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Guitar Membership Websites And The Danger Of The Entitlement Mindset



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he entitlement mindset.         paying to join websites”. Now     
This is possibly one of the     that’s fine with me…I didn’t      
largest roadblocks that can     expect everyone on my email list  
hold you back from guitar             to join. But let’s take a closer  
learning success. Unfortunately       look at this…                     
many guitarists have this                                               
mindset. And it’s robbing from        Why does this guy think he should 
them any possible chance of           gain access to the guitar         
reaching high levels of guitar        membership website for free? Why  
playing. So what on earth is this     does he expect me to hand him my  
mindset? And what on earth does       hard-earned guitar scale learning 
it have to do with guitar             methods that took many years to   
membership websites! All is           develop for free? Why does he     
revealed below…                       think he is entitled to this      
                                      high-quality information for      
Recently I launched a guitar          free?                             
membership website. This is a                                           
website where I teach people the      The answer to these questions is  
exact system that I use for           simple. It’s the entitlement      
mastering guitar scales. I take       mindset! He expects something for 
them by the hand and show them        nothing. He wants to get          
exactly how I do it. It took me       something without giving          
hundreds of hours to create and       something in return. In this case 
it definitely cost me quite a few     a few bucks.                      
dollars to set up. And here’s the                                       
really scary thing…                   This is a very dangerous mindset  
                                      to have. In fact, if someone has  
Just after the launch I got an        the entitlement mindset chances   
email from a guy saying something     are they will never become a      
like “I’m not in the habit of         guitarist who plays at a          



professional level.                   best guitar tutors or music       
                                      schools that they can afford. The 
Let’s now take a look at two          guitarist with the entitlement    
areas where the entitlement           mindset has an unwillingness to   
mindsets holds guitar players         spend money on the best           
back…                                 information. They try to make do  
                                      with free information.            
1. Guitar practice.                   Ironically, they “pay” for free   
                                      information with their time by    
If a guitarist has the                spending countless hours looking  
entitlement mindset they expect       for it!                           
to progress without putting in                                          
the required practice time. They      At this point a guitarist with an 
often admire guitar virtuosos and     entitlement mentality will say    
on some level expect to play like     something like “why should I pay  
their heroes…without having to do     for information when it’s all out 
huge amounts of practice. Because     there for free?” I respond to     
of this unwillingness to put in       this question by asking them      
the needed effort they will NEVER     this…                             
play like the people they admire.                                       
                                      If you were dying, would you be   
2. Information.                       willing to get heart surgery from 
                                      doctors who had taught themselves 
The best guitarists that I know       from free information available   
have often invested large amounts     online? If the answer is no…why   
of money to learn their craft.        wouldn’t you?                     
They buy books, DVDs, CDs and                                           
other resources that they think       OK…it’s a bit of a silly example. 
will help them learn. They may        No one in his or her right mind   
also pay good money to go to the      would do this! It would be a      



matter of life and death. But         guitar tutors, slow down your     
isn’t your guitar progress really     progress? It’s worth thinking     
important too? And wouldn’t           about.                            
inaccurate information, written       

                              
by people who aren’t professional     




About the Author:

Did you know that close to 97.3% of guitarists don't have a detailed plan for learning guitar modes? To be one of the few who do go to: www.GuitarScaleMastery.com


Read more articles by: Craig Bassett

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