Ben Plant

13 October 2021

General Tips

What Happens When You Play Guitar for 21 Days Straight?

Ben Plant

13 October 2021

General Tips

What Happens When You Play Guitar for 21 Days Straight?

Recently we set a challenge for students to play a short musical guitar idea (30 - 60 seconds) every day for 21 days and film their guitar playing-progress.

Ben Plant

7 July 2021

Songs, Technical Knowledge, General Tips

How to Quickly Memorise (and Remember) Guitar Songs

Ben Plant

7 July 2021

Songs, Technical Knowledge, General Tips

How to Quickly Memorise (and Remember) Guitar Songs

A big part of playing guitar (or any instrument) is being able to play songs. I’m going to take you through some processes that will help you learn guitar songs faster and more efficiently.

Ben Plant

26 August 2019

General Tips

It's Time Again for the Shred-tember Challenge

Ben Plant

26 August 2019

General Tips

It's Time Again for the Shred-tember Challenge

Shred-tember has arrived. Whether you’re a balls-to-the-wall 80s shredder, leather pants and all, or you’re more an acoustic fingerstyle player, I’ve got a big guitar challenge for you for the month!

Ben Plant

11 April 2018

General Tips

How to Get Your Child to Practice Guitar

Ben Plant

11 April 2018

General Tips

How to Get Your Child to Practice Guitar

Getting your child to practice their instrument, no matter whether it's guitar, piano or any other instrument, can be a big challenge - especially in the first few years of learning.

Ben Plant

4 December 2017

General Tips

Why You Shouldn't Set Guitar New Year Resolutions

Ben Plant

4 December 2017

General Tips

Why You Shouldn't Set Guitar New Year Resolutions

Instead of setting some lofty New Year Resolution, I encourage you to think smaller. We're going to call this your HOLIDAY MINI-GUITAR CHALLENGE!

Ben Plant

8 June 2017

General Tips

The Guitar Practice Rule of 3

Ben Plant

8 June 2017

General Tips

These desired outcomes should guide what we play when we pick up the guitar, which I refer to as "The Guitar Practice Rule of 3."

Ben Plant

1 June 2017

Q&A

What Style of Guitarist Should I Be? Q&A

Ben Plant

1 June 2017

Q&A

What Style of Guitarist Should I Be? Q&A

Guitar Mastery Q&A - "I'm practicing 3 hours a day and feel like I have a lot of fundamental things down and I should start thinking about how to go to the next level."

Ben Plant

7 February 2017

General Tips

How Much Guitar Practice Do You Really Need?

Ben Plant

7 February 2017

General Tips

How Much Guitar Practice Do You Really Need?

How much practice do I need to learn the guitar? We look at the simple secret to achieving guitar mastery with simple but effective guitar practice tricks.