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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>Where To Find Highly Effective Guitar Practice Exercises</title>
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		<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>
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		<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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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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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		<description><![CDATA[ 
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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		<description><![CDATA[ 
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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		<description><![CDATA[ 
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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		<description><![CDATA[ 
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>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>How to Become a Professional Guitarist &amp; Musician ~ Facts and Myths &#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To get the most out of this article, it is critical that you read How To Become A Professional Musician &#8211; Part 1 to this series before reading on&#8230;
&#8230;There are few things more tragic than a musician who has invested all of himself/herself into a life-long dream (such as pursuing a big professional music career) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Become a Professional Guitarist &amp; Musician ~ Facts and Myths &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“What does it take to become a professional guitar player and musician?” The answer remains a huge mystery for the vast majority of musicians. Traditionally, conventional wisdom has offered three separate statements that are supposed to be answers or explanations to the question. I choose to call them what they are&#8230;MYTHS! Here they are starting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriting &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Most people approach songwriting in the same general way. For those that write music, versus lyric writing only, that process is to go to their instrument and improvise until they stumble upon something that sounds good. They choose to focus only on the &#8220;goal of having a completed song&#8221; instead of focusing on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriting &#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
In   this part of the article series, I have added to the list of songwriting  ideas for each concept.  Before we get to discussing these ideas, I  want to mention that these concepts are best Before getting to that I  want to point out most of these ideas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriting &#8211; Part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In previous articles about songwriting techniques for guitarists,    I addressed several approaches to beginning the songwriting  structure, focusing primarily on starting with chords and melody. In  this section of the songwriting series  I&#8217;ll go into greater detail    about other processes that I briefly mentioned  in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriting &#8211; Part 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
by Tom Hess
In Part 4, we’ll look at some more advanced (yet sometimes quite simple) songwriting concepts, focusing on areas that are often overlooked.
More on Dynamics…
How can sudden dynamic changes affect your music in a positive way? Contrary to what most of us would like to believe, people almost never listen deeply to music. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriting &#8211; Part 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
by Tom Hess
Orchestration: (excerpt from a lesson on Orchestration)
Orchestration is the way timbre is used in musical contexts (songs/compositions). If you have a melody, a bass line and some chords, you can play all of these on a single piano or solo guitar (sometimes). But you can also arrange (orchestrate) these elements (the melody, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vibrato Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
by Tom Hess
Vibrato is one of the most, if not the most, expressive tools that we guitarists have in our arsenal of techniques. Continuous musical phrases without the potent thrill of vibrato sound less dramatic than phrases with the right vibrato used in the right places and situations. Classical singers spend many years and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Become a Professional Musician?…Start Here. 7 Things You Should Do Now To Begin Your Music Career</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why so many good musicians struggle to begin their music career 

If you are like most people who want a music career as a professional musician, the first question you ask is probably, “What do I have to do?”  You ask this because you are not sure what you need to do first, second, third, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pursuit of A Record Deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want a successful, stable and rewarding music career?  Would  you like to know exactly what record companies, producers, and  management companies are looking for when seeking out new artists?   There are many great musicians who are not able to build a successful  music career because they do not know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make The Right Contacts In The Music Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many musicians are aware that making the right music industry contacts  is highly important for achieving a successful music career. The problem  is that, most musicians   really don&#8217;t  know &#8216;who&#8217; the right music  industry contacts are, where to find   them,  how to actually transform a  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Struggle To Get Guitar Students</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you struggle to attract a lot of new guitar students? Do your guitar teaching ads and website not seem to really work like you want them to? Are you sick of constantly having to put effort into promotion and aren’t getting enough students from it? Does it seem impossible to fill up your teaching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Reasons why you may not be getting big results from taking guitar lessons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever tried taking guitar lessons and ended up quitting in frustration, because you felt you weren’t making enough progress? Or perhaps you have considered taking guitar lessons but because someone you know had a disappointing experience with a guitar teacher, you began to doubt if lessons are worth investing your time and money. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Transition From Your Day Job Into A Successful Music Career</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to be a professional musician, but don&#8217;t know where and how to start? Do you really want a successful career in music, but your fear of failure is holding you back? Are you unsure about what to do if your plan doesn&#8217;t work?
Most aspiring musicians receive a lot of advice from friends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Big Mistakes You Should Avoid When Teaching Beginning Guitar Students</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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Do your beginning guitar students usually progress slowly with you? Do they sometimes ‘get stuck’ and reach a plateau in their guitar playing? Do some of your guitar students limp along &#8211; struggling to make a ‘breakthrough’ in their guitar playing? Is teaching beginners sometimes very frustrating for you? Do some of them easily lose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Improve Your Guitar Technique And Play Guitar Clean &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to improve your guitar technique, play guitar clean, 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 play guitar clean and improve your guitar technique.
There are 5 main challenges that electric guitar players [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Practice Guitar With A Limited Amount Of Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Do you struggle with not having enough time to practice guitar? Are you unsure about what things to practice within this very limited amount of time?
While it may be rather difficult to increase the total time you have available to practice guitar, it is very possible to maximize the results you get from the practice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Start A Successful Music Career</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you need some immediate help on how to start a successful music career? Here are 4 key things you can begin to focus on right now to begin.]]></description>
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