Free guitar lessons – My Holiday gift to all students

The Holidays are here again πŸ™‚ This time of the year means different things to different people, depending on your religion, your upbringing, where you live, and in general, the kind of person you have become over the years. What the Holidays means to my family For myself, becoming a parent (4 years ago and…

WordPress HTTP to HTTPS Migration Guide – Case Study of Securing Our Site Over SSL

I’ve been thinking about migrating TheGuitarLesson.com (which runs on WordPress) to HTTPS for quite a while now. There are many advantages of moving a site to HTTPS, there are a lot of articles online that deal with the subject, so I won’t go into detail on them. Being secure is important, but for me, the most important factors were:…

Jamplay Christmas Sale 2016

‘Tis that time of the year again. Mistletoes, Christmas lights, and guitar lessons. Yes, the seasonal sale over at JamPlay.com has begun. It is a bit more expensive than it was last year, by $10 to be exact. I guess inflation has hit JamPlay as well πŸ™‚ No seriously, they have advanced heaps through the years, so a…

72% off – Black Friday Sale 2014

You just gotta love Black Friday! It’s the only time of the year, when you’ll find a great deal wherever you look. If you’ve been putting off learning guitar, today is the day to change your mind. Take advantage of this once per year sale, and get a massive 72% discount off of a 1-year premium membership…

GuitarTricks updates its Rock Guitar course

GuitarTricks.com, one of the biggest guitar learning sites on the internet (even bigger than TheGuitarLesson.com πŸ˜‰ ) has totally revamped their rock guitar course on their website. You may or may not know that the rock guitar course is part of the Core Learning System at GuitarTricks, which is their basic course to get beginner…

We’ve Optimized the Encoding of Our Guitar Lesson Videos Once Again

Hi Everyone, In my continuous effort to make the streaming of our video guitar lessons as fast as possible and retain the quality of the videos at the same time, we have once again re-encoded all of our lessons. This time around, instead of using .flv (flash video) format, we’ve encoded to the newer mpeg4…

New Video Encoding

We are happy to announce that we’ve installed new encoder software onto our streaming servers, resulting in 40-50% lower file sizes, therefore half the streaming time required for videos. This upgrade is especially useful for our students with a slower Internet connection who experienced interruptions and lags while watching the videos.

GuitarTricks hits 500 song lessons

You might not know that GuitarTricks was the first ever online video guitar lesson site. Things have really developed since then, not just on their site, but all across the Internet. They’ve been busy, and it really shows. They’ve managed to build a huge database of video lessons, both dedicated courses, and lately, specific guitar…

Free guitar with GuitarTricks.com annual membership

I don’t promote other guitar lesson websites too often, but when you can get a free guitar, a decent one at that, I owe it to my students to let them know about it. As you know, I’m friends and affiliated with the guys at GuitarTricks, and they just let me know that until the…

New “Greatest Guitarists” section on TheGuitarLesson.com

TheGuitarLesson.com is expanding with a brand new section to honor the best guitarists of all time. I myself, as well as thousands of players around the world draw inspiration from these people. Check it out:   List of the greatest guitarists at TheGuitarLesson.com >> You could call them Guitar Gods, but in fact, they are…