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If there's one thing that's unanimous across all guitarists it's the need to get better; here's a checklist of things to consistently do to make sure you get the most of out your practice time.  It can be hard and it will take a lot of time but it's going to be worth it. Play standing up and/or sit up straight and learn to relax. Discipline yourself to learn at least 1 new piece of... read more.

This is our biggest promotion ever!! We've teamed up with a few of our favourite brands this Christmas to bring you a prize bundle that you do not want to miss out on!  Your chance to win gear to the value of £5000. To be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is place an order with us between 1st November and 23rd December; you can order as many times as... read more.

So Halloween is much to do about scary stuff, and music is a tool for creating emotions and messages, so let’s look at fear and darkness in music shall we? Fear What is scary music? To answer that question you’d possibly pick something from a movie like the two notes played when Jaws was coming or Tubular Bells from the Exorcist. Scary music has been around for centuries and I’m going to go as far... read more.

Back in the day female guitarists in the rock and metal genre seemed few and far between but this was not actually the case. It may have been they were overlooked as the men all kinda looked like women with their hair and spandex. There have been tons of female virtuoso Violin players so it stands to reason they are out there you just have to find them. So we shall have a look at... read more.