Saturday, the 22nd, we got together and had another Adult Jam. It was a lot of fun. I want to thank Colin and Heidi Blair for hosting it. I also want to thank everyone that showed up and played guitar. We played Beatles songs, some CCR , some Poison and even a Monkees song! You can check out some photos at http://www.facebook.com/napervilleguitarlessons
Years ago I realized that my adult students don't always have an outlet to play guitar. Sometimes , as they are learning, even their families don't want to listen to it. They can be shy performing for non-playing friends. But when you get a bunch of beginners together, great things can happen.
It helps them practice in a live situation; there are no do-overs , you have to keep going. You get to see how well you've progressed and what you need to learn. You also can pick up tips from others, see how they play things , and help fellow beginners.
We'll hold more this summer. In fact we are starting to think about a big one in September. I'll post more information later.
Naperville Guitar Lessons
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Friday, June 20, 2008
Luna Guitars
Hi, Everyone.
I am very excited to announce that I am now an authorized dealer for Luna Guitars!
A couple of months ago, one of my adult students, Nancy Archer, came to her first lesson with a Luna Henna guitar. Nancy was really happy with it. It was easy to hold and play which is very important to a beginner. It sounded great and looked good. I was really impressed with it. I feel that having a Luna has helped make it easier for her to learn to play guitar. I liked it so well that I approached Luna for a dealership. They are great people and set me up the same day.
Luna guitars offer one of the best values in acoustic and electric guitars today. They are very comfortable, good to look at, sound great and are easy on the budget.
I'll be putting them on my website real soon. Until then check them out at http://www.lunaguitars.com/
If you have any questions about Luna Guitars, please contact me.
I am very excited to announce that I am now an authorized dealer for Luna Guitars!
A couple of months ago, one of my adult students, Nancy Archer, came to her first lesson with a Luna Henna guitar. Nancy was really happy with it. It was easy to hold and play which is very important to a beginner. It sounded great and looked good. I was really impressed with it. I feel that having a Luna has helped make it easier for her to learn to play guitar. I liked it so well that I approached Luna for a dealership. They are great people and set me up the same day.
Luna guitars offer one of the best values in acoustic and electric guitars today. They are very comfortable, good to look at, sound great and are easy on the budget.
I'll be putting them on my website real soon. Until then check them out at http://www.lunaguitars.com/
If you have any questions about Luna Guitars, please contact me.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Guitar Rental
PLAY BEFORE YOU BUY
THE SITUATION
It's not easy to learn to play guitar. It's like learning a new language with ear muffs on your head; you can do it but you always feel you're missing something. That's where a good teacher comes in and can lead you by the hand.
But what can be even scarier is buying a guitar before you learn to play. Most people don't buy a car before they get their license so why buy a guitar before you can play something? What happens is you go to a guitar store and ask the salesman what would be a good guitar for a beginner. At that point, you are dependant on his opinion. If you're lucky, and he hasn't been up all night gigging, you might get a decent guitar. But some people say an acoustic is better to start with than an electric and some say just the opposite. Sometimes a salesman tells you to buy a nylon string classical guitar because it will be "easier on the beginner's fingers".
After you get what you thought was a good deal, and a great beginner's guitar, you take it home. The potential student plays around with it for awhile, a few days/weeks then realizes they can't do it on thier own. So you get a teacher. Then you find out that the gutiar is difficult/impossible to play correctly. So, you tell the student that if they learn to play, you'll get them a better guitar.
This starts a terrible cycle. The student tries, but the poor equipment makes it uncomfortable to play, so they don't practice. The teacher does his/her best but can't work around the guitar. The kid gets yelled at for not practicing, the parents get frustrated then stops lessons. The kids never learns to play and the guitar starts to gather dust quickly.
THE SOLUTION : LEARN BEFORE YOU BUY
Generally speaking, it takes about 2 months to learn a few chords and to play a couple of simple songs. To be able to pick out a guitar you like and not one that the salesman likes, you need to play the same song or chords on several different guitars. I look for a guitar that is playable, then how it sounds. The last thing I consider is how it looks. I have the salesman stand there and hand me guitars while I play the same thing over and over again. And I have him play the same thing on the guitars so I can hear it from a distance.
My program is simple. You rent a guitar from me for 2 months and take 8 to 10 lessons . You will then be ready to pick out a guitar that you feel good about. Most guitar salesmen can make any guitar sound great, even the junkers. But if you can play it and have an idea what you're looking for, you will get a guitar that will last you much longer than the bargain basement instrument from Walmart.
Rent-to-own also available.
Please visit this link for current prices Vocals and More .
Call Terry Schafer at 630-983-6674
Or
Stephanie @ Vocals and More 630-851-3262
THE SITUATION
It's not easy to learn to play guitar. It's like learning a new language with ear muffs on your head; you can do it but you always feel you're missing something. That's where a good teacher comes in and can lead you by the hand.
But what can be even scarier is buying a guitar before you learn to play. Most people don't buy a car before they get their license so why buy a guitar before you can play something? What happens is you go to a guitar store and ask the salesman what would be a good guitar for a beginner. At that point, you are dependant on his opinion. If you're lucky, and he hasn't been up all night gigging, you might get a decent guitar. But some people say an acoustic is better to start with than an electric and some say just the opposite. Sometimes a salesman tells you to buy a nylon string classical guitar because it will be "easier on the beginner's fingers".
After you get what you thought was a good deal, and a great beginner's guitar, you take it home. The potential student plays around with it for awhile, a few days/weeks then realizes they can't do it on thier own. So you get a teacher. Then you find out that the gutiar is difficult/impossible to play correctly. So, you tell the student that if they learn to play, you'll get them a better guitar.
This starts a terrible cycle. The student tries, but the poor equipment makes it uncomfortable to play, so they don't practice. The teacher does his/her best but can't work around the guitar. The kid gets yelled at for not practicing, the parents get frustrated then stops lessons. The kids never learns to play and the guitar starts to gather dust quickly.
THE SOLUTION : LEARN BEFORE YOU BUY
Generally speaking, it takes about 2 months to learn a few chords and to play a couple of simple songs. To be able to pick out a guitar you like and not one that the salesman likes, you need to play the same song or chords on several different guitars. I look for a guitar that is playable, then how it sounds. The last thing I consider is how it looks. I have the salesman stand there and hand me guitars while I play the same thing over and over again. And I have him play the same thing on the guitars so I can hear it from a distance.
My program is simple. You rent a guitar from me for 2 months and take 8 to 10 lessons . You will then be ready to pick out a guitar that you feel good about. Most guitar salesmen can make any guitar sound great, even the junkers. But if you can play it and have an idea what you're looking for, you will get a guitar that will last you much longer than the bargain basement instrument from Walmart.
Rent-to-own also available.
Please visit this link for current prices Vocals and More .
Call Terry Schafer at 630-983-6674
Or
Stephanie @ Vocals and More 630-851-3262
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