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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>Top Seven Guitar Practice Techniques For Becoming A Better Guitarist</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikePhilippov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is “one” thing about guitar practicing that is  “most  important”, it’s that there is NO single “right” guitar practice method.   In order to overcome a variety of guitar practice problems and reach a  wide  range of musical goals, you need to use multiple effective  approaches to [...]]]></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 Make Faster Progress From Practicing Guitar Exercises</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/mike-philippov/how-to-make-faster-progress-from-practicing-guitar-exercises</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikePhilippov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that most guitar players have in common is  having  access to a virtually infinite number of guitar playing exercises at   their fingertips. Unfortunately as most soon find out, “guitar  exercises” in  and of themselves do not guarantee (or produce) massive  progress in your  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret To Achieving Great Success As A Guitar Teacher</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Secret To Achieving Great Success As A Guitar Teacher
by Tom Hess
Tom Hess, virtuoso guitarist and musician, member of Rhapsody Of Fire and guitar teacher trainer helps guitar teachers understand the psychology behind achieving success in their guitar teaching businesses.
Have you ever noticed how some guitar teachers seem to “have it easy” when it comes [...]]]></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 Remember The Notes On Guitar Once And For All And Become A More Creative Guitarist In the Process</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/mike-philippov/how-to-remember-the-notes-on-guitar-once-and-for-all-and-become-a-more-creative-guitarist-in-the-process</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikePhilippov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to improve your musical creativity but believe  in the  conventional wisdom of one’s musical potential being restricted by their   natural talent? If you do, then you belong in the club of millions of  musicians  who have all felt the same way. When I started learning to [...]]]></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>Here Is Exactly How To Practice Guitar Scales</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/mike-philippov/here-is-exactly-how-to-practice-guitar-scales</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikePhilippov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the first thing you do when you feel low on inspirational   ideas in your guitar playing? Most guitar players attempt to solve this  problem  by seeking out new guitar scales to practice and play.  Unfortunately, no sooner  than they find the next new sale to practice,  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hidden Costs of a Cheap Graphic Designer</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/draven-grey/hidden-costs-cheap-graphic-designer</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 02:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Draven Grey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re all on a tight budget.  Consider these things before paying for graphic design for your album.]]></description>
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		<title>How To Learn Challenging Guitar Chord Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikePhilippov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most fundamental skills to develop if you want to  play  guitar well is the ability to change chords accurately and reliably.   Sadly, many musicians have a very hard time doing this in their guitar  playing.  Since you began reading this article, chances are high that  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What To Do When Your Guitar Playing Hits A Wall &#8211; How To Overcome Guitar Practice Challenges</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/mike-philippov/what-to-do-when-your-guitar-playing-hits-a-wall-how-to-overcome-guitar-practice-challenges</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/mike-philippov/what-to-do-when-your-guitar-playing-hits-a-wall-how-to-overcome-guitar-practice-challenges#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikePhilippov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common situations you will find yourself in  during  the process of improving your musical skills is the scenario of facing a   certain obstacle in your guitar playing and feeling clueless on how to  overcome  it. Your ability to find a solution to the problems you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Take Your Music Career To The Next Level With A Mentor</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-take-your-music-career-to-the-next-level-with-a-mentor</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-take-your-music-career-to-the-next-level-with-a-mentor#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/the-seven-rule-method-for-finding-the-right-band-members</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/the-seven-rule-method-for-finding-the-right-band-members#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tom Hess]]></category>

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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>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/guitar-soloing-solutions-use-the-power-of-your-favorite-singers-voice-to-turbo-charge-your-lead-guitar-playing</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/guitar-soloing-solutions-use-the-power-of-your-favorite-singers-voice-to-turbo-charge-your-lead-guitar-playing#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-make-your-own-rock-and-metal-guitar-riffs</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-make-your-own-rock-and-metal-guitar-riffs#comments</comments>
		<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>4 Ways You May Be Hurting Your Own Guitar Playing Progress</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/mike-philippov/4-ways-you-may-be-hurting-your-own-guitar-playing-progress</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/mike-philippov/4-ways-you-may-be-hurting-your-own-guitar-playing-progress#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 05:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikePhilippov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to improve the efficiency of your practice time?   Virtually every guitar player would answer “Yes” to this question and  yet many  musicians face painfully slow progress in their guitar playing  year after year.  It may appear that many guitar players may simply be  unable to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make Your Music Career Highly Profitable And Stable</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-make-your-music-career-highly-profitable-and-stable</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-make-your-music-career-highly-profitable-and-stable#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-turn-7-string-guitar-into-a-powerful-tool-for-musical-creativity</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-turn-7-string-guitar-into-a-powerful-tool-for-musical-creativity#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-record-your-guitar-playing</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-record-your-guitar-playing#comments</comments>
		<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>How Radiohead Got it Right, and You Can Too</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/draven-grey/how-radiohead-got-it-right-and-you-can-too</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/draven-grey/how-radiohead-got-it-right-and-you-can-too#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Draven Grey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You all know the account. When Radiohead released their new record “In Rainbows” on a pay-what-you-like download basis, there was a lot of resistance from critics. But Radiohead stated “&#8230;we believe if your music is great, then people will pay for it.” Selling around 30,000 copies within the first week alone and hitting #1 on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where To Find Highly Effective Guitar Practice Exercises</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/where-to-find-highly-effective-guitar-practice-exercises</link>
		<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>My mind and training</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/ask-about-my-mind-and-training</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/ask-about-my-mind-and-training#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Hi, my name is Jędrzej. At first i would say that my English is very bad (I&#8217;m from Poland and I don&#8217;t like learn English in my school). I would like to ask about playing my own riffs and solo. I want to play my own music and after 2 year of playing I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modes</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/modes</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/modes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: What are the modes? How it is help in guitar solo? plz send me good reference and lesson to help me improve my guitaring.
A: Read the music theory master class on this website.
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		<title>Songwriting</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/songwriting</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/songwriting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I&#8217;m in a band now and I have to write a song for my band. My band play Death metal. I want to know how to get a creative thing to write my own song and about ear training too. because it&#8217;s important for writing song. I can&#8217;t hear any note in my head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blues</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/blues</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/blues#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Where should i start to learn the blues on the guitar?
A: I would start by learning the blues scale, what common chords are used in the blues, and learning tabs of songs you like.
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		<title>Hand Pain/Soreness.Tiredness</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/hand-painsoreness-tiredness</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/hand-painsoreness-tiredness#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Great work on the site, keep up the great work. I have a question that 99% of pros avoid answering or beat around the bush when I approach them.
Hand pains or soreness when practicing a lot. I studied physiology and know that there&#8217;s no chance in hell a person can practice for long periods [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regarding rhythm guitar domination</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/regarding-rhythm-guitar-domination</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/regarding-rhythm-guitar-domination#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Hi Joel
This is in regard to your article on mastering rhythm guitar.
Instead of using ONLY down strokes to play every note in the first riff you have given in part 1 of your article
Why not play the notes 2,3 5 with an upstroke, and the rest open notes and pedal notes with down stroke? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help with the modes</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/help-with-the-modes</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/help-with-the-modes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Please suggest some simple way to remember the modes on any scale. Does it apply only to major scale or ALL scales?
A: Simple, if you know the major scale, then you know all the modes. They are just a major scale starting on a different note. Approach it like that. Way less stuff to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing with soul</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/playing-with-soul</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/playing-with-soul#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I was wondering how to add soul to playing, and how to play with felling?
A: When you play/write music, try not to &#8220;think.&#8221; I find that really helps. A lot of technical players over think everything. Music is about fun and emotion, not about scales and theory.
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		<title>Tuning</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/tuning</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/tuning#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I just got an Ibanez Gio and when I tune it down to drop b, it doesn&#8217;t stay in tune. I don&#8217;t know if its the neck or the whammy bar part.
A: There are several factors here. B is a low tuning. You may need a baritone guitar to get your intonation correct on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My playing is horribly sloppy.</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/my-playing-is-horribly-sloppy</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/my-playing-is-horribly-sloppy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Ok so here recently I&#8217;ve been learning (trying to learn) some Avenged Sevenfold, and I have found out that Synyster Gates is an insanely amazing guitarist. And also that my playing is horrible. I&#8217;ve been playing for 5 years now, and no matter what I do, I just can&#8217;t figure it out. I really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trills and hand muscles</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/trills-and-hand-muscles</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Hey Joel, thank you for having such an awesome place where I can finally get questions answered instead of being referred to more lessons!  
Anyway, my question is about trills; I&#8217;ve been playing/practicing for about 8-9 years, I&#8217;ve taken an abundance of lessons from different teachers and read articles including your legato article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Timing</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/timing</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Need extreme help with timing, keeping time, not loosing rhythm, staying on time&#8230; Any techniques or ideas or methods to help learn songs, or even just stay in time when improving?.. my ears don&#8217;t seem to listen to drummers at all
A: Being a guy who sits in a recording studio 60+ hours a week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technique: Cleaner Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/techniquecleaner-notes</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I was wonder if there was a technique to play notes cleaner and more defined. I have been playing for quite a while and never really thought about this till recently listening to my guitar tracks. Any info would be great thanks for your time guys!
A: Clarity in notes comes from good pick attack. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternate Picking Wrist Strength</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/alt-picking-wrist-strength</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I&#8217;m a very weak man, how can I get my wrist to be stronger so I can have a more aggressive attack when I pick?
For the record, I have decent picking chops (up to 205 bpm 16th notes on some chromatic exercises) It&#8217;s just that my picking sounds wimpy.
A: While it is important to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Improve Your Guitar Playing With And Without A Metronome</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/tom-hess/how-to-improve-your-guitar-playing-with-and-without-a-metronome</link>
		<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>
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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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