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Liam Plowman

UK-based guitar nerd with an unhealthy addiction to accumulating gear. Began playing properly at the age of 12 after hearing Soilwork's Natural Born Chaos and deciding that trying to solo like Peter Wichers was a respectable life goal. Full-time guitar teacher, mixing engineer, and trained guitar technician at the Oxford Guitar Gallery. Currently involved in the Perth-based metal band Decode the Design and British progressive project MERA.

Do You Need To Learn Music Theory To Play Guitar?

September 8, 2022August 11, 2022 by Liam Plowman
Do you need to learn music theory?

The guitar has always been a bit of a rebellious instrument. At almost all turns we’re able to get by without ever really dipping our toes too deeply into music … Read more

Easy Nirvana Songs to Play on Acoustic Guitar

August 11, 2022July 25, 2022 by Liam Plowman
Easy Nirvana Songs to Play on Acoustic Guitar

Nirvana are one of the most influential rock bands in history and are credited with spearheading somewhat of a musical revolution during the 90s “grunge era”, aka “The Seattle Sound”. … Read more

Why Acoustic Guitars Go Out Of Tune

August 19, 2022June 21, 2022 by Liam Plowman
Acoustic Guitar Being Tuned

Keeping your guitar in tune is a chore that never really goes away, even the seasoned professional musician who knows every factor that contributes to tuning instability still has to … Read more

Augmented and Diminished Chords (and what they’re good for)

September 7, 2022June 21, 2022 by Liam Plowman
Diminished and Augmented Chords

No matter the instrument you’re learning, you’re likely going to be exposed to major, and minor chords early on, before moving on to learning seventh chords. Of course, getting a … Read more

Essential Fingerpicking Patterns for Beginners

September 8, 2022June 9, 2022 by Liam Plowman
Essential Fingerpicking Patterns For Beginners

If you’ve been around music for any period of time, you will have heard people joke about the fact that so many songs tend to re-use the same handful of … Read more

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