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	<title>Free Guitar Lessons, Guitar Master Classes, Learn Guitar &#124; Insane Guitar</title>
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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>
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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>
		<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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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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>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/trills-and-hand-muscles#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/timing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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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>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/techniquecleaner-notes#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/alt-picking-wrist-strength#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Tom Hess]]></category>

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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Tom Hess]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.insaneguitar.com/?p=2868</guid>
		<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>Effect Pedals: Need one or don&#8217;t?</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/effect-pedals-need-one-or-dont</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/effect-pedals-need-one-or-dont#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 21:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I want to know if I need effect pedals to play metal?  I have my own songs.  My friend who swears up and down says all metal guitarist use pedals I think that&#8217;s bogus and not true.  Eddie Van him self said he does not use one. He used to till [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/hi</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/hi#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 21:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Is the intro for the song &#8220;Thunderstruck&#8221; by AC/DC  legato since its just hammer ons and pull offs?
A: Yes.
Q: and how do you make a dive bomb last long?
A: To get a dive bomb to sustain you need to have a decent amount of gain coming out of your amp. You also need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prog Rhythm</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/prog-rhythym</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/prog-rhythym#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Although there a vast bounties of metal guitar rhythm lessons scattered throughout the depths of the internet, I have yet to see a progressive rhythm lesson, so my problem is that I really enjoy prog music (blotted science, liquid tension etc, etc) and I would like to write some really awesome prog riffs, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Get Better At Guitar</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/want-to-get-better</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/want-to-get-better#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I&#8217;m learning songs, but how can I be a great shred guitar player and make up runs and make great music. I want to learn how to play like Rob Balducci or Randy Rhoads. I want to learn my own style and shred like them. Please help on what I should learn, like songs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creativity and Songwriting</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/creativity-and-songwriting</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/creativity-and-songwriting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.insaneguitar.com/?p=2742</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: Hey Joel, I had a question about songwriting. If you&#8217;re a writer you pretty much have to face writer&#8217;s block sooner or later; I took theory and music lessons for a very long time so I know theory, how to put a song together, how different forms work and what not and I&#8217;ve read [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Tom Hess]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.insaneguitar.com/?p=2756</guid>
		<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 Effectively Boost Your Volume for Solos</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/guest/how-to-effectively-boost-your-volume-for-solos</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/guest/how-to-effectively-boost-your-volume-for-solos#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou Lombardi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lou Lombardi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;young&#8221; guitarist recently asked me:
I want to increase the volume of my guitar during guitar solos and maybe add or change effects for the solo. What is the best way to do this?  Are there different ways to do this?  I am looking at the Boss ME20.  What is the best unit for this purpose?
Any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transcription: Going from &#8216;Good&#8217; to &#8216;Great&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/matt-shelvock/transcription-going-from-good-to-great</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/matt-shelvock/transcription-going-from-good-to-great#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Shelvock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Matt Shelvock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[featured]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Remember when you were a kid and you used to get yelled at for taking things apart? Maybe it was a remote control, your Nintendo, or your mother’s vacuum. Humans seem to have an insatiable desire to know how things work. The best way to learn how something works, much to the dismay of wives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Tone</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/guitar-tone</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/guitar-tone#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I own a telecaster and was wondering whats the best pick up to get the red hot chilli peppers sound
A: Honestly, getting a sound like this is doable from about any single coil guitar pick up. The stock ones in your guitar should be fine. I&#8217;m not sure exactly what amps they use, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ear Training</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/ear-training</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/ear-training#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.insaneguitar.com/?p=2726</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I&#8217;ve been playing guitar now for about a year. I can play loads of chords and barre chords really well. I just don&#8217;t have the musical background to get any of the theory of how chords, scales, etc are made. I&#8217;d really really like to become a professional guitarist. I&#8217;m just wondering how I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scale Question</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/hey</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/hey#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I have been playing electric for about 3 1/2 yrs. and I can play along with a lot of stuff but sometimes I find myself using the same scale in the same area on the fret board. In your honest opinion what would be a good scale to learn to vary from scale to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Practice Routine Question</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/practice-routine-question</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/practice-routine-question#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Hey Joel I had a question about practicing. For a long time I practiced with timers with sessions but then I came up with an alternative method that I&#8217;ve been using for a long time now, but I wanted to ask you if you think its the best way or if I could find [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Tom Hess]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.insaneguitar.com/?p=2728</guid>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Tom Hess]]></category>

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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Tom Hess]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.insaneguitar.com/?p=2644</guid>
		<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 Greatly Expand Your Guitar Teaching Business By Avoding The Most Common Mistakes Guitar Teachers Usually Make</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/uncategorized/how-to-greatly-expand-your-guitar-teaching-business-by-avoding-the-most-common-mistakes-guitar-teachers-usually-make</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/uncategorized/how-to-greatly-expand-your-guitar-teaching-business-by-avoding-the-most-common-mistakes-guitar-teachers-usually-make#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Hess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you struggle to attract and keep many guitar students who would  remain highly loyal to you for many years? Do you have a hard time  consistently creating highly advanced guitar students who are happy with  their musical skills? Are you struggling to earn the kind of income  from teaching guitar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking out of Positions</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/breaking-out-of-positions</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/breaking-out-of-positions#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 13:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.insaneguitar.com/?p=2534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I have been trying to find creative and economical ways to break out of the 7 positions in the modes, any suggestions? I already have the diagonal thing going for me, but I&#8217;d really like to be able to move about the neck like I see people such as Marty Friedman, Joe Satriani, Steve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soloing Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/soloing-issues</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/soloing-issues#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 13:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: One thing that has bothered me, is when I solo, I constantly tend to stay on the last 2 strings. I would like to be able to solo all throughout the neck and be free from my 2 stringed-ness!! Please help me!
A: You should practice soloing using constraints then. For example, take the riff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting clean notes in distortion</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/getting-clean-notes-in-distortion</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/getting-clean-notes-in-distortion#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 13:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Hey I was wondering how i could get clean notes in a heavy distortion mode like Bullet for My Valentine does along with As I Dying any tips?
A: Cleanliness is all about good pick attack and good muting technique. For example, if you are playing a thrash part with a lot of galloping in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Late-Night Practice</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/late-night-practice</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/late-night-practice#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 13:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I am a busy dude, and I have time only at night&#8230;..Should I practice all night? (I already did a few times, without much fatigue)
How should I build my body to overcome the recklessness of a busy guitarist&#8217;s life??
A: I feel your pain. Life is extremely busy and  sometimes no matter how much you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Triads: Constructing Memorable Melodies pt. 2</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/matt-shelvock/triads-constructing-memorable-melodies-pt-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/matt-shelvock/triads-constructing-memorable-melodies-pt-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 22:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Shelvock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our last triad lesson, we looked at how to apply basic triad forms vertically along the fretboard. While triads may seem fairly elementary, when applied to improvisation they can be incredibly powerful. For example, a player who is familiar with triads will have an easier time structuring melodic tension and release. In other words, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweep Picking</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/sweep-picking-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/sweep-picking-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 01:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: How to do sweep picking?
A: I recommend you go through our sweep picking 101 master class on it. If you have specific questions after spending some time working on it, I&#8217;d be happy to help.
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		<title>Light Gauge Strings</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/light-guage-strings</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/light-guage-strings#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 01:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Recently I have switched to light gauge strings on my acoustic Gibson. How often do you suggest a change of strings? I play everyday and have noticed a I am constantly twisting the tuning keys to achieve proper attenuation on upper 3 strings. I never had a problem with medium gauge strings. Are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relaxing</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/relaxing-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/ask-a-guitarist/relaxing-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 01:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Wanasek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask a guitarist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: What should I do to become relaxed before practicing?
A: First, take a few deep breaths. Inhale through the nose and then exhale through the mouth. Doing some basic stretches and joint warms ups are a great way to loosen up as well. Try to calm your mind of any distractions (turn off your phone). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Triads: Constructing Memorable Melodies pt. 1</title>
		<link>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/matt-shelvock/triads-constructing-memorable-melodies-pt-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.insaneguitar.com/column/matt-shelvock/triads-constructing-memorable-melodies-pt-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 19:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Shelvock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Yes, you read correctly: this is an article on triads. I know what you are thinking, “I already know about triads…1s, 3s, 5s…how is this even USEFUL?!” Fear not, young shredder. You have much to learn.
Triads are constructed through combining the 1st, 3rd, and 5th degrees of a scale. Some examples would be a C [...]]]></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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