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10 Things You Don’t Need But May Want As A Guitarist

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I already made a list on things you will probably need as a guitarist, but perhaps you’re looking out for […]

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Is There A Way To Avoid Guitar Calluses? YES! Here’s What I Did Unintentionally

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Yes, the picture above is me….and no, it is not edited or filtered at all. I’ve been playing guitar for

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10 Unique Interview Tips To Land That Dream Job

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Let’s just be honest with each other. There is nothing more dreadful than job searching.  You need experience to get

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Many Musicians Didn’t Learn Music In School…I’m Shocked!

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As I started to participate in guitar Facebook groups, the amount of individuals who were against music theory were more

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5 FretJam Videos To Help Kick Start Guitar Soloing & Improvisation

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Is improvisation just stringing together a bunch of notes that sound cool, or is it more complicated than that? For

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Music Theory Is Like Cooking Science…

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In a Facebook group I’m in, I saw a lot of people sharing their opinions about theory and usually leaning

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250+ Common Words in Japanese Music Lyrics

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I’ve been listening to Japanese music since 2006 and the music is why I decided to start learning Japanese in

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25 Ways To Stay Productive Indoors

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The Covid-19 pandemic has certainly opened people’s eyes to life, time, and our privileges. We really never know what the

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5 Hard Truths That Will Make You Feel More Confident Today

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There comes a time in everyone’s life where our childhood confidence fades because we start caring about how others see

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The Easiest Lesson To Understand Scales & Modes (By A Beginner, For Beginners)

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In the guitar world, there’s a lot of talk about ‘modes’. Although I took music all through school, it was

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What To Include In Your Band Ad Listing

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As someone who has been looking through musicians ads for over 6 years now, I will say, I’m quite disappointed.

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App Vs Clip-On Vs Pedal: What Tuner Is Best For Guitar Beginners?

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As a guitarist, you should be tuning every single time you play. It may seem like a bother, especially when

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Why Guitar Beginners Should Consider Learning Music Theory

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For a lot of guitar beginners, it’s easy to jump right into the instrument by memorizing chord shapes, pentatonic boxes,

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LiSA VS LISA: Exploring JPOP/KPOP & Why One Succeeded Internationally

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You read the title. You know what’s going down. In the left corner, we have LiSA! One of the biggest

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What Genre Is Anime Music?

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So you’ve watched a few animes and you’re really digging the theme songs. You add a few to your playlists,

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Music student and Anime fan from childhood, Japanese music fan since teenhood. I picked up guitar as an adult to bring my band dream to life and started the Chromatic Dreamers Band Project in June 2021, followed by this blog in October 2021. Having struggled to find useful content on Japanese music, I was eager to fill that gap. In Summer 2022, we achieved our goals of playing at an anime convention. In Summer 2023, the singer and I reunited as "Natsukashi Kumo" and performed at a festival! During this time, I dug deep into Japanese Music Theory as I struggled to understand why and how Japanese music sounded the way it did, and have shared all I learned on this blog. While I grew up Christian, I was raised in a legalistic church, so only around New Years 2023 did I come to believe the true gospel and was born again. I received FL Studio as a gift and released my first song "Be Courageous" (inspired by Joshua 1:9) a week after. I spent most of 2023 studying the bible, and indulging in Christian content. I told God that after the festival, I wouldn't play guitar again unless for him, and in January 2024, I was recruited to play at a church plant. I have since changed direction on my blog to focus on Japanese Christian Music, and Christian themes in Anime.

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