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George Pittaway’s “Easy Roll Guitar Method” DVD is an incredible bargain at $15. It is highly recommend for anyone interested in hybrid picking and opening up their soloing. This is an ideal DVD for the advanced beginner and beyond.

Have you ever wanted to just be able to land anywhere on the fretboard and play? The Rosetta Stone of Guitar is an instructional DVD/book that teaches a really easy set of patterns. It isn’t about learning to solo, it’s about learning to see.

The Guitar Lesson Companion is a hybrid of lesson companion, instruction manual and method book. On the surface, it seems to be a throwback to the Method books of old. But to dismiss this gem of a book as that beginning guitarist’s nightmare would be foolish.

Another outstanding tutorial DVD from the author of PlaneTalk! This DVD guides you through the ins and outs of playing slide guitar in standard tuning, as well as Drop D. Plus it uses a fantastic three-way split screen method that displays slide placement, the left hand and the right hand all at the same time.

A virtual workshop on great guitar playing across many styles and genres, Eric Mantel’s The Unstruck Melody is sure to strike a chord with some part of your musical psyche.

To answer your question, if you are twenty-six you have plenty of opportunity to make it. Then again you will always have opportunity to make it.
However, you will need to better define “make it”.
There are many questions you need to ask yourself.
Do you just want to play as your sole means of financial security?
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Guitar Noise Newsletter for December 15, 2005 with all the latest site news and updates. Written by Nick Torres.

Guitar Noise Newsletter for December 01, 2005 with all the latest site news and updates. Written by Nick Torres.

Guitar Noise Newsletter for November 15, 2005 with all the latest site news and updates. Written by Nick Torres.

Guitar Noise Newsletter for November 01, 2005 with all the latest site news and updates. Written by Nick Torres.

You may have seen Little Brother, (aka Doug Jones) posting links to his video lessons on the forums here at Guitar Noise. Here’s your chance to own some of his fantastic video lessons. The Lazy Lefty lesson is based on Mississippi John Hurt and Robert Johnson’s style and Doug’s teaching style is just sitting down with him in the living room jamming and learning.

So it can tell you scales, but is it really smart? Nick Torres checks out some software that sounds too good to be true in his own inimitable fashion.

In response to a reader request, Nick Torres tells us all about the things to look for and consider when buying a used acoustic guitar. This article should definitely be in your clip and save file!

This album brings together top guitarists from a variety of styles including performances from top-tier artists such as Dave Matthews, Jars of Clay, Paul Rodgers, Phil Keaggy, and Russ Freeman.

The long-awaited sequel of Nick’s Songwriting for Beginners has finally made it online. Here you’ll find more tips to help develop your songwriting skills even further, including a neat little step-by-step guide.

Nick Torres literally brings another new dimension to Guitar Noise with this lesson on Eruption by Van Halen. Now you can WATCH how to tap, hammer on and pull off while you read a wonderfully enlightening piece on this mysterious combination of techniques.

After seeing Joanne Juskus in the Washington DC area, Nick managed to not only review her latest CD, but also enticed this incredible songwriter to do an interview for Guitar Noise.

We’ve got a two-for-one deal this week, courtesy of Nick Torres. After seeing Joanne Juskus in the Washington DC area, he managed to not only review her latest CD, but also enticed this incredible songwriter to do an interview for Guitar Noise.

Recently Nick Torres arranged a tour of the Huss & Dalton guitar factory. Read this fascinating exchange and learn more about how guitars are made.

Here is a concise and handy reference for all the songwriting lyricists out there. Also the difficult topic of giving and receiving criticism.