You don't have to be a star to enjoy playing an instrument. I have a young ukulele student I'll call Carl. Carl has been taking ukulele...

The father of one of my guitar students spoke with me today after his son's lesson. I'll call his son "Sam." The dad expressed how happy...

I used to have terrible stage fright. Over time, I learned how to manage it and even turn it into a positive. I'd like to share four...

I've learned from so many guitar books. Chief among them was Mel Bay's Modern Guitar Method.

I teach private music lessons to ages 5 through adult. The youngsters can be hilarious! I'm going to start writing down the stuff they...

Here's an easy way for new guitar players to memorize the names of their strings. Starting from the 6th string and moving to the 1st, the...