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So, if you have been paying attention you know that I have been seriously stepping up my game in teaching Guitar. Simply put, I want to be the best guitar teacher in Denver (and the world, for that matter). I want my lessons to be the most engaging, dynamic, exciting, productive and stimulating lessons available. To that end I have done all the aforementioned things: Subscribe to Sheet Music Direct for the the most accurate tabs available; Subscribe to Troy Grady's Cracking the code for the best insight into practical picking hand technique; Acquisition of a 50" monitor to display, videos, sheet music and tabs, using…...

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Guitar Pro 8 Is a Must Have!!! Guitar Pro 8 is another example of Arvada Guitar doing everything we can to provide the best, most engaging and exciting guitar lessons in the Denver Metro!

At long last, the ultimate course for guitar tone has finally arrived! Available exclusively at Arvada Guitar, this new course will revolutionize your guitar tone, and the entire world! We have all heard that "tone is in your fingers". This is not true. We have all been lied to for years. The Elites of Rock and Roll have been hiding a secret! ...

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Its Finally Here! The New Rock Faces Course! We have all been lied to! Tone is not "in your fingers"! Come to Arvada Guitar to learn the real secret to perfect guitar tone!

The Hunt for an accurate Tuner So for years I have been fighting with guitar tuners. I tune my guitar, the tuner says its in tune. But it does not SOUND in tune. I mean, its not completely out of tune, but there are subtle wobbles in the chords. They are just not right... Now, if you've been playing for a while, you know that even a brand new guitar can benefit from a professional "Setup". ...

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I Found the Ultimate Tuner! | Arvada Guitar The Hunt for an accurate Tuner So for years I have been fighting with guitar tuners. I tune my guitar, the tuner says its in tune. But it does not SOUND in tune. I mean, its not completely out of tune, but there are subtle wobbles in the chords. They are just not right… Now,...continue reading

“….CURRENTLY TEACHING FROM AN EVER GROWING LIST OF OVER 1200 SONGS FROM THE 50’S THROUGH TODAY!…” Again, sorry for the lack of updates through 2020 and 2021. Was so busy teaching, had no time for updates! Yeah, thats my story and I'm sticking to it! Really, slamming busy and some issues with the website that I wanted to resolve before doing more posts. ...

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New Songs Q3 2019 - Q2 2022 : Songs added to the Teaching List! | Arvada Guitar Check out all the new songs added to the Arvada Guitar teaching list! 239 new songs added over the last year. We're up to over 1250 songs!!!

So, uh, yeah. We had this Pandemic thing for the last couple years. As a result, I have been rather busy. Apparently a pandemic where everyone is locked in their homes with nothing to do is a great time to learn guitar! Indeed! So we have been Busy! Busy Busy Busy! We have seriously stepped up our online game. Arvada Guitar has been doing online lessons to as far away as London and Chile since 2016. ...

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So, apparently we had this Pandemic thing happen... Latest update from ArvadaGuitar.com, Arvada, CO's number one Guitar, Bass and Voice studio. Find out what's new and improved at ArvadaGuitar!

Troy Grady Magnet on Kickstarter! Woo Hoo!!! If you are one of my students, you should know the name Troy Grady by now! ("TroyGradyTroyGradyTroyGrady!"). Well I am super excited to let you know that Troy finally has his "Magnet" back on Kickstarter! The Magnet is Troy's brilliant device designed to hold your cell phone just above your guitar's strings to allow you to closely video your picking hand to determine good and bad techniques. [ 293 more words ]

Troy Grady Magnet on Kickstarter!! | Arvada Guitar | Arvada Guitar Troy Grady Magnet on Kickstarter! Woo Hoo!!! If you are one of my students, you should know the name Troy Grady by now! (“TroyGradyTroyGradyTroyGrady!“). Well I am super excited to...Continue reading →

Just a quick note to say how honored and excited I am to be joining Chris Maunu and the Arvada West HS Company West on their trip to Little Rock, Arkansas, to perform for the South West American Choral Directors Association conference this week! Hundreds of choirs across the country submit recorded audition tapes to be evaluated by a blind audition committee. [ 61 more words ]

Excited to join the Arvada West Choir at SWACDA in Little Rock! | Arvada Guitar | Arvada Guitar Super excited to be joining Chris Maunu and the Arvada West HS Women's Choir in Little Rock, AR, for the South West American Choral Directors Assoc. conference!

So I have been a hard-core Pro Tools fan since 1994. However I have also been a hard-core Pro Tools / Avid hater since about 1995. Pro Tools is indisputably the industry standard recording software used in every pro recording studio worldwide. The studios may also use other software, but if you want to be compatible and competitive in the industry, you better be running Pro Tools. [ 343 more words ]

Wait, did I say Pro Tools First? Forget that. Get Reaper!!! | Arvada Guitar | Arvada Guitar Forget ProTools and their ridiculous pricing schemes. Get Reaper!! Fully Functional DAW for less than $100 that accepts all current plug-in formats!!

“….CURRENTLY TEACHING FROM AN EVER GROWING LIST OF OVER 1000 SONGS FROM THE 50’S THROUGH TODAY!…” Slammin, as usual! Busiest summer I have ever had here at Arvada Guitar. So, a little behind on my maintenance duties. Thanks to my awesome students who keep bringing me killer new songs to play! Also thanks once again to Chris Maunu and the Arvada West Choirs for allowing me the honor of accompanying them for the 6th year in a row. [ 244 more words ]

New Songs: Q2 2019 : Songs added to the Teaching List! | Arvada Guitar | Arvada Guitar Every week we add new songs to the Arvada Guitar teaching list! Are you learning the songs you want from your Guitar/Bass/Voice teacher? Come to Arvada Guitar!

Why is guitar so difficult? I have been noticing a trend among some of my recent new students. Several of these students are also piano players. And they have been having a difficult time getting their head around the construction of the guitar. After some pondering, I created this graphic to help illustrate some of the differences between a guitar and a piano. [ 132 more words ]

Why is guitar so difficult to understand? | Arvada Guitar | Arvada Guitar Why is guitar so confusing for some people? Well, as opposed to most instruments which are two dimensional, like piano for example, guitar is a 3 dimensional instrument!!