NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
In this issue
• Fall Guitar Lessons
• Turkey Day Guitar Lesson Sale
• Pet of the Month : Spooks
• Refer a Friend & Get A $25 Amazon Gift Card!
• Boston Celtics Update
• Practice Tip of the Month - How Much Should I Practice?
• Fall Guitar Lessons
• Turkey Day Guitar Lesson Sale
• Pet of the Month : Spooks
• Refer a Friend & Get A $25 Amazon Gift Card!
• Boston Celtics Update
• Practice Tip of the Month - How Much Should I Practice?
Fall Guitar Lessons!
November is here, which means Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner! Lesson spots are filling up quickly, with close to 30 new enrollments this Fall alone. Now is a great time to reserve your lesson spot before the remaining openings fill up. With the shorter days, chilly weather, and school breaks on the horizon, now is the time to start or continue a fun indoor activity like guitar!
Thanksgiving Guitar Lesson Sale
Our Thanksgiving Guitar Lesson Sale starts now. Enroll for at least a month of lessons and receive $25 off. Be sure to take advantage of this before it's too late - the sale ends 11/23. Lesson spots are filling up fast so secure the best available time and save $25!
Pet of the Month
Meet Spooks, one of the sweetest and most social cats around. As you can probably tell from the picture, she's a pretty cool cat too. Spooks belongs to Phil’s sister and brother in-law, Matt and Lauren. Spooks likes to beg for pets, hide in funny places, cause occasional mischief, snuggle, and tease her best friend…which happens to be a full grown boxer named Taco!
Do you have a cool, funny, or peculiar dog, cat, or critter?
Send us a picture of you with your pet, and you could be featured in an upcoming newsletter!
email info@providenceguitaracademy.com
Do you have a cool, funny, or peculiar dog, cat, or critter?
Send us a picture of you with your pet, and you could be featured in an upcoming newsletter!
email info@providenceguitaracademy.com
TELL A FRIEND ABOUT PROVIDENCE GUITAR ACADEMY AND GET A $25 AMAZON GIFT CARD!
(DO YOU WANT A $25 AMAZON GIFT CARD JUST FOR REFERRING A FRIEND?
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It’s EASY!!
Here are the steps about how to get $25 CASH with our
NEW REFERRAL program:
1) TELL A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER ABOUT US.
2) SEND US AN EMAIL (ADDRESS BELOW) SAYING YOU TOLD THEM ABOUT US.
3) WHEN THEY SIGN UP, WE WILL GIVE YOU A $25 AMAZON GIFT CARD!
It’s that SIMPLE!
It’s very easy to refer someone. Just send us an email at info@providenceguitaracademy.com
Type in your name, their name and we’ll take care of the rest once they sign up!
There’s no maximum to the amount of gift cards that you can receive!
** If you refer FOUR (4) new friends who sign up, you will receive an ADDITIONAL $50 Amazon Gift Card! **
Here are the steps about how to get $25 CASH with our
NEW REFERRAL program:
1) TELL A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER ABOUT US.
2) SEND US AN EMAIL (ADDRESS BELOW) SAYING YOU TOLD THEM ABOUT US.
3) WHEN THEY SIGN UP, WE WILL GIVE YOU A $25 AMAZON GIFT CARD!
It’s that SIMPLE!
It’s very easy to refer someone. Just send us an email at info@providenceguitaracademy.com
Type in your name, their name and we’ll take care of the rest once they sign up!
There’s no maximum to the amount of gift cards that you can receive!
** If you refer FOUR (4) new friends who sign up, you will receive an ADDITIONAL $50 Amazon Gift Card! **
Boston Celtics Early Season Update
By Providence Guitar Academy Director - Phil Mazza
Boston Celtics fans like myself went into the season with high hopes for the squad. With the new duo of Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward along with promising rookie Jayson Tatum, it looked as though the Celtics were poised to make some serious waves this year. But that outlook changed only 5 minutes into the first game of the season when Gordon Hayward broke his leg on one of the most unlucky and awkward falls I've ever seen in any sport.
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This sent the team reeling, and they understandably lost that game against Lebron James and the Cavaliers as well as the following game against the Bucks. Gordon Hayward was ruled out for the ENTIRE season, and the outlook for the Celtics looked grim. But then something very unlikely happened... The Celtics won 10 straight games!!! How did this happen?
Kyrie Irving has fit in marvelously. Playing excellent defense, getting his teammates involved, picking his spots on the court to score or distribute, and leading the team in crunch time to seal victories. The new rookie Jayson Tatum is playing like a seasoned veteran, scoring at will, blocking shots, and playing great defense. The sophomore Jaylen Brown has more than doubled his scoring average from 7 points a game to 15 points per game, as well as making extra effort hustle plays and playing overall stellar defense. Last but not least - Al Horford! Wow has he really stepped up his game. Playing excellent defense, running perfect pick and rolls with Kyrie, and hitting a record number of 3 point shots! Let's not forget about the coach Brad Stevens, who is already in the running for Coach of the Year. The Celtics somehow have the best record in the league and are looking like a legitimate contender when Gordon Hayward returns!
Practice Tip of the Month - How Much Should I Practice Guitar?
Practicing, as everyone knows, is absolutely necessary to learning a musical instrument. And it can’t just involve practicing once in awhile. It needs to be a consistent pattern in one’s life in order to gain the physical skills necessary for playing.
With my beginning guitar students I recommend 20 to 30 minutes, 5 to 7 days a week. If a student can do 45 minutes, an hour, or two or three hours a day, great! But especially for the beginner, much below the above 20 minutes a day 5 days a week minimum, and the progress is going to either be so slow as to be discouraging, or it is nearly non existent. Students who have trouble progressing lose interest and quit. So my job as a guitar teacher is to spot practicing troubles in a student and recommend solutions.
I am not the type of teacher to lay on much in the way of guilt trips. That whole approach makes me uncomfortable, and I’m doubtful as to its long term effectiveness. I try to have an open discussion with the student free of reproaches. That way the two of us can have an open and honest discussion and arrive at real solutions.
When I can see a student is apparently not making time for practicing over the course of a number of weeks, I first ask them how practicing is going. If they fess up that they’re having trouble, but finding it difficult to tell me how much, then I ask them about how many days a week. If this is done in a condemnatory tone, I’m not going to get an honest answer, and our problem solving process will be limited.
Once they come out and say two or three days a week, or one day, or whatever, then we start my standard set of questions...
Check out next months Newsletter to find out what these questions are, and how I help my students get on the right path towards consistent and effective practice!
With my beginning guitar students I recommend 20 to 30 minutes, 5 to 7 days a week. If a student can do 45 minutes, an hour, or two or three hours a day, great! But especially for the beginner, much below the above 20 minutes a day 5 days a week minimum, and the progress is going to either be so slow as to be discouraging, or it is nearly non existent. Students who have trouble progressing lose interest and quit. So my job as a guitar teacher is to spot practicing troubles in a student and recommend solutions.
I am not the type of teacher to lay on much in the way of guilt trips. That whole approach makes me uncomfortable, and I’m doubtful as to its long term effectiveness. I try to have an open discussion with the student free of reproaches. That way the two of us can have an open and honest discussion and arrive at real solutions.
When I can see a student is apparently not making time for practicing over the course of a number of weeks, I first ask them how practicing is going. If they fess up that they’re having trouble, but finding it difficult to tell me how much, then I ask them about how many days a week. If this is done in a condemnatory tone, I’m not going to get an honest answer, and our problem solving process will be limited.
Once they come out and say two or three days a week, or one day, or whatever, then we start my standard set of questions...
Check out next months Newsletter to find out what these questions are, and how I help my students get on the right path towards consistent and effective practice!