How to instantly improve your songwriting

There is a huge number of topics we could go into to make your songwriting more original and more self expressive, but I wanted to give you two quick ideas that you can begin experimenting with today (without needing to learn a lot of other preliminary skills first).    

 

It's Not WHAT You Play, It's HOW You Play It

It's Not WHAT You Play, It's HOW You Play It

If you are like most guitar students, you want to acquire more skills and knowledge about guitar playing. You want more things to learn, practice and play.

Our appetite for MORE is what pushes us to keep learning, but it often also prevents us from ever feeling truly satisfied. Why? ... 

 

Guitar Playing Tip 5 - How To Improve Your Picking

Guitar Playing Tip #5 is about improving your picking

 

In order to pick faster, you need to think about several basic components.    

 

The efficiency of your picking motion:    

 

- You do NOT need to pick with the least amount of motion  per note. 

- You do NOT need to use the least amount of force per note.