The Steve Stine Podcast

Send Steve a Text Message “Technology is gonna absolutely reinvent the way we think about, create, compose, distribute, and listen to music.” - Owen Grover Technology is all around us. As a result, it is unsurprising that it has had a significant impact on twentieth-century music. It has changed the way music is transmitted, preserved, heard, performed, and composed, but one thing remains constant...

Send Steve a Text Message Guitar picking techniques are designed to maximize picking efficiency and to assure higher speed with fewer strokes. What is the best picking technique for playing scales on the guitar, is it alternate picking, or economy picking? Learn how to enhance your speed and learn how these picking techniques will help you improve your playing. In today’s episode, Steve Stine is g...

Send Steve a Text Message “This long line of my story is just experiencing something, and then moving on to another experience and kind of just it, just allowing the music, following the music, leading wherever it serendipitously takes me.” -Brett Ecklund In today’s episode, we are joined by Brett Ecklund. He has a passion for writing, recording, teaching, and performing music. He has written well...

Send Steve a Text Message When you are being true to yourself, you are completely honest with what you feel, deeply value, and desire. It also means communicating your feelings wholeheartedly both with yourself and others, allowing your truth to flow through you, your music, and into the world. In today's episode of the Steve Stine Guitar Podcast, we will be joined by Brent Paschke. He is a g...

Send Steve a Text Message Music has the ability to enhance the mind as well. There are numerous things to listen to and pay attention to in music. Music has the ability to lift someone's spirits, stimulate them, or soothe and rest them. Music also allows us to feel nearly or potentially all of the emotions we experience in our life, which is crucial. In today's episode of Steve Stine Gui...

Send Steve a Text Message Music has the ability to enhance the mind as well. There are numerous things to listen to and pay attention to in music. Music has the ability to lift someone's spirits, stimulate them, or soothe and rest them. Music also allows us to feel nearly or potentially all of the emotions we experience in our life, which is crucial. In today's episode of Steve Stine Gui...

Send Steve a Text Message “Sometimes you’ll want to give up the guitar. You’ll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you’re gonna be rewarded.” – Jimi Hendrix Learning to play the guitar is challenging, but an artist is always born in a place where he or she spends most of his or her time. In today's episode of  Steve Stine Guitar Podcast, Michael Kirby interviews Steve Stine and discuss...

Send Steve a Text Message Musicians would create the path for their compositions or songs to be heard.  There are also numerous solo performers that risk and do things for them to succeed.  A career, especially the ones in the music industry does not just happen overnight, oftentimes it arises out of nothing. Successful and popular musicians just sprang out of nowhere have been planning and prepar...

Send Steve a Text Message The band Grim Reaper has always made a name across the world of heavy metal. The band has achieved success all over the world and has acclaimed three studio albums with single releases. Despite its success and popularity, the band has its own share of its origin story and how it reached the top. In today’s episode of The Steve Stine’s Podcast, we will be joined by the leg...

Send Steve a Text Message Have you ever wondered how it feels like to become a musician’s daughter? Having a musician father opens the possibilities of having a child that follows the same pursuit as theirs, someone who could follow in their footsteps. A musician’s child could try their luck in music while others paved on a completely different path.  In this special episode of Steve Stine Guitar...

Send Steve a Text Message In this episode of Steve Stine Guitar Podcast, we're joined by Marlene Hutchinson. She's a BSBA, CTC, instructor, musician, published author, producer, and founder of Marlene’s Music who developed a simple learning method to play guitar that has influenced and inspired guitarists around the world. She'll share her tips on learning to play guitar for beginne...

Send Steve a Text Message Most people become indecisive when choosing a career in music. After all, the music industry offers a diversity of careers. You can choose between becoming a producer, composer, singer, or instrumentalist. In addition, there are different genres of music and different types of instruments (and these instruments are also classified into different subtypes). These vast opti...

Send Steve a Text Message Doing the same thing multiple times a day can sometimes feel exhausting, even if it’s something you love. And no matter how much they love playing and teaching guitar, most guitar teachers experience burnout some time in their career.  In today's special episode, we’re joined by Brett Williams,  an accomplished Classical Guitar player, and composer with multiple reco...

Send Steve a Text Message In this episode, you’ll learn how to connect the notes in your solos to the chords you’re playing over, so you can create musical solos that sound great. If you love this episode, subscribe and give us a 5-star review on iTunes.  https://apple.co/3nmLRxi And if you’re ready to take your guitar playing to the next level, check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Membership: htt...

Send Steve a Text Message In this episode, Steve’s going to show you the crucial difference between horizontal and vertical playing. You’ll discover how single-string horizontal movement can add spice and dynamics to your solos, so you can play better solos and have more fun.  If you love this episode, subscribe to the podcast and give us a 5-star review on iTunes.  https://apple.co/3nmLRxi Ready...

Send Steve a Text Message In this episode, you’ll discover easy ways to use one arpeggio over different chords. So you can sound great when you solo and have more fun with your guitar.  If you love this episode, subscribe to the podcast and give us a 5-star review on iTunes. https://apple.co/3nmLRxi Ready to take your guitar playing to the next level? Check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Membershi...

Send Steve a Text Message In this episode, you’ll discover how to play an arpeggio with sweep picking. So you can add melody to your next solo and sound great. If you love this episode, subscribe to the podcast and give us a 5-star review on iTunes. https://apple.co/3nmLRxi Ready to take your guitar playing to the next level? Check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Membership: https://guitarzoom.com/...

Send Steve a Text Message In this episode, you’ll discover more easy ways to add arpeggios to your scales, as well as how to find the most comfortable way for you to play them. So you can sound great without straining your fingers.  If you love this episode, subscribe and give us a 5-star review on iTunes.  https://apple.co/3nmLRxi And if you’re ready to take your guitar playing to the next level,...

Send Steve a Text Message In this episode, Steve’s going to show you how to add arpeggios to your scales, so you can create more interesting solos, and sound amazing when you play lead guitar.  If you love this episode, subscribe and give us a 5-star review on iTunes.  https://apple.co/3nmLRxi And if you’re ready to take your guitar playing to the next level, check out the new GuitarZoom Premium M...

Send Steve a Text Message In this episode, Steve’s going to show you how to take your solos to the next level with non-chord tones. So you can create dynamic melodies, sound amazing, and have more fun when you play.  If you love this episode, subscribe and give us a 5-star review on iTunes. And if you want to take your guitar playing to the next level, check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Membersh...

Send Steve a Text Message In this episode, Steve’s going to show you how to take your solos to the next level with non-chord tones. So you can create dynamic melodies, sound amazing, and have more fun when you play.  If you love this episode, subscribe and give us a 5-star review on iTunes. And if you want to take your guitar playing to the next level, check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Membersh...

Send Steve a Text Message In this episode, you’ll discover more easy legato exercises to improve your playing. So you can sound your best every time you play and avoid injury.  If you love this episode, please subscribe and give Steve a 5-star review on iTunes. And if you’re ready to take your guitar playing to the next level, go check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Membership: https://guitarzoom....

Send Steve a Text Message In this episode, Steve’s going to share his daily routine for practicing legato techniques. So you can build strength in all 4 fingers and sound your best in just minutes a day.  If you love this episode, please subscribe and give Steve a 5-star review on iTunes. And if you’re ready to take your guitar playing to the next level, go check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Mem...

Send Steve a Text Message In this episode, Steve’s going to share with you how you can organize your guitar playing practice by knowing what skills you should focus on learning when you don’t have a lot of time. If you love this episode please subscribe and leave an iTunes 5-star review. If you want to improve your guitar playing and take it to the next level, head over to GuitarZoom.com . Links:...

Send Steve a Text Message In this episode, Steve’s going to share with you what to focus on practicing when you don’t have a lot of time. If you love this episode please subscribe and leave an iTunes 5-star review. If you want to improve your guitar playing and take it to the next level, head over to GuitarZoom.com . Links: Check out the GuitarZoom Academy: https://academy.guitarzoom.com/ Steve’s...