The Best Of 2019 – Tom Hess Music Corporation Year In Review

If you weren’t among the 928,918 musicians who visited tomhess.net in 2019, there is a lot you missed out on.

This includes my most popular content on how to:

• play guitar fast and clean, even if you’ve struggled to build your speed in the past
   
• get a record deal (using strategies that actually work in 2019)
   
• fill your teaching schedule with more students 

… and the breakthrough results my students and mentees enjoyed from working with me.

See my most popular content from 2019 and use it to achieve real breakthroughs you can see, feel and be proud of:
 

Breakthrough Guitar Lessons New Features:

Live video classes - where I show you how to make the hardest guitar playing topics easy to understand and master.

Live video feedback on playing – where you and an expert guitar trainer work on your guitar playing challenges one on one, live on video.

Written feedback on playing directly from me – so you know exactly what’s holding you back from playing guitar the way you want.

Live video hangout meetings – where I get to know you as a person and we talk about our other interests outside of guitar.

Live video guitar practice sessions - you join me and my other students on live video guitar practice sessions where we all practice guitar together.

Weekly live office hours – a weekly opportunity for us to meet and get to know each other on a personal level.

24/7 support on my student forum. The forum is the best place to get your questions answered by me and my top guitar students. In 2019, 49,437 posts were made on the forum.

Learn more at >>> https://tomhess.net/Guitar
 

My most improved guitar students this year:

Darryl Powis (UK) – massive improvement in his phrasing and technique. Great job Darryl! 

Constantin Einzmann (Germany) – serious progress in expression and creativity. Well done Constantin! 

Samantha Holmes (USA) – very impressive progress in her rhythm playing and speed. Awesome improvement Sam!
 

Most popular guitar playing articles: of 2019:
 

1. How To Improve Your Guitar Technique - Stop Unwanted Guitar String Noise And Sloppy Guitar Playing

The easiest way to make your guitar playing sound better is to clean up sloppy string noise in your technique. When your playing is clean, you always sound good, no matter what you play or how fast you play.

158,115 guitarists have read this article and discovered:

• 2 types of unwanted string noise to avoid in your guitar playing and what causes them.
   
• 3 effective (and simple) techniques that eliminate sloppy noises from your playing, even if you play with a lot of distortion.
   
• How to use both your picking hand and your fretting hand to mute string noise, to ensure that your playing sounds perfectly clean every time.

Read this article to learn how to make your guitar playing sound better than ever before. Additional Resource: Double your Guitar speed While Cutting Your Practice Time In Half (free eGuide)





2. How To Get More From Your Guitar Practice - 8 Steps To Develop A Very Efficient Practice Schedule [2^nd Edition]

It’s frustrating when you practice guitar every day but make very slow progress. Imagine how much faster you would improve if you knew what to practice to reach your goals and how to make more progress without increasing your practice time.

This article (read by 119,622 musicians) shows you how to squeeze every drop of progress from every minute of your practice time. Read it to discover:

• 6 guitar practice myths that slow down your progress and make you frustrated.
   
• Why most guitar players don't use effective practice schedules and how to become one of the few who do.
   
• 8-steps to creating guitar practice schedules that ensure you get better every time you pick up your guitar.
   
• How to ensure that you stick to your practice schedule even if you are very busy.

Read this article to learn how to accelerate your progress and enjoy the process of becoming a better guitar player.

Related Resource: Get the free Guitar Practice Schedule Cheat Sheet that takes guesswork out of creating your practice schedules.





3. How To Overcome Musical Frustration And Get On The Fastest Path To Incredible Guitar Playing[2^nd Version]

Do you sometimes feel very frustrated with your musical skills? We all do… and it sucks to feel this way, doesn't it? When you are frustrated, you start to doubt your guitar playing potential and may lose your motivation to play music.

22,161 guitar players have read the article: “How To Overcome Musical Frustration” and learned:

• 3 common causes of musical frustration that make you want to put the guitar down and proven solutions to each one that help you become a better guitarist faster.
   
• How to turn frustration into inspiration, so you become more motivated than ever to become an incredible guitar player.
   
• What to do when you feel frustrated with long plateaus in your guitar technique and musical creativity
   
• What Kurt Cobain and Ludwig Van Beethoven can teach you about overcoming your guitar playing frustrations.

Read this article to learn how to overcome your musical frustration and become the awesome guitar player you’ve always wanted to be.

Related Resource: [Video Guitar Lesson] Learn 10 simple things you can do right now to improve your guitar playing, break out of your musical ruts and feel great about yourself as a musician.





4. Perseverance - It Will Make Or Break You As A Guitar Player [2^nd Edition]

Your guitar playing potential is virtually unlimited… but most guitar players never fully achieve their potential because they lack one trait that all great guitar players possess: perseverance.

17,027 guitar players have studied the article “Perseverance - It Will Make Or Break Your Guitar Playing”. Join them and learn:

• 7 powerful guitar playing tips you can apply right away to speed up your progress. These tips help you persevere through the process of becoming a great guitarist.
   
• How to overcome your guitar playing challenges easily, so you improve faster and don’t feel frustrated with slow progress.
   
• Simple way to inspire yourself to keep practicing, even when your progress takes longer than you’d like.
   
• Why practicing guitar in a geometric way (versus a linear way) makes guitar practice more fun and effective at the same time.
   
• How to feel in control of your musical progress, even when you practice things that are very hard to play (it’s a great feeling!).
   
• The most important musical skill that transforms you into a true musician instead of just a guitar player.

Read this article to learn what it takes to play guitar the way you’ve always dreamed about.

Related Resource: Learn how to make your guitar practice effective and fun at the same time, so you look forward to practicing guitar every day.

5. How To Become A Better Guitarist Faster When You Have Very Little Time To Practice [2^ndEdition]

Ever wish you had more time to practice your guitar? You are not alone.

16,209 guitar players have read the “How To Practice Guitar With A Limited Amount Of Time” article and learned:

• 6 strategies that make your guitar playing improve like crazy, no matter how much (or how little) time you have to practice.
   
• How you can practice away from the guitar and dramatically accelerate your progress (it is easy and fun to do).
   
• Simple ways to create effective guitar practice schedules that help you squeeze more progress out of every minute you spend practicing guitar.
   
• How to know what you should practice to improve your guitar playing most quickly.

Learn how to become a better guitarist fast, even if your practice time is limited.

Related Resource: Learn how to double your guitar speed, while cutting your practice time in half (you can easily do this even if you’ve struggled to increase your speed in the past).
 

Music Careers Mentoring Program New Features:

Live video music career classes – where I reveal music career secrets most musicians don’t know and help you use them in your career.

1-1 implementation support phone calls – where you and I talk on the phone and I help you overcome your music career challenges.

Live video accountability sessions – you, I and my other music career mentees work on our music career tasks together.

Learn more at: https://tomhess.net/MusicCareer
 

Congratulations To My Top Music Career Mentee:

Jure Golobic (Slovenia) who goes on tour again with his band Stray Train, after opening for Nickelback and Scorpions back in 2018.
 

Tour Dates:

November 6, 2019 – DE - Nurnberg

November 7, 2019 – De - Bochum

November 8, 2019 – DE - Berlin

November 13, 2019 – AT - Wien

November 14, 2019 – HU - Budapest

November 15, 2019 – AT - Worgl

November 16, 2019 – DE – Wiesbaden

November 21, 2019 – DE - Munich

November 22, 2019 – DE - Leipzig

December 5, 2019 – DE - Aschaffenburg

December 6, 2019 – DE - Osnabrück
 

Most Popular Music Career Articles:
 

1. Top 15 Mistakes To Avoid When Trying To Get Into The Music Business [2^nd Edition]

What do you think are the most likely things that keep you from making it in the music industry? Hint: it has nothing to do with your age, your musical skills or the city you live in.

It has everything to do with mistakes most people make when trying to get into the music business by trial and error.

Join 125,790 musicians who read this article and learn:

• 15 things to avoid when you build your music career that cost you a lot of time and money.
   
• 11 ways to make money as a pro musician, so you never struggle to support yourself in the music industry.
   
• The right way to build music business relationships that lead to big opportunities in your music career.
   
• What record companies look for in you, so you can be light years ahead of other musicians who continue to dream about a record deal.

Read this article to learn how to build a music career without a lot of risk, so you can have the life you’ve always wanted for yourself.

Related Resource: 11 ways to make money as a professional musician (free cheat sheet).





2. Music Industry Secrets That Help You Land A Record Deal [2^ndEdition]

You probably already know that working with a record company grows your music career a lot faster than anything you can do on your own.

What most musicians don’t know is how to get the attention of record companies, make them want to work with YOU (vs. thousands of other musicians who contact them every day) and actually get signed to a record deal.

In the article “The Pursuit Of A Record Deal” (read by 87,753 musicians), you will discover:

• 5 proven steps for getting a record deal that work in today’s music industry. You can start doing them right away to prepare yourself for big success in your music career.
   
• What record companies expect you to know before they begin to work with you. This knowledge will save you A LOT of time, frustration (and many thousands of dollars).
   
• The #1 goal record companies want to achieve and how you can help them achieve it (so that your chances of getting a record deal go way, WAY up!)
   
• How to make yourself stand out among thousands of other musicians who contact record companies every single day (even if some of them are better musicians than you are).

Read this article to learn the tried-and-true music industry secrets that help you get a record deal and achieve success most musicians only dream about.

Related Training: Get proven music career mentoring on how to make it in the music industry and build an incredibly successful music career you’ve always wanted.





3. How To Earn A Lot More Money In Your Music Career And Avoid Becoming A Starving Artist In The Music Industry [2^nd Edition]

“How do I make money in music?” is one of the most common questions musicians ask when they try to break into the music industry. The answers are revealed in the article “How To Earn More Money As A Musician” that was read by 49,684 musicians.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• Proven money-making principles that all successful musicians know and use that help you build an amazing life for yourself in the music industry.
   
• How to sustain your income over the long-term, so you can keep doing what you enjoy most (making music) without ever having to go back to a soul-draining day job.
   
• How (and why) you can earn a lot of money in the music business even if you aren’t a world-famous rock star.
   
• The real reason why most musicians don’t make a lot of money and what you can start doing today to gain big competitive advantage in your music career.
   
• How to think like an entrepreneur and make your music career a lot more safe & secure than any day job.

Read this article to learn how to make a lot of money in the music industry and build a great living doing what you love.

Related Resource: Learn how to get your fans to buy your music instead of downloading it illegally.

 

Elite Guitar Teachers Inner Circle New Features:

1-1 implementation support calls with me – where you and I put your business under a microscope and turn it into a money machine.

Live video mastermind sessions – where you, me and other teachers I mentor go deep into guitar teaching (and business) secrets most guitar teachers never know.

Live video accountability sessions – this is where you, I and other guitar teachers I mentor work on our businesses together.

Learn more at: https://tomhess.net/GuitarTeacher
 

Other guitar teachers who achieved significant milestones in 2019:

Maurice Richard (Canada), Annie Bzdawka (USA), Darryl Powis (UK), Mike Walsh (USA), Eric Dieter (USA), Derk Stiepelmann (Germany), Janez Janezic (Slovenia), Jere Toikka (Finland), Jure Golobic (Slovenia)

Most Popular Guitar Teaching Articles:
 

1. How To Effectively Teach Guitar Chords To Beginning Guitar Students [2nd Edition]

Imagine the smile on your guitar students’ faces when you help them master chord changes and play their favorite songs.

18,026 guitar teachers have read this article about teaching guitar chords and learned:

• How to make chord changes feel easy for your guitar students after just 1 lesson, even if they struggled to play chords in the past.
   
• 2 wrong assumptions most guitar teachers make about teaching chords that slow down your students’ progress.
   
• 3 guitar teaching techniques that help your students finally master chord changes (including barre chords!).
   
• How to help your guitar students change chords without excess muscle tension, so playing guitar becomes easy for them.

Read this article to learn how to help your students master chord changes and make them feel happy about taking guitar lessons from you.

Related Resource: Learn how to keep your guitar students taking lessons from you for many years and dramatically increase your guitar teaching income





2. Learn How To Teach Guitar Better Than Anyone Else In Your Area And Become The Guitar Teacher All Students Brag About [2^nd Edition]

Do you want to become a successful guitar teacher? If so, this guitar teaching article (read by 10,119 guitar teachers) is a great place for you to start.

Teaching guitar can be incredibly rewarding and fun when you know how to transform your students into badass guitar players quickly.

You are about to learn:

• 10 simple guitar teaching tips you can use right away to make your students progress like crazy. This makes guitar lessons a lot more enjoyable for your students and for you.
   
• How to understand your student’s personality type so you can motivate them to practice anything you tell them to do. (This is one of the most crucial guitar teaching skills you can develop.)
   
• The easiest way to improve your guitar teaching skills fast, even if you have no experience teaching guitar
   
• The #1 most important thing your guitar students want and expect from you and how to give it to them (hint: it’s the same thing you expect from any professional you hire to do any job for you).

Read this article to learn how to teach guitar better than anyone else in your area and become the guitar teacher all students brag about.

Related Resource: Learn how to keep your guitar students taking lessons from you for many years and dramatically increase your guitar teaching income.





3. Why You Might Struggle To Get Guitar Students (And How To Change This Forever) [2^nd Edition]

The #1 thing guitar teachers want to know is “how to get more guitar students”. Good news is that attracting a lot of guitar students is not nearly as hard as you might think and 6,574 guitar teachers now know why.

It does not matter:

• Where you live
   
• How big (or small) your city is
   
• How old you are
   
• What your local economy is
   
• What your musical background is
   
• How long you’ve been teaching guitar

…you can still attract a lot of students and make a lot of money as a guitar teacher. Attracting a lot of students becomes easy when you learn:

• 6 reasons most guitar teachers struggle to attract a lot of students and what you can start doing today to fill your teaching schedule.
   
• The easiest thing to improve in your guitar teaching business to have a full teaching schedule throughout the year, help your students improve a lot faster and make teaching guitar a lot more fun for yourself.
   
• What your guitar students really want from you (it’s different from what you probably think) and how to give it to them. This makes your students hungry to start learning from you immediately.

Read this article to learn how to attract hundreds of guitar students all throughout the year and become the #1 guitar teacher in your area.

Related Training: Learn how to make 6-figures per year teaching guitar, while working less than 40 hours per week.

My clients also posted new Genbook reviews and new Better Business Bureau reviews after I helped them reach their musical goals.
 

2019 Live Events:

Hundreds of musicians flew from over 50 countries to attend this year’s events:

EGTM, HESSFEST, Ultimate Creativity And Guitar Soloing Mastery Training Week

Here is what they said:

"The advice, encouragement and support you have given me is truly amazing! This is why I travel 1000s of miles every year, because there is nothing else like it in the world!" – Simon, Australia

"I can't describe how much value I have got from the events so far and how perfect this environment has been for me, exactly the path and community I have been looking for! - Amy, Australia

"Wow! What an amazing experience start to finish... I'm so grateful to have met as many of you great people as I did. Extremely refreshing, massively enlightening and unequivocally the most badass events going!!!" - Tommy, Arizona, USA

"Thanks to THMC and every one of you! The things I learned at these events from both the trainers and the members has certainly altered the trajectory of my business, musicianship, and personal life. Getting to know each of you better has been worth the cost of admission." - Eric, Pennsylvania, USA

"I was blown away not only by the material that is being presented, but also by how great a job and at how great a level the presentations are being made." - Lori, Florida, USA

But we all know that pictures speak louder than words.

So check out the highlights:
   

See even more photos on the 2019 events highlights page.


As of December 31, 2019, 7,132,298 guitar players have watched our videos. What was our most watched video of the year?

Here it is (this video got over 1.4 million views!):

How about you?

What are your current goals and challenges with your guitar playing, music career and guitar teaching business?

Let me help you become the guitar player, professional musician and guitar teacher you’ve always wanted to be. Take online guitar lessons and get music career training & guitar teacher coaching to achieve the musical success most musicians only wish they had.

 

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