​Attention: ADULT BEGINNER GUITAR PLAYER...

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Even though you don't want to be a professional musician, you want to play songs on your guitar. The songs you love around the campfire. Jamming with your friends. Or accompany a singer and do weekend gigs.

PLUS... 

​Have fun, every step of the way...

If you've just picked up a guitar for the first time, or been playing a while, my guess is...

Since you're here, you're not able to do what you want to do the most - play songs!

And why not?

You have ​access to all the 'how to play' guitar instruction books, tabs, DVDs - the internet is unlimited...

You may of logged hours of practice time - yet you're still not playing as well as you'd like to...

So you start to think... you're the problem...

I'm here to tell you, ​to play all of your favourite songs on your guitar - stop learning 'stuff' that isn't songs!

So the problem isn't you - the problem is, information in the marketplace is saturated and results deficient...

Sure, those resources show you 'stuff' and there are some great ones. The majority of them though, don't offer the most important thing...

Training on how to play along with your favourite songs - no matter what your skill level is...

I understand how and why you maybe feeling this way. I've experienced the same frustrations and setbacks you're having now. When I was learning how to play guitar back, in the early to mid-1980's, I started with no guitar teacher for the first 2 years (massive mistake). So if you're like me...

You rely on guitar method books, videos and magazines, thinking you can work this out on your own... 

Sure the content was there, but there was no training on how to apply and integrate those ideas to really make it a part of my guitar playing.

Even a lot of guitar teachers, just show you more and more 'stuff. Their philosophy - "here's your lesson, now go home and practice it!" 

Maybe I was different to most of their students, I did actually practice the material I was given. Coming back to the lesson the following week, and at band rehearsals and gigs though, I always felt, "I should be better". "Why isn't this easier?"

​I felt there was something missing. Something I wasn't getting.

​Looking back it was like driving around with two flat tyres. And what I didn't know then... until years later... from 'practicing it', I had formed and was forming massive bad habits that were to last for years...
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What I really discovered though was...
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​No amount of guitar instruction (free or paid for) is going to cut it for you - if it doesn't train you how to practice it properly.

​Sure, you may go home and "practice it", and "practice it"... yet without training on how to practice your guitar, you're on your own... experiencing the same lack of progress, session after session...

​If you're currently feeling like this, I completely understand. I know what you're experiencing right now. This was my reality. For years!
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With hindsight, I can honestly say, that to progress quickly on your guitar - without hours and hours of practice, is knowing how to create games you're guaranteed to win, so you can play more of the songs you love. 

​And having the right help to train you how to do just that... 

Someone who can keep you on the right track. Someone to coach and guide you to becoming the guitar player you want to be - a musician who plays guitar.

FREE NON-OBLIGATION INTRODUCTORY SESSION

Learning Songs IS What You Need To Do To Become The Guitar Player You Want To Be
​(It's Just Not All You Need)

In today's saturated, guitar instruction marketplace, you can get songs from anywhere and any teacher can show you songs. Most normal guitar lessons though, usually consist of - "put your fingers here and do this... now go home and practice it". While there is truth in that motto - you do have to practice, but how can you develop the skills to play songs, if all you're taught is where to put your fingers?

Bottom line is - most people who want to play guitar, can't play songs.

Why?

Because they think they have to, or are told to focus on learning a ton of theory... boring exercises... scale patterns... everything that doesn't have them playing songs... especially in their first 12 months!

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Student 2.5 Years

"...I would advise anyone interested in playing guitar to take the step and talk to Allen and He will take you down the path for you to achieve whatever you want to in guitar playing." 

Stephanie Mahagy

Student 2.5 Years

"...thanks so much again for being such a generous coach Allen, You really offer so much more than any other schools we have attended...and I love your flexibility."

Click here to discover how easy it is to start playing songs TODAY

You maybe thinking... you don't have natural talent... you have no rhythm... you're not good enough... you haven't got what it takes... you can't read music... you're too old... your fingers are too small, large or fat...

... nothing could be further from the truth! 

To play guitar well, you will discover that all it takes for you to succeed at playing guitar - is the right training.

​I will be with you every step of the way. Giving you all the attention, training and support you need.
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Your Instructor

Hello, I'm Allen Hopgood.

Since starting Gold Coast School of Guitar in 2011, I specialise in help adult over 40 learning guitar who are struggling and doubting themselves they can actually do it, to play all the acoustic guitar cover songs they want in as little as 30-minutes a day. 

Most of my students however, have no ambitions to be professional musicians.

They don't want to record CDs, or tour the stages of the world...

​They just want to have fun:
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• Playing songs around the campfire
• Jamming with their friends
• ​Some even want to accompany a singer and do occasional weekend gigs

Sounds like you?

This is a dynamic learning process that helps you to:

• Learn guitar faster
• Play more songs quickly
• Easily advance your skills

AND...

...as long as you follow the simple steps, will get you rapid results!

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​Whether you've just picked up your first guitar yesterday, or been stuck dabbling for years, I want to invite you to download my free, Over 40's Jump-Start Guide, where I'll show you "How To Play All The Acoustic Guitar Cover Versions You Want Of ANY Electric Guitar, Piano Or Rap-Based Song."

Once you finish reading the 11-page guide, you will be able to:

• Play more songs faster
• Have a lot of fun doing so
• And know how to practice more effectively​

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START PLAYING SONGS ON YOUR GUITAR TODAY!

FREE 60-Minute Introductory Session Shows You How

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