The Guitar Dojo

07/01/2020

A warm welcome back to our members who are resuming lessons this week.

To celebrate the New Year we are happy to announce that we now have a relationship with Arobas Software and are part of the Guitar Pro educators program which provides discounts to our members. So if any of our intermediate-advanced students are interested in purchasing Guitar Pro (the gold standard in guitar notation software and something we use to produce some of our lessons) , then don't go ahead and pay the retail price of around $100 AUD. ($US 70)

If you let us know , we can arrange directly with the company for a 50% discount ! 🎸🎸🎸

16/12/2019

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!

We would like to wish all our students+families, friends and followers a very happy Christmas and new year ahead.

2019 has been a year where (to quote Bill Lawry) "it's all happening" - from our move to Danaher Drive for many of our students , the new ukulele program for the wonderful residents at Arilla Retirement Village , licensing the G4 guitar curriculum and getting our app up and running without too many hitches.

We have enjoyed the continued support of existing students and met plenty of great new people (and families) during 2019.

Thanks again and we look forward to a great 2020 .

All students will be contacted directly over the next 24 hrs but ,in short , we take a break from 23rd December and resume lessons on Monday 6th January.

If anyone needs any assistance over the break , please send Brent a message through the app and we will help you out!

07/12/2019

Kickstart my Heart Misheard Lyrics

On to more positive topics - and thanks to Simone Stowe for the heads up - we might be some sort of chance of seeing Motley Crue/Def Leppard and Poison out here in 2020/2021. If Vince Neil can recapture this sort of form them I am THERE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pdQnZLEWNo

EDIT: Cant believe this blew up like it did hahah!!! Thank you all!! original vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL6uYfOBx4E

07/12/2019

Tough week in the Aussie music scene with Greedy from Mental as Anything and Stuart Fraser from Noiseworks passing away. Both local legends but Stuart had a real influence on me as a young kid - not a technical player but he possessed something that is a big part of being a "great" and that is a unique sound/tone and sense of rhythm. That debut Noiseworks album to me had a real atmosphere and , despite some strong material on subsequent albums they never beat it IMHO. R.I.P.

15/11/2019

Friday (un)funny - KISS cancel their Australian tour . :(

Friday funny ...........probably not the best backdrop of all time.

04/11/2019

Spotlight

Yes you can :)

81-year-old picks up guitar in a store, shocks everyone when he starts to rock out

via storyful

03/11/2019

Grown Men Stuff

Grown Men Stuff

01/11/2019

Deputy Responds To Noise Complaint, Joins Jam Sesssion

Our kinda police work :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_uSlbg93FY&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR00Pl9RA1ESuGoDRG_mX2_3l833zpg-X0mGwGCwG-LJiyBP8LxPMuGbELw

The deputy says its better the youths were practicing music than being on the Compton streets.

01/11/2019

Happy Halloween from The Guitar Dojo

Happy Halloween - time to start thinking about Christmas and your New Years Resolution to finally pick up the guitar! :) 🎸🎸🎸

www.theguitardojo.com.au

25/10/2019

I have just put in my application for Swedish citizenship

11/10/2019

Friday funny - I suppose I should be offended by this having studied some jazz but it's sorta true.

04/10/2019

SPRING SAVINGS | The Guitar Dojo

The Guitar Dojo is celebrating the 4th Annual Kids Music Day (Friday 4th October) with our best introductory offer of the year for young beginners. TEN heavily discounted packages are available that include a guitar pack and one month of weekly lessons.

www.theguitardojo.com.au/spring-savings

To celebrate Kids Music Day (October 4th) we are offering our best deal of the year for young beginners!

04/10/2019

30/09/2019

Kids and Guitar Lessons Pt 2 - How Young Is Too Young?

Part Two.............

In Part One of our series on "Kids and Guitar Lessons" we discovered the multitude of benefits that a music education can deliver , We now take a look

27/09/2019

So that's where they all are.......

25/09/2019

We'd like to extend a very warm welcome to Cooper who started guitar lessons tonight. Off to a flying start. 🎸🎸🎸

20/09/2019

And anyone who has been to a rock/metal concert with me will relate to this......as I stare at the fingers of the guitarist .😛

20/09/2019

Friday Funny.........I missed last week , so we'll do two. Anyone who knows me well will be able to relate to this :)

Number 1

16/09/2019

Kids and Guitar Lessons Pt 1 - The Benefits of Music Education.

The first in a series of Guitar Dojo blog posts on kids and guitars.

This is the first in a series of short articles that will cover a range of topics relevant to kids guitar lessons...........everything from a buying guide to so

06/09/2019

The promised blog series on buying guitars for kids shouldn't be too far away - too much admin and not enough guitaring for me this week :)

In the meantime ........with AFL finals into full swing , we reckon a guitar-related Friday Funny featuring Meatloaf might be warranted. We acknowledge that nothing will ever top his 2011 AFL Grand Final performance so here's that too :)

https://youtu.be/XZdiaFXW2U8?t=359

30/08/2019

Friday funny.........priorities!

23/08/2019

Friday funny - hopefully this won't get me into strife 😬

19/08/2019

Meet Robbie our new Head of Marketing!

A bit of fun that we had with a Facebook ad! Meet Uncle Robbie .........our new Head of Marketing. Like and Share or else :P

19/08/2019

The Guitar Dojo would like to extend a warm welcome to Massimo who will be starting lessons shortly 🎸🤟

16/08/2019

Friday Funny........

14/08/2019

Learning the guitar made easier through gamification - Tech Guide

Shameless plug - one of Australia's biggest tech websites recently posted a short article on gamified learning in guitar lessons and it was The Guitar Dojo who they chose to reference 🎸🎸🤟

https://www.techguide.com.au/news/gaming-news/learning-guitar-made-easier-gamification/

Like any skill worth having, learning a musical instrument takes time, effort and plenty of practice but it is fair to say that those who persist are well rewarded. The benefits of music go well beyond the obvious – both children and adults also see improvement in areas such as concentration, memo...

14/08/2019

We'd like to extend a warm welcome to Nadia who started out this week - plenting of adults dusting off guitars in the area , which is great to see :)

14/08/2019

GGG(Guitar Gig Guide) 15th August - South Morang and Surrounds

GGG(Guitar Gig Guide) 15th August - South Morang and Surrounds

The big news for those of us from the 80s who like melodic hard rock (crickets????) is that there is a full weekend gig being put together for March 2020 in Mel

09/08/2019

GGG (Guitar Gig Guide) 9th August - South Morang and Surrounds

GGG (Guitar Gig Guide) 9th August - South Morang and Surrounds

Well the Bon Jovi show last week at The Commercial Hotel was pretty good! The band was solid and the singer was a lot better than the real thing. Not hard I kn

09/08/2019

This week's Friday Funny is dedicated to Simone :)

02/08/2019

Friday funny that is topical but may not mean much to non guitarists. The new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom! Reminds me of George Bush reading his upside down book :)

02/08/2019

The Guitar Dojo extends a very warm welcome to Georgia who at 6yo is our youngest student. Looking forward to your first lesson!

01/08/2019

Gig Guide 1st August - South Morang/Mernda/Doreen/Epping/Mill park and Surrounds

I am working on a couple of requests for blog posts (next of which is a guitar buying guide for kids) but in the meantime here's what is on for you guitar heads over the weekend when it comes to live music. Feel free to add your own and/or warn us against some bands that ain't so great! We'll be at The Commercial on Saturday for the Bon Jovi tribute 🤘🤘🤘

One of our adult guitar students who can't be bothered looking it up himself (j/k) has asked me a couple of times about local live guitar ba

26/07/2019

I'm told that a page doesn't qualify as fair dinkum unless it does some Friday Funnies. I'm up for the challenge , so here's our first offering (with a musical twist)

24/07/2019

SWEET STARTUPS INTERVIEW: Brent Lyons from The Guitar Dojo On Harnessing The Benefits of Community and Technology In Guitar Teaching.

The Guitar Dojo was interviewed by a Google News syndicated start up blog a few weeks back. I didn't post it here at the time but if you have nothing better to read 😜...........

🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

Today we are talking to Brent Lyons, the Manager and Guitar Teacher at The Guitar Dojo in Melbourne, Australia. Read our interview to learn about their modern

16/07/2019

Thanks to everyone who has liked The Guitar Dojo page or recommended/reviewed us.....much appreciated. We have had some questions about lessons for people that are not local to the area and I can confirm that Skype lessons are available "out of hours." We are 100% focused on our local clients on weekday evenings but can schedule a mutually convenient time for a Skype lesson outside of those times.We are building a dedicated Skype Lesson page on our website but effectively all you need is a decent internet connection and a webcam. Cheers- Brent :)

13/07/2019

Your First Guitar - Acoustic or Electric?

Your First Guitar - Acoustic or Electric?

Like many guitarists I began my musical journey on a classical/acoustic guitar and much later progressed to an electric guitar. Here at The Guitar Dojo we ofte

08/07/2019

A very warm welcome to Shaun - our newest adult member. Nice taste in music .......blues, rock and metal 🤘

03/07/2019

The Guitar Dojo currently has a limited number of openings for kids and adults guitar lessons.

We're always very happy to answer your questions via Messenger m.me/thegeetardojo

For those all ready to join us , please register here: https://www.theguitardojo.com.au/sign-me-up

We look forward to talking to you and welcoming you to The Guitar Dojo!

Brent, Bel and Ben.

26/06/2019

Music: A Pathway to Success

As a guitar school in 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆 we are slightly biased but......

Here is a good article on the flow-on benefits of kids learning music - the article is written by a teacher at Brighton Grammar (all boy school) but it's also very relevant for girls. Just sub in 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸for choir :)

And a link to the ABC show : https://iview.abc.net.au/show/dont-stop-the-music

At times communicating with boys can be a challenge, but music is the universal language that everyone understands.

13/06/2019

Welcome To The Guitar Dojo!

Testing............testing.............our first blog post :)

Our family would like to extend a warm welcome to the early birds here in The Guitar Dojo community. We have been working hard for a year now on putting togeth