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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]