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The Grown-Up Guitarist's Guide to Actually Sticking With It
You picked up a guitar because something called to you. A song on the radio. A memory from years ago. A quiet promise…
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Build a Life You Love: Creative, Physical, & Intellectual Hobbies That Enrich Every Day
Article by Julie Morris
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Build a Life You Love: Creative, Physical, and Intellectual Hobbies That Enrich Every Day
From painting landscapes to learning jazz guitar, hobbies are the small rebellions that make life richer. They balance work,…
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Turn Your Space Into Sound: The Complete Guide to Building a Home Recording Studio
Article by Julie Morris
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Setting up a home recording studio once meant spending thousands on space and equipment. Today, any musician with creativity,…
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From Open Mics to Algorithms: The New Road to Discovery
Article by Julie Morris
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From Open Mics to Algorithms: The New Road to Discovery
Breaking through in music isn’t a straight line. It’s messy, full of late-night recording sessions, strange collaborations, and the kind of blind faith…
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Monetizing What You Love: Creative Ways Musicians Can Earn Extra Income
Article by Julie Morris
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Monetizing What You Love: Creative Ways Musicians Can Earn Extra Income
When the spotlight dims and the encore fades, musicians often face the same unglamorous question: what now? Living off music isn’t about…
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Don’t Bust Your Budget: How to Try New Hobbies Without Breaking the Bank
Article by Julie Morris
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When was the last time you learned something new (and no, finally mastering the Snapchat filters doesn’t count). Once your school days are behind you, the opportunities to learn something new…
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Are You Being Mindful?
Do you ever just stop and wonder, “What are my feet feeling right now? How does the wind brushing by my face feel? Am I breathing consciously?”
Do you ever live in the moment?
Practicing mindfulness can allow you…
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Superheroes
Who's your superhero? When you are faced with a challenge in your life, who do you look up to? Who comes to your rescue?
It seems like every other month the local theater has a super hero movie coming out…Read more
It seems like every other month the local theater has a super hero movie coming out…Read more
One Step Forward
Hi there guitar lovers and lovers of life. We’re here to tell you that you can achieve anything if you are consistent and take one step forward with everything that you do. All you have to do is take…Read more
You Can Do It!
In this week’s article, we have a simple reminder for you – yes, you can do anything that you set your mind to! Here at the Rob Compagna Guitar School, we experience this first hand. Students who start here having…Read more
I've got talent!
In last week’s article, we referred to the book, "THE BIG LEAP: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level" by Gay Hendricks, in which the author referred to entering our “Zone of Genius”. This referred to…Read more
Become a Genius
Have you ever wanted to do what you really want in life? Do you feel trapped and constrained in the life you are currently living? Many of us trudge through lives trapped in unfulfilling jobs or roles in life that…Read more
New Year’s Resolutions
Do you have in mind any self-improvements for this New Year? Or have you set some resolutions and are already working on the challenges to achieving them? While there is some current buzz in the media justifying why people shouldn’t…Read more
What are you thankful for?
This week, we kick off the holiday season with Thanksgiving. While we all know what Thanksgiving is about, do we really take time to understand that this is one of the best feel-good times of the year? Thanksgiving is dedicated…Read more
Feeling better about ourselves
Self-esteem is how we stack ourselves up to the world around us. Self-esteem is important to us as guitarists and as people in general. If we have high self-esteem, we feel good about our ability to play the guitar and…Read more
Risk Taking
Last weekend here at RCGS, we had several students take a risk and perform on stage for our annual fundraiser show-ending song. This was a risk on their part. None of them had ever performed in front of an audience…Read more
Living Life to its Fullest
In the grand scheme of things, our time here on this earth occurs in the blink of an eye. Ask any of us who are older. It seems like yesterday that we were kids acting goofy running around in the…Read more
Performance and Preparation
There is an old saying, the “6 P’s” – “Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.” This is true in many things in life and definitely applies to us all. Without thoughtful planning and thinking ahead of what we might need…Read more
Being True to Yourself
Just what is being true to yourself? We’ve all heard that we must be true to ourselves. What does this really mean? If we play with the phrase and turn it around, it can mean “Do not lie to…Read more
Learning to Improvise
Improvisation? What does this mean to us? Well, improvisation to musicians, actors, singers, comedians, dancers, artists, photographers and many others is the process of reacting to the moment and responding to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings…Read more
Hard Work
In recent articles, we’ve spoken about goal setting, confidence, being positive, perseverance, and dedication. This article is related to being dedicated, but goes into further detail in that you’ve got to be willing to…Read more
"Find A Way"
This week’s article was going to be more guitar specific, but with Diana Nyad’s inspiring solo swim from Cuba to Florida over this past weekend, we couldn’t help but include it in this week’s RCGS article. What she did…Read more
Dedication
This article will be our last for a little while in our series on personal development, however while it may be the last, it is no less important than the others discussed (Goal Setting, Practice, Being…Read more
Perseverance
Perseverance is sticking through a task despite obstacles and seeing the task through to completion. These obstacles could be anything: time may be a factor - the task could take days, weeks, months or even years; the task may…Read more