Neil Cowmeadow Guitar Tuition & Research

Mega busy with guitar and bass students - scheduling is like playing Tetris...move this one here... then that one goes there... that one over there...
24 years of teaching and still loving every minute of it - helping my tribe of loonies, oddballs, maniacs and eccentrics to make music: this is the Best Job In The World.

Just added a direct-dial WhatsApp button here. Cool

Finally, another blog post written - and I've missed writing them, I realise.

The Telford Guitar Teacher Neil Cowmeadow, BA(Hons), Dip.Mus, Cert. NLP. Accelerated Learning for Guitarists and Bassists. Creative Coaching. Enhanced DBS (CRB) Disclosure for Your Safety.

More updates to the website - needed to check online booking system was behaving itself.. it is!!

The Telford Guitar Teacher Neil Cowmeadow, BA(Hons), Dip.Mus, Cert. NLP. Accelerated Learning for Guitarists and Bassists. Creative Coaching. Enhanced DBS (CRB) Disclosure for Your Safety.

Settling in to a nice rhythm with in-room lessons whilst continuing Zoom online lessons with students as far away as India and Australia.
I love teaching - destroying myths and realigning misconceptions that have held students back for decades: new student yesterday who had struggled with bar-chords for many years... sorted out in a few minutes and he was chuffed.
A new member of The Tribe.
Love my job!!

Back in the room with my tribe - Happy Days!

The Telford Guitar Teacher Neil Cowmeadow, BA(Hons), Dip.Mus, Cert. NLP. Accelerated Learning for Guitarists and Bassists. Creative Coaching. Enhanced DBS (CRB) Disclosure for Your Safety.

Back in the room with my tribe, at last!
Happy days.

The Telford Guitar Teacher Neil Cowmeadow, BA(Hons), Dip.Mus, Cert. NLP. Accelerated Learning for Guitarists and Bassists. Creative Coaching. Enhanced DBS (CRB) Disclosure for Your Safety.

Hmmmmmm.... No immediate return to in-room sessions, but the situation will change and change again as Boris & Co try to find their way out of the chaos they've created.
Meantime, we're rolling along with the 5-camera HD setup and direct-feed studio sound, so it's not all bad news.

A great day teaching online via Zoom - the big investment in multiple cameras, extra lighting and using my pro studio audio gear makes a big difference to the output quality.
I bloody love teaching!

The Telford Guitar Teacher Neil Cowmeadow, BA(Hons), Dip.Mus, Cert. NLP. Accelerated Learning for Guitarists and Bassists. Creative Coaching. Enhanced DBS (CRB) Disclosure for Your Safety.

Cautiously contemplating a Covid-Secure return to room lessons for students who can't use online delivery.

The Telford Guitar Teacher Neil Cowmeadow, BA(Hons), Dip.Mus, Cert. NLP. Accelerated Learning for Guitarists and Bassists. Creative Coaching. Enhanced DBS (CRB) Disclosure for Your Safety.

The Telford Guitar Teacher Neil Cowmeadow, BA(Hons), Dip.Mus, Cert. NLP. Accelerated Learning for Guitarists and Bassists. Creative Coaching. Enhanced DBS (CRB) Disclosure for Your Safety.

Back we go on to Zoom lessons whilst the government screw things up even worse than before.
So the multi-camera setup, studio sound and mega-lights are going to earn their keep again, and the automated booking page is working well...there's a positive in everything, right?

www.neilcowmeadow.com/bookings

Updated online booking page for all lessons - In-Room or Online delivery with automatic update to your diary/calendar apps.

The Telford Guitar Teacher Neil Cowmeadow, BA(Hons), Dip.Mus, Cert. NLP. Accelerated Learning for Guitarists and Bassists. Creative Coaching. Enhanced DBS (CRB) Disclosure for Your Safety.

If you can't tune up, even playing te right notes won't sound good. Here's an easy walk through using the world's best-selling tuner.
It's a Korg CA-30 (now discontinued) but the current CA-50 does the same things.
Here's a direct link to the new CA-50 on Amazon:
https://amzn.to/2xRJflp

Using a Tuner - Step by Step Standard Tuning A simple walk-through using a common-or-garden Korg CA-30 tuner. Strings are tuned (thick to thin) E A D G B E - easily remembered as "Eddie Ate Dynamite...G...

The Basics really matter, and here's why using a strong grip on your fretting hand is a daft idea: trust me on this - I mauled my strings for years before this dawned on me.

How to make Your Guitar play out of Tune - Mauling the Strings Too much finger pressure drives the strings against the fretboard, thus increasing the tension in the string and raising its pitch. The harder you press, the...

Guitar Lessons That Work - this is a ground-up rethink of how to love playing guitar, focusing on the most fun, efficient and useful route to understanding and mastering music. It makes no difference if you are a beginner or an experienced player: the rules don't change.

The tech learning curve has been tough, but we're up to full speed with live online guitar and bass guitar lessons, using 6 HD cameras and a screen feed, paired with studio quality audio.
Student feedback has been amazing - so glad to be helping my Tribe.
Do I miss the face-to-face teaching?
Hell yes - but this is pretty good fun, too!

Keep Calm and Play Guitar.

If you're lucky enough to live near me we'll be resuming In-The-Room lessons as soon as the COVID-19 situation calms down and we're all let out of our homes again.

Nobody Loses Their Mojo on My Watch.

Keep Calm & Play Guitar

I've been pleasantly surprised by how much fun it's been to test online teaching.
Everybody knows that there's no real substitute for being in-in-the-room, learning one-to-one with a great teacher, but HD video 1-to-1 lessons with one are a close second.

Neil Cowmeadow Guitar Tuition & Research updated their phone number.

Neil Cowmeadow Guitar Tuition & Research updated their business hours.

Just reflecting on how fantastic it is to do what I do for a living - watching people change and hearing the transformations in their playing.

For Guitar Lesson Gift Vouchers in time for Christmas I've added a Direct Dial button to the website.
Pay by card or bank transfer and receive a printable voucher by email - Easy-Peasy!

The Telford Guitar Teacher Neil Cowmeadow, BA(Hons), Dip.Mus, Cert. NLP. Accelerated Learning for Guitarists and Bassists. Creative Coaching. Enhanced DBS (CRB) Disclosure for Your Safety.

There are three kinds of feedback - positive, negative, and "Turn that bloody noise down!"
Find out more in this week's blog post:
https://www.neilcowmeadow.com/blog/episode-171-completely-loopy

Episode 171 - Completely Loopy! feedback is the bread-and-butter of daily life – it’s how our bodies respond to our environment without us even thinking about it, and how we decide upon which behaviours to adopt, continue or abandon...

Thinking of learning to play guitar?
Don't spend a single penny until you've watched this video and we've spoken about beginning your journey with the right kit and the right direction...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VCmljQZYVg

Which Guitar Type is right for you?
Classical, acoustic or electric?
Here are the pros and cons of each type of 6-string guitar, so you can choose the right guitar for you.

https://youtu.be/8VCmljQZYVg

Choosing a Guitar for beginners - Classical v. Acoustic v. Electric - the answer will surprise you! Classical, Acoustic or Electric guitar? The conventional wisdom says tha you should buy a nylon-strung classical to begin your guitar journey - but I do not ...

Finally getting around to moving this item out of the way.
http://ebay.us/3oLdZt?5338273189

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Why do we make stupid decisions? After a day teaching guitar, I am powerless to resist cheese, bread and cake - but why, and what can we do about it? Sun Tzu says “the Co-op – don’t go there!” The old Chinese general knew a thing or two - but how can that help us to control oure erratic decision making and help us to stay fit, eat well and not do stupids things?