, play guitar cleaner, eliminate sloppy playing and unwanted string noise? Sloppy guitar technique is a very common problem. Many guitarists have been asking for solutions. This article will help you to improve your guitar technique.
There are 5 main challenges that electric guitar players must overcome in order [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Practicing Guitar: Self Discipline Or Fun?</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/practicing-guitar-self-discipline-or-fun</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/practicing-guitar-self-discipline-or-fun#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you find it difficult to fully enjoy the process of highly disciplined practicing? Most guitarists either have lots of fun practicing, but are not highly disciplined, or try to be very disciplined, but find it boring or unfulfilling when they do so. So most people make a (conscious or unconscious) choice to sacrifice &#8216;fun&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Practice For Maximum Speed &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-practice-for-maximum-speed-part-3</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-practice-for-maximum-speed-part-3#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed that playing something clean and fast is much harder when playing an actual song compared to when you practice that same lick or solo over and over again?
When trying to increase your guitar speed, the most important thing to remember is that you must be able to use your faster speed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Guitar: How To Fix Bad Habits And Solve Problems Your Guitar Students Have</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/teaching-guitar-how-to-fix-bad-habits-and-solve-problems-your-guitar-students-have</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/teaching-guitar-how-to-fix-bad-habits-and-solve-problems-your-guitar-students-have#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although there are many different ways you can help your students  become better guitar players and musicians, we can group almost  everything you do into 3 main categories:

 Inspiring and motivating your students – teaching guitar well is often more about inspiring your guitar students than teaching a new scale, chord or song.
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Prepare For Gigs And Make Your Live Shows Better</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-prepare-for-gigs-and-make-your-live-shows-better</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-prepare-for-gigs-and-make-your-live-shows-better#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The very best way to get more people to repeatedly come out and see your band play live is word of mouth. When your live shows are great, people will like it and talk about you to their friends both online and offline. Besides the obvious point of playing good music that people like, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make a Great Guitar Solo</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-make-a-great-guitar-solo</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-make-a-great-guitar-solo#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not what you play, it’s how you play it.
There are lots of ways to make guitar solos. Most guitarists focus on ‘what to play’ versus ‘how to play things’. Fact is, the nuances of phrasing (‘how’ the notes are played) often matter MORE than the notes we actually play. How many times have you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Сan YOU Really Become a Great Guitar Player?</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/%d0%a1an-you-really-become-a-great-guitar-player</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/%d0%a1an-you-really-become-a-great-guitar-player#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me tell you a little story. Playing guitar never came easy to me when I was younger. I didn&#8217;t possess anything that resembled, what some would call, natural talent, or at least I didn&#8217;t think so. When I attended college to study music, I had been out of high school for four years. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing A Guitar Teacher</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/choosing-a-guitar-teacher</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/choosing-a-guitar-teacher#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
The electric guitar has advanced far beyond the time when someone could teach himself (or herself) to become a world class guitar player. If your ambition is to become a competent guitar player and a competent musician, you need a competent guitar teacher. Even if your goals are more modest, you can reach those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Aren`t You A Better Guitar Player?</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/why-arent-you-a-better-guitar-player</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/why-arent-you-a-better-guitar-player#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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If you are like most people, you desire to become a better guitar player. Through my own learning experience and through teaching well over 1,000 students, I have learned a lot on this subject. Students often ask why they are not at the level that they desire to be and what can be done [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plans Are Not Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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Anyone who has read any of my articles related to the subject of learning/teaching guitar knows I am very goal oriented in my guitar teaching. Before I begin teaching or coaching (yes there are differences between the two) I always begin by asking the student what his or her musical goals are (both the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Guitar Players Are Totally Out Of Balance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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by Tom Hess
Most students of the guitar are totally out of balance with the skills they have. Those of you who have read my other articles know that I am not a believer in studying all music related things, nor am I a believer in studying a billion different styles and techniques. As a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Secrets of Common Sense ~ Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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If уou believe уou сan, уou will.  If уou believe уou сan&#8217;t, уou won&#8217;t. 
No matter what your musical skill level is right now, there are going to be many significant challenges ahead of you. Your attitudes, and the ways you deal with musical challenges, will be single greatest factor in determining how much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Express Yourself</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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I believe &#8220;Self Expression&#8221; is the pinnacle of all art. Anything less, &#8220;is less&#8221; in my opinion. I&#8217;m not going to debate that view or try to persuade any of you to also believe it. Instead I am going to assume you already hold that view and discuss ways in which I may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire And Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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by Tom Hess
Think back to the time when your interest in playing guitar was born. Remember the time when you got your first guitar and actually started playing it. For most of us, even when we were totally beginners, clueless about how to play anything, it somehow didn’t matter because we were just so excited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 80/20 Rule For Guitar Players</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed how some guitar players, who practice less, seem to make more progress than others who practice more? That can be really frustrating for guitar players in the second group! If you are like most guitarists, the following two statements are approximately true (whether you are aware of it or not):

80% of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take The Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you consider yourself to be pessimistic person, do yourself a favor, &#8211; don’t waste your time reading another word.
In my mentoring program about building a music career, I ask my students (those I mentor) to take a very special test in one of the first few sessions. It’s an eye-opening experience for everyone who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Become a Professional Guitarist &amp; Musician ~ Part 4 ~ Making it</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You want to “make it” in the music business, right? Does it seem almost impossible to make it happen? The perceived
realities of the music industry seem too harsh, too risky, too difficult and too unstable to pursue a lucrative long term music career.
The Myth:
Most people believe there are only two possible outcomes when trying to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Become a Professional Guitarist &amp; Musician &#8211; Part 3 ~ Acquire an Accurate Map</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(*The basic map analogy used in this article was inspired and adapted from author Steven Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.)
Imagine you are taking a trip to an important destination inside an unfamiliar city without an accurate map. Now imagine the city is filled with hundreds of thousands of other people, 99.8% [...]]]></description>
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