Guitars = Money + fact + True Story

QUESTION: if money wasn't an issue, what guitar would you buy?

ME: a Rainsong Black Ice (then I'd paint it all white!)




You know, money really isn't the issue. i think sometimes, we have to get to a certain point in the love we feel for music and playing our instruments before we can blow a thousand bucks on a piece of wood. Because, ultimately - that's what it comes down to until the perceived value of that guitar goes up.

AKA, you've gotta make it past the learning curve on any instrument to get to a place where you can save for anything over $300.00!

Also, you've got to see the magic and blessings associated with your cultivated gift to understand the value that the guitar will be at - when it blesses other's lives. Especially your family and friends.

How amazing would it be to play at a party that one of your friends is having, get 2 hours worth of cover songs, gently insert some original songs of yours in each setlist, and finally - to express yourself in the way you perform them?

OBVIOUSLY you've thought about how cool it would be to play one of your favorite songs, but did you know that about 7/10 times, someone else has already done the hardest part of the song-covering process?

go to www.ultimate-guitar.com & search for your top TEN absolute favorite songs, then email me here for more help on making those songs, pages in your cover song binder!!!: troyinlasvegas@gmail.com

To Collaborate or NOT to collaborate...that's a Darn Good Question

One fact that is immensely true is that, YOU are the only person who can translate the music inside your head, to a CD through writing it out, TAB-ing it, or scribbling down the chord diagrams.

 It's up to you! Nobody can act on behalf of your musical voice and presence. You are you.

These affirmational statistics about the real creating power you hold are innately a part of you as a human-being. Even if you don't play an instrument yet - there is music living inside of you.

Ultimately, I know this because of my personal and positive musical attributes: healthy Beliefs, strong moral Values, personal Identity and personally created Reality have been helped by one book in particular, "Zen Guitar" by Philip Toshio Sudo. Check his book out and have fun with the lessons because it's one of those lifetime books! Inside it covers the reasoning behind the authors purpose for writing it. Philip says, "In the Zen Guitar Dojo, we're not so much concerned with the how of guitar-playing as we are the why". So this is the key focus for your efforts as a new guitarist. A popular Zen phrase says, from one principle learned, you'll be able to learn a thousand. That's the same with guitar; as you get better at guitar, you'll be learning how to sing as an accompaniment.

Check out my link to the left on discovering the "why" of guitar-playing. In my opinion, it's a really fun and interesting read that every guitarist should experience. To me, books really engage YOUR specific brain. There aren't any "cliff notes" for the gifts you'll receive by "taking your brain by the hand" and helping it "try on" these ideas and ways of thinking about guitar playing & music writing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, VISIT: www.zenguitar.com