Guitar Coaching

The 50th Annual Grammys indicate the changing capabilities of where people can learn to play guitar to a vocational standard.

A Managed Blogger — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:00:21 +0000

Advances in technology are opening up the ways for guitarists to hone their skills to the level required for professional play. The Personal Trainer Program devised by the Mike Hayes Guitar Studio is set to vastly improve the standards of guitar playing across the world.

Queensland, Australia (IPRWIRE) Sat, March 8th, 2008 — The 50th Annual Grammy Awards are a stark reminder of what is required for a person to learn to play guitar to a vocational level and advances in technology means that one of the emerging places to learn guitar is with the Mike Hayes Guitar Studio (http://www.GuitarCoaching.com). In previous days, this level of professionalism was only achievable at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles or at the Berklee College of Music in Boston but the advent of the internet means that a guitarist can hone their skills in the comfort of their own home and learn the skills to be a professional musician via their own “university without walls.”

Playing guitar is something that many people enjoy and although countless people harbor ambitions of becoming a professional guitarist one day, there are many problems that prevent them from doing so. Self-training can be fun but it is not true that practice makes perfect, only perfect practice makes perfect and when you consider that 98% of instructional guitar training material is not designed to train guitarists to the vocational standards of the industry, it is clear there are failings in the way that many people learn to play guitar.

A Simple & Accurate Way to Learn Guitar In the New Year

A Managed Blogger — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:00:07 +0000

Many people believe that the reason they have been unable to learn guitar is because their fingers are too fat, too slow, or too uncoordinated to play. Mike Hayes Guitar Studio has created a system to put these thoughts to rest, enabling beginners to start playing guitar by the new year.

Queensland, Australia (IPRWIRE) Thur, December 13th, 2007 — Mike Hayes Guitar Studio (http://www.guitarcoaching.com) is proud to announce a new system for those that want to learn guitar called Finger Gym Training. This new system is meant to teach those that aspire to play guitar how to increase finger speed and accuracy, which will result in an increase in player performance and confidence.

Many beginners struggle with proper finger placement, moving fingers fast enough, and simply mastering the right technique. When a beginner practices in the right way suddenly finger placement and movement becomes much easier, helping the player to improve confidence and accuracy when playing. Many beginners simply need the right system in place to ensure that practice is being done in the most efficient manner.

Learn guitar with confidence with the release of Mike Hayes’s new “Design Your Own Chord Shapes” system

A Managed Blogger — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:00:32 +0000

Mike Hayes Guitar Studio is pleased to announce the release of a unique product to help you learn guitar. The “Design Your Own Chord Shapes” system lets you design your own chord shapes that are specific to your hand size and musical project.

Queensland, Australia (IPRWIRE) Wed, November 21st, 2007 — Mike Hayes Guitar Studio (http://www.guitarcoaching.com) is pleased to announce the release of their “Design Your Own Chord Shapes”. This unique product is the ideal way to learn guitar by designing chord shapes specific to your hand and for your own specific musical project. Every chord that you need to successfully play guitar can be found within a distance of four frets. With the “Design Your Own Chord Shapes” system you won’t be struggling to reach that impossible chord.

Mike Hayes is proud to have helped musicians around the world achieve success. Avyay Guju from India states: “I think what you teach is really amazing. Since I have been learning from you I feel much more comfortable playing the guitar. Your ways of teaching are also very easy to understand. Basically you rock!!!”

Mike Hayes Guitar Studio Helps People Learn Guitar Right On Time

A Managed Blogger — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:00:05 +0000

The Mike Hayes Guitar Studio has been offering individual’s professional, one of a kind opportunities to learn guitar for several years now. Now the studio is again offering a course in linear sight reading just in time for the Air Guitar US and World Championships.

Queensland, Australia (IPRWIRE) Fri, October 19th, 2007 — The Mike Hayes Guitar Studio (http://www.guitarcoaching.com) is excited to present a new addition to their list of courses that can help people learn guitar in a relatively short period of time. The new course is called Linear Sight Reading Course and can help individuals learn how to read standard music notation, something that many consider too difficult. Not being able to read music is one of the biggest issues that guitar players face and Mike Hayes has developed this course to make reading music easier than ever.

The inability to read music is often the reason that many people do not learn guitar even though it is something that they would like to do. To play guitar well one needs to understand standard music notation including the names of notes, the scale step numbers in all keys, as well as the location of notes on the music staff and on the fingerboard. The idea of learning all of this is overwhelming to many and has them quitting the guitar before it’s ever really started.

Mike Hayes Guitar Studio Creates Simple Learn to Play Guitar Program for All

Business Blogger — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:05:00 +0000

Guitar Hero and other video games have many people wishing they could learn how to play guitar, but what many don’t know is that they can! Mike Hayes Guitar Studio makes this a possibility with his Guitar 101 program.

Queensland, Australia (IPRWIRE) Fri, August 17th, 2007 — Mike Hayes Guitar Studio (http://www.guitarcoaching.com) is proud to announce a new program that will allow everyone to be a success with a desire to learn to play guitar. There are many games that have hit the market, such as Guitar Hero, that have many taking an interest in playing guitar. Why simply play on a game when you can actually learn to play the real thing? Games like this can be fun, but there is simply nothing like picking up a guitar and playing a song for real.

Many individuals that are interested in playing guitar don’t ever take it up because the videos that they purchased are very fast paced and don’t really show the individual how to play, instead they focus on how skilled the person is on the video. These videos are more confusing than anything and leave many feeling like they simply could not play guitar if they wanted to. Instructional videos also often overlook the basic fundamentals of playing the instrument and there is no real comprehensive instruction on how the instrument works.

Mike Hayes Guitar Studio Now Offers A Helpful Guitar Lesson For Anyone Who Wants To Learn Guitar Easily

A Managed Blogger — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:00:56 +0000

Many who are trying to play guitar get caught up in taking each new song they want to play and treating it as a new guitar lesson or project. The Mike Hayes Guitar Studio teaches that all music has roots in a universal language central to all artistic creation. Understanding this concept can allow individuals to begin playing in much less time than they had ever though possible

Queensland, Australia (IPRWIRE) Fri, Jun. 22nd, 2007 — The Mike Hayes Guitar Studio (www.guitarcoaching.com) is proud to offer a new lead guitar super chops course. With this course, those who aspire to play guitar can learn that all music has the same roots, which makes it easier to learn guitar that ever before.

While there are over 3,500 music scales, this unique guitar lesson reveals that one only needs to know six of them to begin playing most popular songs on the guitar. With summer parties coming up, this is a great time to learn all six scales and start playing music in public, which always impresses friends and family members.

Mike Hayes Guitar Studio Provides Guitar Lesson Secrets For The Beginner And Advanced Player With A New “Express Guitar” Course

A Managed Blogger — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:00:56 +0000

Mike Hayes Guitar Studio “Express Guitar” course provides all guitar players with a guitar lesson that can help them improve their skills or learn to play for the very first time. This program is comprehensive and can help anyone learn to play well in just ten minutes a day with the help of virtual band tracks specifically designed for the beginner

Queensland, Australia (IPRWIRE) Mon, Apr. 23rd, 2007 — Mike Hayes of the Mike Hayes Guitar Studio (www.guitarcoaching.com), who has been playing professionally and teaching guitar for over 30 years, announces his new program “Express Guitar” just in time for International Guitar Month, April 1-30th.

This unique course appeals to many individuals because it not only was written by a professional, but there is also a money back guarantee that makes the program completely risk-free. “Express Guitar” is designed to help those who are just starting out, as well as professionals who want or need to improve their techniques or style. This program aims to make every guitar lesson fun and fruitful instead of frustrating, as they often can be for many people. The key difference is the virtual band tracks that are created with the beginner in mind.

Online Teacher Now Offers Guitar Lessons For Real Life Application

A Managed Blogger — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:36:44 +0000

Innovative guitar instructor is now offering guitar lessons that teach real life applications using popular songs and easy to remember chords as a basis. Learn to play a favorite tune in just ten minutes

Queensland, Australia (IPRWIRE) Fri, Feb. 9th, 2007 — Mike Hayes (www.guitarcoaching.com), renowned guitarist and teacher from Queensland, Australia, has developed a new method called Express Guitar that is geared to teach aspiring guitarists useful tunes in no time.

In the past, the best way to learn to play guitar was to practice basic chords and learn simple children’s tunes that were worthless in a setting where a player wants to impress a crowd. Hayes’ Express Guitar method focuses on simple chords that require only two to three fingers as a starting point, allowing students to build upon maintaining a “groove.” Because the human response to music begins with rhythm, followed by melody and then harmony, the Express Guitar method hinges guitar lessons on building skills in this order.

To Learn Guitar, You Must Love To Practice

A Managed Blogger — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:15:36 +0000

There are few people in the world that can pick up a skill immediately and become a master without taking the time to practice. We generally consider these people to be geniuses or prodigies. For the rest of us, mastering a new skill takes a lot of time and a lot of effort. It also takes a lot of dedication because sometimes the time lag between starting and becoming proficient can seem entirely too long.

When it comes to learning how to play a musical instrument, practice is unbelievably vital. There is very little chance that the first time you pick up a cello or sit at a piano that you will be able to make a sound that even resembles music. But with a little time and effort, and the right instruction, you soon find that your practicing has paid off. This is true whether you play a classical instrument or want to learn guitar.

There is an old adage in the music community that you play the way that you practice. Essentially, this truism means that if you are lazy and sloppy when you practice then you will look lazy and sloppy when you perform. Regardless of what instrument you are trying to master, you need to practice effectively and actively. That is why practicing while you try to learn guitar is vital to your progress.

Of course there is much more to successful practicing than just sitting with your instrument and playing. In order to practice effectively you must sit down with a plan and have a structure to your session. Practicing should be goal oriented and lesson specific. Without a solid practice structure you will not be able to efficiently make progress. In fact, the benefits of practicing have nothing to do with the quantity of time and everything to do with the quality of planning.

Another key component to effective practicing is having the desire to play. If you are dreading your practice time, then it would be a good idea to re-evaluate your strategy. You will likely find that the program from which you are learning is not capturing your attention well enough, or that your practice strategy is lacking the excitement you need. Instead of allowing your motivation to lag, you should reevaluate and try to learn guitar through a new and more dynamic program.

If you are looking for more information on how to practice smarter rather than harder then check out the book The Art of Practicing. This instructional manual provides in-depth information and a step by step guide to the ultimate practice strategy. There is simply no better way to learn guitar. This learning system, as well as a selection of great essential tools, are available at www.guitarcoaching.com.

The Benefits Of Taking An Online Guitar Lesson

A Managed Blogger — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:13:55 +0000

The Internet is expanding at such a fast pace and it is truly amazing that there are so many services and products available. People can essentially discover any item or information they want by simply entering a search with a search engine. From research to shopping, the world of the Internet has stretched our abilities to get things done from the comfort of our own homes.

One great option available is Internet learning. This opportunity allows people to obtain education on a variety of subjects without ever leaving the house. One option for this style of learning is musical education programs. In many cases these classes are actually better than lessons with live instructors. There are many great reasons why you should consider signing up for a online guitar lesson series.

By downloading a program right onto your computer you will be able to control the pace at which you learn. We are starting to understand that not everyone learns in the same manner or at the same rate. That is why self directed learning is becoming a popular option. This style of learning allows the student to tailor their lessons to specifically meet their own unique needs. An online guitar lesson provides the flexibility to do exactly that.

Learning from home also allows the student to pick and choose the lessons they would like to complete. This means that these courses can be tailored to any skill level and can accommodate students who have had an unbalanced education in the past. It also means that these courses can be altered to fit every musician’s unique set of goals. Whether you are taking an online guitar lesson for fun or to become a pro, you will be able to find what you need when you need it.

Another benefit of home based learning is that the student is able to take their lessons whenever and wherever they choose. Unlike teaching studios that offer lessons only during set hours, Internet courses can be accessed at any time of the day or night. This means that people who have irregular schedules, such as those who do shift work or have children, will be able to take an online guitar lesson whenever it is convenient for them.

Learning over the Internet creates an opportunity for people to access programs that would otherwise not be available to them. By enabling students to learn at their own pace and at their own convenience, these programs truly provide great advantages that cannot be found offline.

A perfect place to look when searching for an instructional program is at www.guitarcoaching.com. This site offers Mike Hayes’ Express Guitar program. This program provides professional advice and strategies for all levels of musicians. While visiting the site, also be sure to take advantage of the comprehensive FAQ webpage that offers in-depth answers to some of the industry’s most pressing questions.