Steve Stine Guitar Podcast

In today’s episode, Steve is going to show you the right way to do string bending because you’re not just guitar playing, but you are actually trying to make music sound like music! Highlights: Links: https://www.youtube.com/user/stinemus... https://www.youtube.com/user/guitarz0... https://www.youtube.com/user/GuitarSo...

In today’s episode, Steve's going to show you easy ways to create rhythm and groove when you play guitar so you can sound great when you play your favorite songs and have more fun with your guitar! Highlight: Links: https://guitarzoom.com/membership-sig... https://guitarzoom.com/products/ear-t... https://masterclass.guitarzoom.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/stinemus... https://www.youtube.com/user/guitarz0... https://www.youtube.com/user/GuitarSo...

In today’s episode, Steve will break Shell Voicing down for you to know exactly why they're important and how to use them. Shell Voicing is commonly seen in jazz, but it can be used in a variety of settings and he'll teach you how to do it. This episode will help you discover, learn, and play true simplistic shell voicing for dominant, major, and minor seventh chords! Highlights: Shell VoicingTriads Links: Fretboard Framework CourseEar Training 2.0Essential Guitar Scales

“When you start making a full song, it opens a lot of mysteries that you want to figure out.” - Mika Tyyskä To be a professional composer, one must have years of training, experience, and a fundamental understanding of music theory. This isn't to say that you can't learn to be a good composer without putting in tens of thousands of hours of work. Anyone can learn to make music, but how far you go depends on your objectives. While some people may compose music without understanding all of...

The CAGED system is one of the most essential concepts for rhythm and lead guitarists. This fretboard navigation method is equally important for acoustics and electric guitar. Whether you’re a beginner or a proficient guitar player, this method is a necessary concept for you to understand and master. In today's episode, Steve Stine answers some questions regarding the usage of the CAGED system. Aside from that, he will also give some updates for his webinar jams and the upcoming IGPA...

Singing popular cover songs can be a lot of fun; it's a fantastic way to get your audience's attention while also allowing you to show off your talent and personalize the song. In today's episode, we are joined by Brian Hollenbeck, also known as Brian HBK. He is a member of Hairball, a band that covers songs on another whole level and his position is bass/vocals. It’s safe to say HBK was bitten by the music bug at a very early age. His home growing up was filled with music. Many hours were...

In today’s episode, we will be discussing some simple ways to develop your ability to hear chords, chord movements, and melodies, and explore them on your fretboard. This is a great place for you to get started if you’re not very good at your training even though you might be amazing at other things, but maybe you’re just not very good at ear training or you just started, or maybe you have students that would want to learn ear training. Tune in and learn the basic steps...

This episode is great for you if you want to learn how to play unique chords with open strings and how you can switch between them effectively while picking. In today's episode, we will be looking at "Love Is On The Way" by Saigon Kick. Tune in to this episode and improve your picking with songs close to your heart! Highlights: Love is on the way Message in the Bottle Links: guitarzoom.com

“If you don't figure out by ear you’re doing yourself a disservice because you’re not gonna able to reason through things without referencing something.” - Tommy Armstrong-Leavitt Music teachers employ a variety of approaches to assist pupils in learning to play a musical instrument. Learning to sight-read music and learning to play by ear are the two main methods. Each method has advantages and disadvantages, but which method helps students learn to play an instrument more easily, quickly,...

Practice is one of the most important keys to mastering a talent or skill and this is also applicable in playing guitar. Practicing can increase your mastery exponentially especially if you do it on a daily basis. In this episode, Steve Stine will share 3 practices that may help you in mastering guitar playing. He will also share some tips and some of his experiences in guitar playing. If you want to improve your guitar skills this year, give this episode a...

“Listening is not just a music too, it’s life experiences and things that affect you.” - David Wallimann Music has the ability to change people's emotions and feelings in a matter of seconds. It has the ability to reduce stress, discomfort, difficulty, and distraction while also bringing happiness and peace into our daily lives. Music has the ability to bring people together in different ways. In today’s episode, we are joined by David Wallimann, who has one of the most popular guitar...

Music is beyond experiencing what’s on the surface, beyond what is written, it is beyond hearing alone. When you are able to embody music to who you really are is art itself, being able to experience it with personal insights and experiences makes music even more meaningful and authentic. There are so many tools and theories out there to help you connect with music, but these tools and theories can not really connect you in depth with what the music is all about. But there is also a...

“Technology is gonna absolutely reinvent the way we think about, create, compose, distribute, and listen to music.” - Owen Grover Technology is all around us. As a result, it is unsurprising that it has had a significant impact on twentieth-century music. It has changed the way music is transmitted, preserved, heard, performed, and composed, but one thing remains constant: the sense of togetherness. How is it maintained all throughout? In today’s episode, we are joined by Owen Grover. He...

Guitar picking techniques are designed to maximize picking efficiency and to assure higher speed with fewer strokes. What is the best picking technique for playing scales on the guitar, is it alternate picking, or economy picking? Learn how to enhance your speed and learn how these picking techniques will help you improve your playing. In today’s episode, Steve Stine is going to show you the difference between alternate picking and economy picking, how they work and how it benefits your...

“This long line of my story is just experiencing something, and then moving on to another experience and kind of just it, just allowing the music, following the music, leading wherever it serendipitously takes me.” -Brett Ecklund In today’s episode, we are joined by Brett Ecklund. He has a passion for writing, recording, teaching, and performing music. He has written well over 500 original songs in all styles, for multiple instruments, and has done professional studio recordings in Kansas...

When you are being true to yourself, you are completely honest with what you feel, deeply value, and desire. It also means communicating your feelings wholeheartedly both with yourself and others, allowing your truth to flow through you, your music, and into the world. In today's episode of the Steve Stine Guitar Podcast, we will be joined by Brent Paschke. He is a guitarist, producer, songwriter, and author based in Los Angeles, California. He is best known as Pharrell Williams’ guitarist,...

Music has the ability to enhance the mind as well. There are numerous things to listen to and pay attention to in music. Music has the ability to lift someone's spirits, stimulate them, or soothe and rest them. Music also allows us to feel nearly or potentially all of the emotions we experience in our life, which is crucial. In today's episode of Steve Stine Guitar Podcast, we will be joined by Joel Stevenett. Originally from Alberta, Canada, drummer Joel Stevenett spent over ten years in...

Music has the ability to enhance the mind as well. There are numerous things to listen to and pay attention to in music. Music has the ability to lift someone's spirits, stimulate them, or soothe and rest them. Music also allows us to feel nearly or potentially all of the emotions we experience in our life, which is crucial. In today's episode of Steve Stine Guitar Podcast, we will be joined by Joel Stevenett. Originally from Alberta, Canada, drummer Joel Stevenett spent over ten years in...

“Sometimes you’ll want to give up the guitar. You’ll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you’re gonna be rewarded.” – Jimi Hendrix Learning to play the guitar is challenging, but an artist is always born in a place where he or she spends most of his or her time. In today's episode of Steve Stine Guitar Podcast, Michael Kirby interviews Steve Stine and discusses how Steve Stine started his career in the music industry and what his vision is all about. Find out how Steve started...

Musicians would create the path for their compositions or songs to be heard. There are also numerous solo performers that risk and do things for them to succeed. A career, especially the ones in the music industry does not just happen overnight, oftentimes it arises out of nothing. Successful and popular musicians just sprang out of nowhere have been planning and preparing for that moment for years. Successful musicians do not wait for chances and waste time, but rather, they go out and...