Recently I was lucky enough to be given an endorsement from Fender Guitars! I have always been a Gibson guy and still play my SG quite a bit but now I have a Fender in my guitar collection so I can change up the sound on different songs. Fender gave me a great looking guitar that plays really well and sounds awesome. It is a white Jaguar ’62 reissue.

I am excited about getting to take the new guitar into the studio soon with a new project that I’m working on. Myself and a friend of mine have begun writing and recording for a project we are calling “The Downtown Kids.”

Sometime towards the end of this year or early 2009 we will be a part of a movie being filmed here in Hollywood. We are also writing songs that will be included on the soundtrack which I’ll post as soon as we are done with the recording process.

Keep checking for those because I’m not exactly sure when we will be done.

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Hey everyone! Just a little update on what’s going on with me here in Los Angeles. I have been pretty busy lately with different music projects. My band, Shapes of Race Cars, during the whole month of October for a special Halloween show that we did at a college just outside of the city. We have been working with a new drummer which has been a good experience to see the subtle differences between different drummers. The show was a lot of fun and went really well. Since we were practicing 4 times a week to get ready for the show it took a lot of time out of my schedule but now I have time to get back to updating the website!

Here’s some things to look for in the coming days, weeks, and months. I am still updating the site all the time so keep checking back because I’m always adding more lessons, songs, articles, and blogs. One thing I’m working on is figuring out a lot more songs to teach you guys. There are some beginner songs, some intermediate level songs, and some more advanced songs that I will be teaching you. So keep practicing so you can get ready to learn some new techniques and dynamics of playing! Keep checking back because things will be moving quickly around here!

Also, I may also be teaching a couple of my own band’s songs!

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Buying a guitar can be a daunting and overwhelming task. I have bought many guitars in my years of playing and have learned a lot of lessons in doing so. If you are looking to buy your first guitar I think this can be especially helpful to you. However, you may have bought a guitar and realized it was not right for you. And I think I can help you as well. Don’t worry everyone has been there and made mistakes when buying a guitar. Buying a guitar is probably the most important decision you can next to finding a guitar program when learning how to play guitar (my suggestion in today’s day and age is online video lessons). There are many factors to consider when buying a guitar and here are just a few to help you in this task.

The first factor when choosing a guitar is that you need to buy quality. If you are serious about learning and playing guitar then don’t buy the cheapest guitar out there. When it comes to guitars you usually get what you pay for. This doesn’t mean you need to start out with a really expensive guitar. It’s probably a good idea to start with a more affordable guitar until your get better and more serious anyway. But don’t buy a cheapo guitar if you can help it. If you can get a decent name brand guitar it will be easier to play, will last longer, and will sound better.

Next, check the neck (also known as the fingerboard) for warping. You don’t want to buy a guitar with a bent neck because this will surely cause problems. Most likely the guitar wasn’t made very well or if it is a used guitar, a bent or warped neck could be signs of improper care for the guitar. You can check for this by holding the guitar headstock up to your nose and pointing the guitar away from you. Position it so you can look straight down the neck towards the body of the guitar. The neck should be straight without any bends or warping. This will insure that your guitar has proper intonation and is made with good wood.

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Hey everyone, I hope all is well. I told you in my last blog post that my new guitar course for Ultimate Music Lessons is finished and about to launch so I wanted to give you a few more details about that. 

The launch date is set for Wednesday, October 22^th! 

I’m still working hard on the site and making sure everything is working perfectly before releasing the guitar lessons course. 

Also, I have decided to launch it at a really low price so that people can get their hands on it as soon as possible and start giving me some testimonials about how the course is helping their guitar playing. 

One thing that I was keeping a secret is that this course will revolve around learning how to play popular guitar songs!

I have a bunch of online video lessons that will help you learn some awesome songs while learning to play the guitar or improve your current guitar skills.  I have a great variety of songs that will work great for whatever skill level you are at and I am working on tons more! 

My goal is to teach a song a week.  So that’s over 50 songs a year!  See you guys soon…get your guitars ready!

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Welcome to my new blog!  I decided to start this in response to the numerous email requests I have recently received.  This seemed like a great way to keep in contact with everyone.  I love getting emails from people asking questions and looking for advice when learning to play guitar so I figured I would start this blog to help answer all these questions. 

Whether you are an electric guitar player, acoustic guitar player, both, or just a music lover I think you will get a lot out of my new blog series.  I plan on answering questions a couple times a week and posting new thoughts so if you have any questions feel free to email me!  I may not be able to answer all of them but I’ll do my best. 

Recently, the most common question I have been getting asked is, “When is the new Ultimate Music Lessons Guitar Course going to be finished and launched?”.  Well, I am happy to say that after almost 3 years of developing, tweaking, filming, writing, playing, and perfecting this course it is finished!  A lot of my students are as excited as I am to get their hands on this so hopefully you are one of them. 

 I am just putting the finishing touches on www.ultimatemusiclessons.com and it will be ready to rock!  I am really proud of this guitar course and think it’s going to help anyone and everyone either learn to play guitar or improve their guitar playing skills. 

 Back to work for now but be on the lookout because it is just a few days away!  

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