Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Guitarist Not A Guitarist?


Taking guitar lesson for 2 years, memorize all common chord shapes, practice scales up and down the fretboard everyday. Still not a guitarist? Still can't perform or telling people you're good at playing the guitar?
Still doubt with yourself about if you really can play the guitar after all this? Thought about you're not born to play it?
Have you ever run those words through your head sometimes?
recently i have a student, just came to me about a few months ago. He have been changing guitar teachers because he thought that the problems he is having is simply because the teacher is just not good enough.
Partly true , i saw him as a guitarist with many musician problems.
As mentioned, he is well equip with chords , scales and some pop tunes. But as i look into those musician eyes, i saw him trapped.

Trapped by his own mind. After the few lessons i gave him, is not to improve him but for me to analyse his problems. the problems that is preventing him from excelling to be better, to improve.
I found out and i told him in the previous class,
I told him, the problems is not with your teachers. All that they taught you , you can perform well. The only stone stuck in your drain is your mind. I also found out that he have no favorite music, he does not listen to music much and only listen to the radio once in a while while in a car.
How can you play music if listening to music isn't one of your hobby?
All those are major problems, you may need to feed your ears in order to be creative and musical. Music IS a listening art. Why would you want to even play the guitar if you don't listen to music?
Ah HA!!!
I found the answer...... He said he saw a guitarist in a concert on television  , soloing his best on the guitar. That inspire him to pickup the guitar, and now he realize that he have forgotten about it when started learning.
Your first inspiration on picking up the guitar is very important, that determine and keeps your desire running while learning and playing music in your life.
He start learning and listening to music since that day, i expose him with many guitarist and different genre of music. He improve rapidly and most important he enjoyed more than before.

In MUSIC STAR ACADEMY we don't only give lesson, we cared if you don't enjoy the way you should in music. 

SO call us : 0123607139 - Dennis , 0166322678 - Teck Chai
We are always here to help you!!~~

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