welcome: wanna know how to learn guitar and start a career in music?

Attention all musicians (this includes you), my name is Adam K., I make over 100K a year doing what I love, and this my blog - The be all end all guide to learning guitar. Before I became a music producer and a music broker, before I even knew what those things were, I was a guitar player. After recent successes I've found myself asking "how did I get here" and for some reason all my answers point me back to my first experience with music - learning guitar.

When I started learning guitar I was utterly hopeless but I loved it so much that I stuck at it and within weeks I'd mastered my first entire song "Come as you are" by 'Nirvana'. At first it was a lot of trouble to get my fingers in the right spots but my friend would show me a few techniques and within months I was taking full time lessons. The main problems I found with the lessons was that I had to ride my bike to this dude's house with a guitar case strapped to my back, and that my entire pocket money was blown on the lesson. Lucky my teacher was a great guy though, he'd always throw in some jokes and quick pointers and everything would be worth while.

After a few years of lessons I decided I wanted to advance on to song-writing and so I joined the music institute in my city studying a music production course. During my studies I recorded guitar focused songs including several soundtracks for video game companies. With the royalties I was paid I had enough scratch to set up a home studio in my parent's bedroom and for two years I recorded other bands to make a living.

I'm an executive music broker now (and I still feel funny in a suit), but I often pick up the guitar for fun and now I'd like to help you reach success with your career in music. So check back regularly for updates to my blog with all the latest tips and advice and best of luck on your journey into music!

P.S. If you'd like to take lessons I've taken the liberty of going through and doing some of the online courses available. I've found an exceptional course that will teach you how to learn guitar in no time - you may check it out here.

- Adam K.

choosing your first guitar: acoustic or electric?

If you don't know a great deal about guitars then the first choice you'll want to make is what sort of guitar you want to learn. You could choose classical, you could choose acoustic, or you could choose electric.

If you're working with a small budget be sure to make the most of every penny because the cheaper you go, the more difficulty you will face while learning.
Plus, if you ever want to upgrade then you might save a bit of money with resale value.

If you want to learn guitar on an acoustic then you will save a great deal on amplifiers and cables seeing you won't need them for this setup.
The main setback to learning on an acoustic guitar is that they are harder to play than an electric.

Don't settle for a cheap used acoustic as the sound will most likely be terrible and you may face alot of 'fret buzz'. There are plenty of low-mid price range acoustics that will do the job just fine.

If you've got a bit more cash to play with and you want to get rockin as soon as possible then an electric guitar may be your answer. You'll need an amplifier to go with it but in the long run you'll find yourself advancing much faster.
If you're interested in heavy metal or rock styles of music then chances are you'll want to start here.