ByTom Fontana
Updated 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.
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…
Having a website that teaches people to make music is very satisfying. When we first set off to create TheGuitarLesson.com, we wanted to make a website that could truly teach beginners how to play the guitar as effectively as possible, as well as share my own enthusiasm towards playing the guitar. Our website is not…
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…
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…
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:…
I know it’s been a while, and I’m sorry, but I’ve been super busy re-creating TheGuitarLesson.com from the ground up. The old site was nice, but it was created in 2008, so it was about time to modernize things, inside-out. New design and logo The first thing you’ll probably notice is the new design of…