It’s the perfect time to think about and set a 2024 guitar New Year’s Resolution. To that end, please listen to today’s podcast episode* where I talk about 15 ideas to help ignite your creative resolution thinking, plus 4 steps to help you reach that goal.
Happy New Year and cheers to a guitar filled 2024!
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Marlene
*To inspire your guitar resolution thinking, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
In honor of the release of my 200th Tips For Guitar Playing Success podcast episode I’m sharing the top 5 episodes* of all time. See if any are on your list of favorites!
#5 How to Play By Ear
#4 The Best Guitar Tuners for Acoustic Guitars
#3 Acoustic Guitar vs Electric Guitar
#2 4th of July Patriotic Songs
#1 – strum roll! – How to Learn to Play Guitar, in a Day!
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Marlene
*To hear about the inspirations for each of these 5 episodes, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey is an upbeat Christmas favorite, it’s fun to play and it’s a great one to share at your holiday gatherings! Here’s the chords and lyrics and here’s the tab intro – have fun!
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Marlene
*To hear more about this song and my playing recommendations, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
Shelly Peiken’s prolific songs include Christina Aguilera’s #1 hit What a Girl Wants and Meredith Brooks’ smash hit Bitch, to name a few. I had a chance to chat with her about her songwriting journey, tips and more. Here’s an abbreviated list of just a couple of her songwriting tips, you definitely want to listen to her interview to learn more!*
#1 Move to Nashville
#2 It’s a competitive field, have a backup plan
#3 Learn to work DAW
Again, this is just a brief list, there’s so much more to learn from Shelly on this week’s podcast episode!*
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Marlene
*If you’d like to hear Shelly Peiken’s interview (and tips) in it’s entirety, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
Carol of the Bells sounds fantastic on guitar, it’s really fun to play and it’s a great way to help you ‘ring in’ the holidays!
Here you go, Carol of the Bells* tablature
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Marlene
*If you’d like to learn more about how to play this tab click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
Playing Over the River and Through the Wood can make your Thanksgiving gathering even more special. Here’s a couple of tablature versions* for you to try. One is a little simpler and one is a little more challenging, but try both!
Version 1 (simpler)
Version 2 (from Acoustic Guitar magazine)
Here’s the lyrics for those who want to sing-along too!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Marlene
*To learn how to play these 2 tablature versions, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
Here’s some guitar player gift ideas* that you might want to share with your family and friends. They’re available at Sweetwater.com, plus they (or you) can take a look around at Sweetwater’s Early Black Friday deals!
Accessories:
Guitar Strings, Guitar Polish, Humidity System,
Tuners, Capos, Stands, Straps, Cases
Technology:
Amps, Recording Devices
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Marlene
*To hear about the 10 gift ideas and my brand preferences, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
Dustin Lynch, Lainey Wilson & duo Dan & Shay have fun songs that are topping the country charts and I thought you might like to play them.
Stars Like Confetti – Dustin Lynch
Watermelon Moonshine – Lainey Wilson
Save Me The Trouble – Dan & Shay
I hope ya’ll have fun with these songs!
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Marlene
*To hear about these songs and my playing recommendations, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
Want to know if you can make a living as a guitarist? Then check out this week’s podcast episode where I chat with my friend Marc Seal*, accomplished guitarist, recording artist, instructor and representative for such companies as Guitar Center, Taylor Guitars and more!
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Marlene
*To listen to my interview with Marc Seal, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
And please check out Marc’s website
Halloween is just around the corner and here’s 3 Spooktacular Songs* to play on your guitar!
This is Halloween
Time Warp
Somebody’s Watching Me
Happy Halloween!
Play on…
Marlene
*To learn about these 3 songs and how to play them, click here to listen to this week’s podcast episode!
Song Resource: Spotify’s 2022 Top 10 Halloween Songs