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North Shore Music Institute Presents Summer Rock 2012

Are you looking for something great for your kids to do this summer? Music education is all around, and the North Shore Music Institute is announcing their inaugural Summer Rock camp program for musicians of all skill levels ages 8-15. Northfield, IL – May 22, 2012. The North Shore Music Institute is proud to announce [...]

Tutorial Tuesday: How to Play ‘Animal’ by Neon Trees on Guitar (Lesson Video) – Part 1

When we decided to teach you Animal by Neon Trees for this edition Tutorial Tuesday, we had no idea that it would be such a long instruction. In fact, we’ve had to break this video up into two different parts. This week, we’re teaching you the intro for both guitars – guitar #1 & guitar [...]

5 Tips for Lefty Guitarists

In a world of right handed guitars lefties have particular challenges they must face. There are tons of tips and guides for right handed guitarists, but lefties are often left out. So here are useful tips for left handed guitarists. 1. When learning, it does not matter if your instructor is right handed. Most of [...]

When Is It Okay To Let My Child Quit An Instrument?

We’ve talked a lot about music and sports in the past, so we wanted to urge parents to continually help their kids through decisions about learning an instrument, playing sports, or both! It’s not easy being a kid and deciding what they want to do or what their friends are urging them to do.  It’s [...]

The Nashville Number System

This blog post was taken entirely from the pages of: NashvilleNumberSystem.com We do not teach the Nashville Number System within Raw Talent Guitar – but we are committed to bringing you the best information about learning to play guitar, and at last year’s Summer NAMM in none other than NASHVILLE, we learned about the Nashville [...]

Music in Super Bowl XLVI Commercials on Feb. 5, 2012

It’s the three month point of the Super Bowl, and with the NFL Draft completed and training camps already started, we decided to take a look back at the top ten commercials as chosen by SuperBowl-Commercials.org, and give you our thoughts on the music and how it played into the sale of the advertisement. For [...]

Bruce Springsteen Is Working Class Music

It just happens to be Friday night.  And who doesn’t love the Boss on a Friday night? Bruce Springsteen at his finest – but maybe not his best. Perhaps this is his best? Certainly some of Jimmy Fallon’s.   Rock on this Friday all you working class !   Original Page: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/friday-night-music-white-working-class-edition/   (To order [...]

11 Facts About Music Education

Brought to you by DoSomething.org. Most of the musicians and employees at Raw Talent Guitar play guitar or an instrument of some sort, so we know how special the gift of music can be, and how it can enrich people’s lives whether they sing, play, dance, or just listen. We’ve all felt something toward music [...]

Tutorial Tuesday: Learn How To Play ‘Back in Black’ by AC/DC on Guitar (Lesson Video)

The holidays are over, so we’re done with the Justin Bieber and Jingle Bell Rock, and it’s time for Tutorial Tuesday to go back to rock. That’s why, this week we’re doing Back in Black by AC/DC. We posted this video a few weeks ago, but we’re just now adding it to our Tutorial Tuesday [...]

Learn How To Play ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ by Bobby Helms on Guitar (Lesson Video)

Watch the video HERE Tutorial Tuesday Goes Holiday! We posted this video a few moments ago, and it’s keeping up with the Holiday Spirit. If you’re still looking for more and more holiday songs, this is a great song to learn and master your playing and singing abilities.