The ultimate goal in becoming a professional tournament fisherman is to first hone your bass fishing techniques and understand how to maximize those tips to winning tournaments. The largest percentage of winning a fishing tournament is not in the fishing gear you purchased or the skills you have acquired. Success is in thementaledge you hold against your opponents. The genuine method of making the cut in a t [Read More]

Coping with anger is something that we all face on a day to day basis and it can have serious consequences for our health. Learning how to deal with anger and frustration is something that when done correct can leave you with positive emotions instead of depressing ones. There are various anger control techniques that you can use and one is to take a time out when something or somebody has angered you. If another person has angered you the worst thing that you can do is react straight away. This is a sure fire way of not only having the possibility of putting yourself and others in danger but also this rage can put a ter... [Read More]

  One of the cool things about working on your guitar technique really hard is that you start to gain new insights. And these insights, although they may appear insignificant at times can actually make a huge difference to your playing. In fact, they often can make such a massive difference that you'll kick yourself that you didn't notice them sooner! One insight in the realm of alternate picking is this... The speed that the pick moves will not always be the same as the speed of the notes being played. At first glance the previous sentence might seem completely wrong. I mean...shouldn't the pick move at the same speed as the notes? Many of my less advanced students think that it should...at least initially. The Two Functions Of A Pick Motion When you are alternate picking, eve... [Read More]

  Have you ever noticed how guitarists who can alternate pick fast often make it look really easy? For Example: I remember watching a video of Tiago Della Vega setting the Guinness World Record for World's Fastest Guitarist. It was incredible to watch his picking hand as he played Flight Of The Bumblebee at a frightening 320bpm. Considering that song makes large use of sixteenth note rhythms, I think the tempo he played that song was otherworldly. (And it certainly inspired me enough to do lots of alternate picking practice for the rest of the day!). The thing I really noticed about Tiago's picking hand was just how small his pick motions were. He obviously is a guitarist who understands the value of  economy of motion. And there is absolutely no way he could have played at su... [Read More]

Let's face it. Most of us are busy. Really busy. And this lack of available practice time may cause you to worry about how long getting good at alternate picking will take. Maybe you feel that you don't even have enough free time to gain a mastery of alternate picking? Or maybe you even feel that you don't "have what it takes" to master it! If that's the case, then I can say confidently that you're not alone... When I was fairly new to alternate picking I watched an instructional video by Paul Gilbert. I must admit, I was blown away by it. I couldn't believe how fast he could pick! I also felt a little inadequate because he looked pretty young on the video. And I couldn't believe how good he was compared to me. (It was a bit depressing I gotta admit). So after I watched the video a few t... [Read More]

  If you've been learning lead guitar for a while you may have come across the technique "alternate picking". And like many guitar techniques, it can be a bit confusing if you haven't done it before. So what is it? Simply put, alternate picking is when you play something using alternating downstrokes and upstrokes of your pick. For example: If you wanted to play a four-note lead guitar lick using this technique you would do the following... Play the first note with a downstroke. Play the second note with an upstroke. Play the third note with a downstroke.  Play the fourth note with an upstroke. Get the idea? With alternate picking you never have two of the same pick motion in a row. You will always be picking down-up-down-up with alternating motion... [Read More]

New strategies are released on the internet that drives visitors to your website one day but the next day that same strategy may be a failure. This is especially true when many website owners get wind of the new technique and start using it. You must be able to keep ahead of your competition and this is why leaning effective social media techniques are to your advantage. You should know that social bookmarking is basically tagging a website or other links to keep for future referencing, or to share those links with friends. Your bookmarks can be shared with a large circle of friends or other people that have the same interest. Once you have tagged a site it becomes available to everyone else online. If you have bookmarked your site then it is obvious that it will get more traffic, especia... [Read More]