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			<title>Teaching Chords To Beginning Guitar Students</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A very common and frustrating problem beginning guitar students face is not being able to change chords quickly, fluently and musically.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:14:38 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>How To Improve Your Guitar Technique. Part 2</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Do you want to improve your guitar technique, play guitar cleaner, eliminate sloppy playing and unwanted string noise?]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:58:56 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Need Help Starting A Successful Career In Music?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Do you need immediate help starting a successful career in music? Here are 4 things that will put you on the right track.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:26:20 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>How To Improve Your Guitar Technique. Part 1</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Do you want to improve your guitar technique, play guitar cleaner, eliminate sloppy playing and unwanted string noise? Sloppy guitar technique is a very common problem.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:10:53 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>8 Steps To Develop A Highly Efficient Practice Schedule</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest reasons why so few people become great guitarists is not because they lack talent, but rather due to not knowing all of the things they need to do or practice in order to reach their goal.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 09:19:52 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>How To Transition From Your Day Job Into A Successful Music Career</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Do you want to be a professional musician, but don’t know where and how to start? Do you really want a successful career in music, but your fear of failure is holding you back? Are you unsure about what to do if your plan doesn’t work?]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:01:33 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>3 Reasons Why You May Not Be Getting Big Results From Taking Guitar Lessons</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Have you ever tried taking guitar lessons and ended up quitting in frustration, because you felt you weren’t making enough progress? This perception prevents you from getting all that you want from your guitar lessons. ]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:02:28 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>11 Damaging Mistakes Guitar Players Make And How To Avoid Them</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There are specific reasons why guitar players go through such frustration and disappointment. Here are 11 key mistakes players make and repeat over and over again that you should definitely avoid.]]></description>
			<category>The Guide To</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:44:08 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>How To Make The Right Contacts In The Music Industry</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You know that making the right music industry connections is a key factor in developing a successful music career.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:19:39 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>How To Practice Guitar With A Limited Amount Of Time</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Do you struggle with not having enough time to practice guitar? Are you unsure about what things to practice within this very limited amount of time? ]]></description>
			<category>The Guide To</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:07:20 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>The Pursuit Of The Record Deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There are many great musicians who are not able to build a successful career in music because they do not know what it is these companies want from them.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:29:43 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Practicing Guitar: Self Discipline Or Fun?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Most guitarists have lots of fun practicing, but are not highly disciplined, or try to be very disciplined, but find it boring or unfulfilling when they do so.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:45:47 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Are You An Unhappy Musician? 10 Ways To Get Musical Pain Relief</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Are You happy and fulfilled with Your level of musical skills? Can You honestly say that You have reached all of Your musical goals?]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:22:27 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Want To Become A Professional Musician?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Why so many good musicians struggle to begin their music career.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:21:17 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Perseverance: It Will Make You Or Break You!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest obstacles for most guitar players comes from their own belief that, in order to be a great player, one must possess natural ability.]]></description>
			<category>Junkyard</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:45:33 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Mindless Exercises</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mindless exercises... to practice or not to practice? That is not the question.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:28:11 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>How To Avoid Musical Burn Out</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Do you sometimes find it difficult to stay focused and motivated to practice or play music?]]></description>
			<category>Junkyard</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:57:22 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Playing Live: What To Do With The Little Voices In Your Head</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[We all have experienced some level of nervousness when playing live at some time or another. Here are things to think about before your next gig.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:41:44 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>How To Become A Professional Guitarist &amp; Musician. Part 3</title>
			<link>http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/general_music/how_to_become_a_professional_guitarist__musician_part_3.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Most people seeking to “make it” to a professional level in the music business, wander around the proverbial city without an accurate map.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:46:30 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Begin At The End</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[One of the most valuable lessons to be learned, in terms of achieving goals, is to begin at the end.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 08:18:01 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>How To Become A Professional Guitarist &amp; Musician. Part 2</title>
			<link>http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/general_music/how_to_become_a_professional_guitarist__musician_part_2.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There are few things more tragic than a person who has invested all of himself/herself into a life-long dream nly to fail because of a single bad choice or a single important, but overlooked, fact.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:36:38 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>An Analysis Of 'Suck'</title>
			<link>http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/general_music/an_analysis_of_suck.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There are lots of ways to improve the quality of your practice-time-effectiveness and thus your results.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 07:45:55 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>How To Become A Professional Guitarist &amp; Musician: Facts And Myths</title>
			<link>http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/general_music/how_to_become_a_professional_guitarist__musician_facts_and_myths.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA["What does it take to become a professional guitar player and musician?" The answer remains a huge mystery for the vast majority of people.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:54:11 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Take The Test</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you consider yourself to be pessimistic person, do yourself a favor, - don’t waste your time reading another word.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 05:09:38 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Songwriting. Part 5</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today, it is common for composers and songwriters to have other people orchestrate their music for them.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:23:11 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Songwriting. Part 4</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In Part 4, we'll look at some more advanced (yet sometimes quite simple) songwriting concepts, focusing on areas that are often overlooked.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2006 04:53:23 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>How To Develop Your Own Style. Part 1: It's All About You!</title>
			<link>http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/general_music/how_to_develop_your_own_style_part_1_its_all_about_you.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Among musicians in general and guitar players specifically, the approach that is commonly taken to being “original” is often crippling, oppressing, unnatural.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:32:41 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Creativity And Expression. Part 2</title>
			<link>http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/general_music/creativity_and_expression_part_2.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Here is the second installment of 'Creativity And Expression' article that applies the considering idea to the songwriting.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 08:21:48 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Creativity And Expression. Part 1</title>
			<link>http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/general_music/creativity_and_expression_part_1.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There are several things that can help players get over feeling uncreative, uninspired or otherwise not very expressive musically.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:57:50 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Songwriting. Part 3</title>
			<link>http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/general_music/songwriting_part_3.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Here I'll go into greater detail with another ideas regarding starting the songwriting process.]]></description>
			<category>General Music</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:22:47 -0500</pubDate>
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