Why am I here?

Why am I here? What do I hope to achieve with this blog? I run a guitar program at a boys' school in Sydney involving around 130 students and two guitar ensembles. I am constantly on the lookout for new and exciting ways to teach the guitar. As well as gaining inspiration from the other guitar teachers at my school, I have collaborated with guitar educators from other 'guitar' schools in the area.

As I broadened my search for ideas I decided to look for guitar blogs from other teachers. It may just be my inexperience in this area, but I was unable to find any blogs of this nature. I decided that now was the time to stop hiding away in the teaching studio and begin to open up my thoughts to the world. I hope that other guitar teachers will find this blog useful and that through it I may be able to discover an online community of guitar educators, eager to share their experiences. 

My initial plan is to outline some of the resources that I use in teaching the guitar, including websites and books. As I become more comfortable with the format I expect to take more time to comment on guitar education more broadly. I hope you find something new that you can use in your own practice.