So here's a reply I wrote to a youtube friend after we had some to'ing and fro'ing around what things were best to practice. I sent him my practice routines, examples etc - then he asked 'but what do you actually get to practice nowadays. Here was my answer! Practice Blog to a friend I choose one or two specific things to practice each session. Because of the nature of my lifestyle, with so much work on and teaching, gigging, travelling and family, the sessions may be quite short but almost every night I get an hour or two. And … [Read more...]

Following on from my previous post "Tips on creating a solid jazz guitar practice routine" - I thought I would take things a step further by actually telling you how to practice jazz guitar in a structured format. Here I have chosen three different sets of material that I would work on, over three separate 1 hour 30 minute long practice sessions. Yes you need to commit some solid time to practice jazz guitar! It's like developing a good golf swing, you need to develop the muscle memory consistently over time to master jazz guitar. If you have ever stared … [Read more...]