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EP 289: Tips on Picking Technique for Guitar
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A simple explanation on picking technique basics based on a question my private guitar student asked today.
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EP 288: Chronological vs. Category - thoughts on books by Warren Nunes
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A riff on my thoughts on how to explore a musician’s works, both their written output and also their musical works. Lots of thoughts on books by guitarist Warren Nunes.
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EP 287: Delayed Gratification, Networking and Friendships
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Sometimes networking is overcomplicated. This is how I think of it and how it has helped me on my musical journey.
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An approach to speeding up mastery, something I’ve done for years even when I was a student in Berklee College of Music.
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EP 285: Long Term Creation Strategy for Musicians and Bands
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This is all about doing things over a long period of time and getting results.
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EP 284: How do you become a better performer?
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In this episode, you will find one this one seemingly super simple secret that many musicians don’t realise (and even underestimate) in their career as a performer.
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EP 283: Perfectionism, The Song Is The Focus
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Updates on what I’ve been up to, why I’ve been listening to songs from my childhood, the process of growing as a musician… and the struggles.
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EP 282: Planning, Business Plans and Letting Go for Musicians
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This is for the perfectionists and procrastinators. How do you start a project and how do you handle failure? Listen to find out one way.
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EP 281: Getting over the fear of content creation
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Do you ever feel afraid to publish your content? Do you ever feel your gear is not up to par? Listen to this episode for my thoughts on what stops some musicians from putting their work out on the internet.
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EP 280: Is this stopping you from progressing as a musician?
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Some thoughts on what I have seen stop different musicians and artists.
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EP 279: On Clubhouse with Altimet and thinking about Xanga, MySpace and Geocities
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Platforms have changed over the 21 years but what lasts even when social media platforms and trends change? Find out in this episode.
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EP 278: Yogi B, Jason Lo, Ahmad Izham Omar, Melakaboy, Altimet, Leonard Tan in this Clubhouse room
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2nd time Altimet and I hosted Malaysian Musicians on CH and boy was it an amazing line up of speakers... the stories!
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EP 277: Two ways to measure success for a musician (which one would you choose?)
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Success can mean different things to different people. In this episode, you’ll discover some ways that you can look at it.
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EP 276: Starting Malaysian Clubhouse rooms w/ Altimet & Zee Avi
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Talking about my experience—the first week starting new Clubhouse rooms with Altimet (Malaysian Musicians on CH) and Zee Avi (Nada Music)
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EP 275: Cecil Alexander’s bebop challenge and new courses I’m developing
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Update on what I’m currently practicing on guitar and new courses brewing.
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EP 274 - On taking 5 day challenges and studying bebop
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A mish mash of different things I’m working on including some exciting bebop exercises I was checking out from jazz guitarist Cecil Alexander.
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EP 273 - What I Learned from Listening to Steve J Larsen (So Far)
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Talking about my tooth issues and some important marketing and mindset lessons from Steve J Larsen of Sales Funnel Radio
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EP 272 - Experiencing Clubhouse app and all these business & tech people on it
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My first thoughts on using Clubhouse app so far. Are you on it?
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EP 271: In memory of Joshua Wong (noughts and exes)
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Sharing some stories about Joshua Wong from the Hong Kong band, noughts and exes. Joshua passed away on 25 December 2020 after battling cancer.
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EP 270: Ed Sheeran, Zero to One and Steve Larsen
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How a Saturday was for me and how the Ed Sheeran course is developing.
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EP 269: Teaching the Ed Sheeran guitar style?
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About my next Zoom class/mini course and different things I’m working on.
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Progress of things today, future plans, content strategy and I’m on the Gumroad University launch page!
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Talking about using Figma, a video that got a lot of likes on Facebook and pivoting to a different course idea for this month’s Kelab Gitar Az Samad.
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EP 266: Reading Zero to One, new video series, a secret sale and Derek Sivers new book
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Got some time off, which meant I had time to study some business topics, work on my design skills on Figma and read Peter Thiel’s famous book about startups and founders.
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EP 265: Transcribing Zee Avi, studying design, working on a new course and learning about investing.
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This was my Saturday, learning and kind of not working (as much).
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EP 264: Iron Man, cake, making courses and turning 40
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The one that I talk about making online courses and how it relates to Tony Stark making his Iron Man suit. And cake, I talk about cake and how it feels like to be 40 years old.
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EP 263: Turning 40, current projects, PS4, No Straight Roads and Birthday Plans
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Flow of consciousness talking about my new courses, gaming life, TV shows I’ve been watching and how it feels like being 39 for the last 30 mins or so.
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EP 262: New Courses, Kelab Gitar Az Samad & the Importance of Documenting Your Knowledge
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People die and their knowledge & experience dies with them. In this episode, you’ll find out my perspective on this.
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EP 261: DK West, Diminished Chords and my new Guitar Club
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Sharing updates on my experience reacting to the release of No Straight Roads, my new Diminished chords guitar course in Malay, thinking about starting to stream via Twitch and a new guitar club coming up in October.
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EP 260: Anyone could make a movie now and that’s the point
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The world changes. The question is are you changing? Or, are you stuck in the past?
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EP 259: What parents teach us and a tip from Justin Goff
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A long day of reflection and thinking.
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EP 258: Gear Lust, Practicing and Investing in Yourself as a Musician
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If you have Gear Acquisition Syndrome (G.A.S), you probably don’t want to listen to this.
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EP 257: Virtual Music Gigs and the online COVID-19 Gigging World
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How can musicians perform and make a living now in these challenging times? Listen to this episode for my thoughts and forecasts on this topic.
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EP 256: The one fatal mistake most musicians make
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Especially during this era of Covid-19, this one important topic becomes even more important. Don’t make this one fatal mistake.
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EP 255: The Importance of Expressing Yourself Fully
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Some days are pretty horrible, or seem that way. Here’s something you can do to unload those mental burdens.
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On deciding your musical direction and the steps you would want to take to get there.
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Is it taking you 10 years to release a new album or work? What’s stopping you? Listen to this episode for some thoughts and reflection on this.
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EP 252: How to bypass the gatekeepers in art
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The world is changing for artists, musicians and creatives but are you changing? This episode shares key ideas that are important now.
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EP 251: The one secret to getting good at anything (including music and social media)
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This is what I learned from this one email marketer and it’s been helping me so much. Listen to this to find out what this is.
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EP 250: Musical rules are meant to be broken?
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Talking about music theory, studying, learning, teaching and how this relates to me rewatching the first episode of Dark.
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EP 249: On consuming things many times to digest the knowledge
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Talking about something I heard Ben Settle talk about and how it relates to music too.
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EP 248: That Dark TV Series and How it Relates to Music
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What a mind blowing experience that TV show was and my recent projects (and other things in progress)
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EP 247: Collaboration with Berklee rock guitar professor Jon Finn
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Doing a joint guitar workshop/clinic/masterclass what have you this Sunday with professor Jon Finn from Berklee College of Music. You’re invited too. Sign up at http://gum.co/wrmj1
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EP 246: New video, US Trip, Frank Kern and Wayne Krantz
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An update on my recent shenanigans as Frank Kern would say.
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EP 245: Why I started writing daily e-mails for #SuratMuzik
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EP 243: How to 10x your guitar chord vocabulary
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EP 242: A New Instructional Video for Beginner Guitarists
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EP 241: Tradition, Understanding the Norm and How to Break It for New Art
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EP 240: Talking about Making Art (and my new eBook, Make Your Art)
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