{"id":133254,"date":"2022-08-31T04:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?p=133254"},"modified":"2023-03-22T13:13:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T20:13:46","slug":"the-joy-of-teaching-podcast-episode-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/the-joy-of-teaching-podcast-episode-4\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Teaching | The Acoustic Guitar Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-11233460\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1990655\/11233460-the-joy-of-teaching.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-11233460&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Happy Traum, Jane Miller, Jess Baron, and Sean McGowan for an uplifting roundtable on teaching (and learning) guitar. We discuss community building, the pros and cons of different lesson formats, the challenges and opportunities of starting guitar at any age, and much more. Not to worry \u2013 this episode isn\u2019t just for music instructors, but should prove illuminating and encouraging to all guitarists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support the show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/acousticguitarplus\">Listen to Part 2 on Patreon<\/a>, where Happy Traum gives an impromptu lesson and all of our panelists share their favorite things about teaching guitar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/paypal.me\/acousticguitarplus\">Make a donation on PayPal<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/acoustic-guitar\/id1632083322\">Give a rating and review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Visit Happy Traum\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.happytraum.com\/\">website<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.homespun.com\/\">Homespun Music Instruction<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/roots-guitarist-happy-traum-reflects-on-a-life-in-music\/\">learn a few songs from his storied career<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit Jane Miller\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/janemillergroup.com\/\">website<\/a>, check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RaukGe\"><em>Triads for the Improvising Guitarist<\/em><\/a><em>,&nbsp;<\/em>and explore some of her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/tag\/jane-miller\/\">lessons for&nbsp;<em>Acoustic Guitar<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;Learn more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarsintheclassroom.org\/our-director.html\">Jess Baron and Guitars in the Classrom<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ukulelemagazine.com\/stories\/guitars-and-ukes-in-the-classroom-trains-teachers-on-ukulele\">read this story about the nonprofit in our sister publication,&nbsp;<em>Ukulele<\/em><\/a>, and check out her book&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticguitar.com\/products\/your-musical-child\"><em>Your Musical Child<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit Sean Mcgowan\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/seanmcgowanguitar.com\/\">website<\/a>, check out this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticguitar.com\/collections\/the-essential-sean-mcgowan\">collection of his 5-star rated books<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prf.hn\/l\/8MPkN8J\">videos on Truefire<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit co-host Jamie Stillway\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/jamiestillway.com\/\">website<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/tag\/jamie-stillway\/\">lessons for&nbsp;<em>Acoustic Guitar<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Acoustic Guitar Podcast<\/em>&nbsp;is produced by the team at&nbsp;<em>Acoustic Guitar<\/em>&nbsp;magazine, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Lyzy Lusterman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Editor: Adam Perlmutter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managing Editor: Kevin Owens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Senior Editor: Blair Jackson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creative Director: Joey Lusterman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Content Director: Stephanie Campos Dal Broi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Content Manager: Nick Grizzle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marketing Services Manager: Tanya Gonzalez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The&nbsp;<em>Acoustic Guitar Podcast<\/em>&nbsp;theme music is composed by Adam Perlmutter and performed for this episode by Jamie Stillway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;This episode is hosted by Nick Grizzle and Jamie Stillway, produced by Tanya Gonzalez, and directed and edited by Joey Lusterman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/thank-you-patrons\/\">Special thanks to our listeners who support the show on Patreon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Happy Traum, Jane Miller, Jess Baron, and Sean McGowan for an uplifting roundtable on teaching (and learning) guitar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":133255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"Join us for an uplifting roundtable on teaching (and learning) guitar. 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