Kyle Imagine you’re trying to learn how to juggle. Would you start out by trying to juggle three balls at once? Probably not, because that’s way too much to handle at first. You’d start with one, focusing on its movement, trying to get the arc just right, and making sure you’ve got the fundamentals of the … Read more
It can start to seem like there’s way too much you need to learn before you can even really start to play a solo. It’s overwhelming. But it really doesn’t have to be that way. There’s an easier way to get started and still sound great playing over backing tracks, or with a band. You … Read more
Practicing jazz guitar can be a time consuming activity. There is so much material to cover, and so many skills to develop, it is easy to feel like you’re behind or stuck. Because of this, it’s a normal assumption that you need to practice for hours on end to get good. Long practice sessions and … Read more
In college, I was constantly chasing the “next thing” that would improve my jazz guitar playing – another chord voicing, a new improvisation concept, the one simple trick that would make things easier. But eventually, I ran into a wall. Things weren’t getting any easier… in fact playing jazz was just getting more complicated the … Read more