Melbourne Guitar Show Talent Dish Up Their Best Advice

29 July 2016 | 1:21 pm | Staff Writer

"Tap your foot ALWAYS. Don't be a dick."

What was the best piece of advice you were given when you first started learning guitar? Practice, learn your scales and stick at it.

What was the best piece of advice you were given when you first started learning guitar? Practice and challenge.

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What was the best piece of advice you were given when you first started learning guitar? Let each note sing out on its own as its own note when playing scales or runs. Tap your foot ALWAYS. Don't be a dick.

What was the best piece of advice you were given when you first started learning guitar? Never quit, and work on being the best at what you do. Don't worry so much about what others are doing, it's not a competition.

What was the best piece of advice you were given when you first started learning guitar? I wasn't given any good advise when I started. The best advise I received was much later: "Without silence, there is no music."

What was the best piece of advice you were given when you first started learning guitar? Some of the best advice I have heard was from Daniel Champagne. "Don't let anyone else tell you how to play your instrument, because then you'll probably just end up sounding like everyone else."

What was the best piece of advice you were given when you first started learning guitar? Play in such a way that it makes you feel something.