Music from A to Z

EP 244: Don't Get Bullied As An Artist 05.02.2020 2:54 ↓

An issue that stems deeper from insecurity, status in society and self image. Listen to find out about my thoughts on this.

EP 243: How to 10x your guitar chord vocabulary 02.02.2020 2:24 ↓

Tips for anyone who wants to master more chords in their guitar playing!

EP 242: A New Instructional Video for Beginner Guitarists 26.01.2020 1:28 ↓

Made a new thing, here's some new info about it!

EP 241: Tradition, Understanding the Norm and How to Break It for New Art 24.01.2020 1:26 ↓

Thoughts on tradition, following what has been done and what an artist can do in the future.

EP 240: Talking about Making Art (and my new eBook, Make Your Art) 24.01.2020 5:07 ↓

Life can be hard for artists. Listen to me talk about this and my new eBook about this and the creative process.

EP 239: 4 Things You Can Do Everyday as a Modern Musician 24.01.2020 7:55 ↓

Simplified but really important things to do as a musician

EP 238: How Life Can Kill Your Spirit to Make Art (and How to Get Over it) 22.01.2020 5:11 ↓

Making art is hard. But you can do it, here's how.

EP 237: What I Learned at the Shopping Mall Today (It's probably not what you think) 22.01.2020 2:35 ↓

Observations at the mall while going to the post office today.

EP 236: Ear Training for Guitarists - Part 4 21.01.2020 2:11 ↓

More on this important topic! Listen to the first three parts first if you haven't yet.

EP 235: Ear Training for Guitarists - Part 3 19.01.2020 1:10 ↓

Did you know that there are many reasons to learn ear training AND the reasons can change how you approach your practice sessions? Listen to this episode to find out.

EP 234: Ear Training for Guitarists - Part 2 19.01.2020 3:11 ↓

The the 2nd part of a series of very practical tips for developing your ears as a musician, focused on guitarists in particular. This episode shares the basics of figuring out chords for a song by ear.

EP 233: Ear Training for Guitarists - Part 1 18.01.2020 2:19 ↓

This is part of a series of very practical tips for developing your ear as a musician, focused on guitarists in particular.

EP 232: Cecil Alexander's Musical Exercises - Should you get them? 18.01.2020 7:22 ↓

Jazz guitarist Cecil Alexander has new musical exercises available in PDF format on his website. Should you get them? Here are my thoughts.

EP 231: That time I failed my geography exam 15.01.2020 12:00 ↓

Lessons from my life as a student

EP 230: Life is like a roller coaster? 13.01.2020 1:40 ↓

But why you might ask? Listen on...

EP 229: Lessons from the Malaysian Jazz Piano Festival 2020 13.01.2020 4:14 ↓

A review, somewhat? Lessons from this cool 3-day event.

EP 228: Book review of Modal Etudes by Noel Johnston 09.01.2020 3:43 ↓

Thoughts on this great book for guitarists interested in expanding their harmonic vocabulary.

EP 227: A review of Robin Nolan's 6 Hot Licks course 08.01.2020 3:44 ↓

Discover my thoughts on gypsy jazz guitarist Robin Nolan's first course in 2020.

EP 226: How to choose the right teachers 27.12.2019 0:37 ↓

An important thought from a discussion yesterday with my friend over lunch

EP 225: What it takes to build a long-term music career 25.12.2019 0:41 ↓

Not sexy stuff but just the truth

EP 224: How to make more content as a musician, faster 22.12.2019 1:20 ↓

In this episode, you'll hear about this concept that I call: fluid content.

EP 223: Review of The George Benson Picking Lesson video by Peter Farrell 22.12.2019 4:43 ↓

My thoughts on this instructional video by Peter Farrell, which is part of his many videos teaching George Benson's approach to playing jazz guitar.

EP 222: Interview with singer-songwriter Idzwan. J 21.12.2019 1:30 ↓

Talking about the creative process of songwriting

EP 221: Checking out Peter Farrell's work on The George Benson Method 13.12.2019 7:37 ↓

Some observations and discoveries from watching Peter Farrell play and teach.

EP 220: What to do when your morning routine fails 12.12.2019 2:57 ↓

Stopped exercising for a bit and now back at it. Thoughts on negative thoughts and dealing with it.