Oscar Ortega is a professional guitar player from Guatemala City
but currently living in Boise, Idaho.
Oscar has been teaching and performing professionally for over 10 years and is the rock instructor for OurMusicNation.com.
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F a c t : M u s i c i s e a s y . F a c t : P e o p l e c o m p l i c a t e i t .
L o o k a t i t t h i s w a y , i f y o u w a n t e d t o s t u d y t h e o c e a n, I w o u l d t h i n k t h a t a t s o m e p o i n t in y o u r s t u d i e s y o u w o u l d g e t o v e r w h e l m e d b y t h e i n f ormation o u t t h e r e a b o u t t h e o c e a n . M u s i c i s t h e s a m e . T h e r e's a h u g e a m o u n t o f i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t m u s i c, a n d a t s o m e
p o i n t w e c o m p l i c a t e i t t o i t s 6 t h d i m e n s i o n .
S o i t d o e s n't s u r p r i s e m e t o f i n d t h a t t h e r e a r e s o m a n y g o o d - a v e r a g e m u s i c i a n s / a r t i s t s o u t t h e r e . I t's n o t t h e i r f a u l t ; i t's j u s t t h a t w e l i k e t o s k i p t h r u t o p i c s i n o r d e r t o g e t t h a t " n e w c o o l r i f f" o r " n e w a r p e g g i o" d o w n a n d p e r f o r m i n g i t A S A P .
N o t b e i n g a b l e t o k e e p u p w i t h l e s s o n s i s a c o m m o n p r o b l e m , e s p e c i a l l y i f y o u'r e s t u d y i n g w i t h s o m e o n e t h a t a l w a y s g i v e s y o u n e w t h i n g s t o w o r k o n.
T h e s o l u t i o n f o r a l l o f t h i s i s s i m p l e .
P r a c t i c e o n e t o p i c a t a t i m e a n d really m a s t e r i t ! A t t h e v e r y l e a s t , g e t c o m f o r t a b l e i n w h a t y o u'r e p r a c t i c i n g t o w h e r e i t b e c o m e s s e c o n d n a t u r e .
"B u t , I h a v e s o m a n y t h i n g s t o l e a r n ! "
Yes . T h e r e a r e a l o t o f s u b j e c t s w e'r e g o i n g t o l e a r n , b u t i t's u s e l e s s f o r m e t o t e a c h y o u 8 9 d i f f e r e n t t h i n g s i n 8 9 d a y s if you end up n e v e r b e i n g g o o d a t a n y o f t h e m .
I r e c o m m e n d t h a t t o r e a l l y i m p r o v e i n w h a t e v e r y o u d o , s o a k u p a l l t h e i n f o r m a t i o n a n d r e a l l y ' g e t i n t o i t' f o r a w e e k . I f y o u f e e l y o u n e e d m o r e t i m e t o i m p r o v e o n w h a t y o u'r e s t u d y i n g d o i t f o r t w o w e e k s , a m o n t h, t a k e a s l o n g a s y o u n e e d !
T h e m o r e y o u p r a c t i c e t h a t o n e s u b j e c t t h e b e t t e r y o u'r e g o i n g t o g e t a t i t .
G o o d l u c k a n d r e m e m b e r t o h a v e F U N !
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