conklin 7 string lessons from the road

Cirque Dreams Rocks Cancun – Tour Diary Week 3: Lessons from the Road

                Being able to adapt to your surroundings.                 It is an essential quality in the survival of the species; it is an essential attribute to the traveling musician.  While on tour in Mexico I’ve had to learn several lessons from the road.  Some of these lessons deal with my playing, some deal …

Furthering Your Music Education & Pushing Past Musical Stagnation

The vast majority of musicians I’ve ever run across pretty much all share a similar trait: they’re comfortable at the plateau they’ve reached in their playing abilities.  By that I mean they’ve reached a certain point in their playing where they’re happy with where they’re at and they now have no desire to push beyond …

Flashback Looper Pedal

How To Improve Your Practice Time and Improvisation Skills with a Looper Pedal

If you’re a musician like me you will occasionally find yourself hitting a wall when it comes to practicing.  You feel like you’ve just run out of things to go over.  And like so many other musicians I’ve wondered how do you improve your practice time and improvisational skills over chords and riffs when there’s …