Archive for September, 2007

SpiralFrog is Launched »

Just a quick note to let all of you jazz guitar fans know that a new music service just launched called SpiralFrog. It’s a music service like Napster, Rhapsody, and iTunes but with one BIG difference…you can download songs for FREE! and it’s legal.
It looks like they’re initially offering about 800,000 tracks and 3,500 music [...]

How to Use the "5 Penny Method" to Learn Jazz Guitar Faster and More Efficiently »

Here’s a technique that I came across that has really helped me to learn jazz guitar a lot faster and more efficiently.  It’s called the “5 Penny Method”. I just made up that name. You can use pennies or licorice sticks. It doesn’t really matter. The idea here is to use a goal/reward system to [...]