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Learn Guitar Fingerstyle: Four Basic Fingerpicking Patterns for Beginners

Ah, fingerpicking . . . The very word puts you in mind of lazy summer afternoons on the back porch or evenings around a campfire, plaid flannel shirts, Chet Atkins, organic gardening, Anaïs Mitchell, the civil rights movement, Simon and Garfunkel, thoughtful reflections on a rainy day, and so much more. Fingerpicking just means using […]

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12 Ridiculous Songwriting Tips That Actually Work

Googling ‘songwriting tips’ will give you about 2 million results in 0.42 seconds. That’s a lot of tips. And y’know what? There’s a good chance a lot of them won’t work. Of course there’s always those songwriting exercises that always work—like recording cover songs or collaborating with a new songwriting partner. But These tips are the special ones. The

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