Music from A to Z

A riff on my thoughts on how to explore a musician’s works, both their written output and also their musical works. Lots of thoughts on books by guitarist Warren Nunes.

Sometimes networking is overcomplicated. This is how I think of it and how it has helped me on my musical journey.

An approach to speeding up mastery, something I’ve done for years even when I was a student in Berklee College of Music.

This is all about doing things over a long period of time and getting results.

In this episode, you will find one this one seemingly super simple secret that many musicians don’t realise (and even underestimate) in their career as a performer.

Updates on what I’ve been up to, why I’ve been listening to songs from my childhood, the process of growing as a musician… and the struggles.

This is for the perfectionists and procrastinators. How do you start a project and how do you handle failure? Listen to find out one way.

Do you ever feel afraid to publish your content? Do you ever feel your gear is not up to par? Listen to this episode for my thoughts on what stops some musicians from putting their work out on the internet.

Some thoughts on what I have seen stop different musicians and artists.

Platforms have changed over the 21 years but what lasts even when social media platforms and trends change? Find out in this episode.

2nd time Altimet and I hosted Malaysian Musicians on CH and boy was it an amazing line up of speakers... the stories!

Success can mean different things to different people. In this episode, you’ll discover some ways that you can look at it.

Talking about my experience—the first week starting new Clubhouse rooms with Altimet (Malaysian Musicians on CH) and Zee Avi (Nada Music)

Update on what I’m currently practicing on guitar and new courses brewing.

A mish mash of different things I’m working on including some exciting bebop exercises I was checking out from jazz guitarist Cecil Alexander.

Talking about my tooth issues and some important marketing and mindset lessons from Steve J Larsen of Sales Funnel Radio

My first thoughts on using Clubhouse app so far. Are you on it?

Sharing some stories about Joshua Wong from the Hong Kong band, noughts and exes. Joshua passed away on 25 December 2020 after battling cancer.

How a Saturday was for me and how the Ed Sheeran course is developing.

About my next Zoom class/mini course and different things I’m working on.

Progress of things today, future plans, content strategy and I’m on the Gumroad University launch page!

Talking about using Figma, a video that got a lot of likes on Facebook and pivoting to a different course idea for this month’s Kelab Gitar Az Samad.

Got some time off, which meant I had time to study some business topics, work on my design skills on Figma and read Peter Thiel’s famous book about startups and founders.

This was my Saturday, learning and kind of not working (as much).

The one that I talk about making online courses and how it relates to Tony Stark making his Iron Man suit. And cake, I talk about cake and how it feels like to be 40 years old.

Flow of consciousness talking about my new courses, gaming life, TV shows I’ve been watching and how it feels like being 39 for the last 30 mins or so.

Sharing updates on my experience reacting to the release of No Straight Roads, my new Diminished chords guitar course in Malay, thinking about starting to stream via Twitch and a new guitar club coming up in October.

The world changes. The question is are you changing? Or, are you stuck in the past?

A long day of reflection and thinking.

If you have Gear Acquisition Syndrome (G.A.S), you probably don’t want to listen to this.

How can musicians perform and make a living now in these challenging times? Listen to this episode for my thoughts and forecasts on this topic.

Especially during this era of Covid-19, this one important topic becomes even more important. Don’t make this one fatal mistake.

Some days are pretty horrible, or seem that way. Here’s something you can do to unload those mental burdens.

On deciding your musical direction and the steps you would want to take to get there.

Is it taking you 10 years to release a new album or work? What’s stopping you? Listen to this episode for some thoughts and reflection on this.

The world is changing for artists, musicians and creatives but are you changing? This episode shares key ideas that are important now.

This is what I learned from this one email marketer and it’s been helping me so much. Listen to this to find out what this is.

Talking about music theory, studying, learning, teaching and how this relates to me rewatching the first episode of Dark.

Talking about something I heard Ben Settle talk about and how it relates to music too.

What a mind blowing experience that TV show was and my recent projects (and other things in progress)

An update on my recent shenanigans as Frank Kern would say.

Jose Rosado, Dennis Demori, Ben Settle all influenced me. If you're a musician and you're wondering what platform is best to reach your fans, listen to this episode.

An issue that stems deeper from insecurity, status in society and self image. Listen to find out about my thoughts on this.

Tips for anyone who wants to master more chords in their guitar playing!

Made a new thing, here's some new info about it!

Thoughts on tradition, following what has been done and what an artist can do in the future.

Life can be hard for artists. Listen to me talk about this and my new eBook about this and the creative process.

Simplified but really important things to do as a musician