Welcome! A little introduction ...
I started playing back in February 1985, at the age of 17, looking for a quick distraction from some heavy A' Level Maths study. There was a guitar in the house and a tiny book with a few popular songs I recognised. Though I'd never thought about picking it up before, I was instantly hooked. Now, twenty-seven and a half years later I still am!
Within 3 years I had played my first gigs and made a first demo recording, and by the early 1990s was gigging locally on a regular basis. In 1994, I joined Warwick's "Hangover Blues Band" and over the next ten years, racked up over 800 gigs playing semi-pro all over the country.
From 2001, I had begun taking on students, with a view to maybe teaching guitar for a living, and by 2004 I had decided that this was definitely what I intended to do. I had the garage out the back of the house converted into a comfortable teaching room, and was all set. The only snag ... I wasn't a very good teacher!
In this blog, I plan to outline and examine many of the issues, problems and questions which I've encountered as both guitarist and guitar teacher, and hopefully draw some interesting discussion from anyone who passes through.
Paul Swanson
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