Have you ever wanted to shred on the guitar or lay it down on the drums? Has life gotten in the way? Are you looking for someone to help you make music a lifestyle instead of a forgotten dream? Rob Spampinato is on an epic quest to bring music into your life whether you used to play or you’ve never picked up an instrument before. It’s time for you to embrace your destiny, note by note, in This Book Shreds.
Even though Rob came from a musical family, his first guitar teacher didn’t really help him connect with music in a way that sparked the passion hidden beneath his aching fingertips. He still remembers how bummed his dad was when he quit, but his dad waited patiently. Enter heavy-metal friends, discipline through martial arts, and his first band was born.
Now, over twenty years and thousands of professional gigs later, Rob has become the music teacher his five-year-old self always needed—using a holistic method of customized music education he developed and used to create his own music school. He’s managed to build an entire career around his true passion, music, and he wants to help you do the same.
Are you ready to learn what it takes to shred? Do you want to make music more than just a dream or a hobby? In This Book Shreds Rob will teach you how to:
⚠ Use the power of music to create lifelong connections with people who are awesome.
⚠ Write mind-bending songs based on universal emotions and simple research.
⚠ Create a mindset foundation that will keep you from quitting just when your brain is on the verge of connecting all the dots.
⚠ Embrace making mistakes as part of the music-learning process.
⚠ Approach practice from a different angle to make you play better every time you sit down to jam.
⚠ Balance music with the rest of your life so that you don’t get caught up in the potential-fame trap.
⚠ Set goals and achieve them by embracing your unique voice while building confidence.
⚠ Build out your rock-star persona.
⚠ Slay stage fright by doing the work beforehand and learning how to diversify your shredding skills.
⚠ Be a considerate member of your band and use those methods to be a compassionate person people love to be around.
⚠ Use borrowed magic to get you gigs when you’re first starting out.
⚠ Incorporate rest and health into your music routine and life.
If you’ve ever tried to learn an instrument before and it felt was too hard, you aren’t alone. But Rob’s unique method will give you all the mental, emotional, and physical tools you need to make music more than a wish or a hobby: you’ll be able to make music a lifestyle. And the difference is, you need an overall approach that can be customized to you.
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This was a terrific book, especially for those that are just starting to learn how to play an instrument. The "real life" stories help to connect with anyone who plays. I especially love the suggestion to write one's own music...so powerful the way Rob explains how to do this. The book tells us never to give up on our dreams...it is never too late! - Justine C.
THE RSM EXPERIENCE
MUSIC LESSONS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING.
Learning an instrument shouldn't only happen inside a lesson room. At Rob's School of Music, students have opportunities to take what they're learning and actually do something with it.
LEARN
PLAY
PERFORM
CREATE
RECORD
RELEASE
Learn your instrument. Play the music you love. Join a real band. Perform on real stages. Write original music. Record in professional studios. Release your music into the world.
The goal isn't simply to complete another lesson.
The goal is to become a musician.
SEE THE RSM EXPERIENCE WHY RSM IS DIFFERENT
BUILT BY A WORKING MUSICIAN.
Rob's School of Music was founded by professional musician, educator and content creator Rob Spampinato. For more than 25 years, Rob has built his life around music.
He has toured and performed across the country, recorded professionally, worked with major music brands, been a PRS Guitars endorsed artist since 2007, authored an Amazon #1 bestselling guitar book and built an online community of more than 180,000 YouTube subscribers.
Through the Rob's School of Music platform and podcast, Rob has also interviewed some of the world's most respected musicians about the craft, career and life of making music.
Those accomplishments aren't separate from RSM.
THEY'RE WHY IT EXISTS.
THEY'RE WHY IT EXISTS.
Rob built RSM to give students something traditional music education too often misses: the experience of actually becoming a musician. Everything we do, from private lessons to bands, songwriting, recording and live performances, comes from that philosophy.
MEET ROB MORE THAN AN AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITY
YOUR CHILD DOESN'T NEED ANOTHER ACTIVITY.
THEY NEED SOMETHING THEY CAN CALL THEIRS.
For some students, music becomes a career. For others, it becomes the thing they love doing after school. For others, it's where they find confidence, creativity, friends and a place to belong.
We take the music seriously, but we take the student even more seriously. Every student's goals, personality, learning style and musical interests are different. Their lessons should be too.
NO COOKIE-CUTTER CURRICULUM.
NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL METHOD.
NO FORCING EVERY STUDENT DOWN THE SAME PATH.
We meet students where they are and help them keep moving forward.
OUR TWO RULES
1 HAVE FUN.
2 KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
THE RSM FACULTY
TAUGHT BY MUSICIANS.
NOT JUST MUSIC TEACHERS.
A great teacher can completely change someone's relationship with music. That's why the RSM faculty is made up of musicians who don't simply understand an instrument. They live music.
Our instructors perform, record, write, create and continue developing their own craft. They're also educators who understand that knowing how to play something and knowing how to teach someone else to play it are two very different skills.
Connect with the student.
Find what inspires them.
Teach them how they learn.
Keep music fun.
Move them forward.