http://musichopper.com The Official Blog of Pro Guitarist Allen ROBOT Van Wert Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:28:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/musichopperhttp://feedburner.google.com I took my old book "ROBOTS TECHNICAL GUITAR" and brought it back again. The old price was $22.00 for a few years. I am re-releasing it for only 4.99 The old book had some great reviews from its users and some said they would pay well over the $22 it was ... http://musichopper.com/old-book-being-re-released I just added a purchase page for my new book "Modern Songwriting Secrets". I will be adding more details about the book soon but I put this up for the people who have been emailing me about getting the book asap. http://www.AllenVanWert.com Please let other musicians know about this book. ... http://musichopper.com/songwriting-book-now-available My new book entitled "Modern Songwriting Secrets" Is complete and about to go on sale. It deals with becoming a better songwriter with real world examples and secrets about modern songwriting. This isn't about classical music, 70s pop hits, or any pointless songwriting banter like most of the songwriting books ... http://musichopper.com/new-book-is-finished There comes a time in every musicians life when they realize what they think people should have is not what people want. This is especially true for teachers in the music field. I have been giving free lessons on practicing guitar and music theory for quite some time on youtube. ... http://musichopper.com/new-website-underway I have been in a silent war about some recent "technology" with my girlfriend and most people I talk to. I do not understand why I need a twitter and why people spend so much time on there. I was sitting here thinking, maybe I am being a little strong ... http://musichopper.com/i-finally-gave-in-and-got-a-twitter Hello, I am in the process of converting this shared office into a full on A/V recording studio. There is enough space for that type of thing once my girlfriend is placed downstairs in her own new little office. This way we both win. I will have a nice area ... http://musichopper.com/life-of-this-independant-artist The band Breakin Benjamin started out local to me, I even shared the same practice space as a few of their members years ago. I talked with some of them at one point but I forget which members. I like to study music and I am able to find formulas in ... http://musichopper.com/breakin-ben-song-formula There has been some buzz about the all star band named "ChickenFoot" The members are: Joe Satriani - guitar Chad Smith - Drums (He was in RHCP) Michael Anthony - Bass (He was in Van Halen) Sammy Hagar - Vocal Before I start in on the sound of their sample tracks I really need to ... http://musichopper.com/chickenfoot Outside of guitar I have been studying NLP and hypnosis. It is very rewarding and I would choose it as my second career choice. Make that third. First is being a musician, second is a video game programmer/designer, third is an NLP practitioner. Take some time to check out youtube ... http://musichopper.com/nlp-and-the-mind I have written another massive section to the text portion of the instructional. This portion doesn't actually deal with guitar playing at all. It deals with learning in general. I will have it separated from the other text so the reader can find it easily when needed. I am planning ... http://musichopper.com/update-on-instructional-2