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The Steve Stine Podcast
The Steve Stine Podcast is about more than just music — it’s about life, faith, and finding meaning in the everyday. Join Steve as he shares honest stories from decades of experience as a musician, educator, husband, father, and believer navigating the highs and lows of life. Each episode offers heartfelt conversations about purpose, spirituality, personal growth, and staying inspired — even when life gets messy or uncertain.
Whether you’re picking up a guitar, walking through a season of…
Episodes
- The Steve Stine Podcast
Live Class: The CAGED System Explained For Real Guitar Use
Send Steve a Text Message Your hands already know more than your eyes can see and that gap is exactly why the fretboard can feel random the moment a new chord…
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You Know the Pentatonic Scale. So Why Do Your Solos Still Sound Like Scales?
Send Steve a Text Message If your pentatonic improvisation feels stuck in “practice mode,” the missing piece is probably not a new scale, a new lick, or a…
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The 15-Minute Practice Routine That Replaces an Hour of Random Practice
Send Steve a Text Message Fifteen minutes on guitar can either change your playing or disappear in a blur of half-finished licks and random scrolling. We’ve…
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Live Class: Beginner's Guide to Soloing- The ESSENTIALS
Send Steve a Text Message Practice vs. Playing: Turning Scales Into Music Knowing a scale is one thing. Turning it into music is something else entirely. In…
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An iPad Setup That Saves The Show
Send Steve a Text Message The fastest way to lose confidence on stage is a simple problem that turns into a spiral: you don’t know the tune well enough, the…
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Does Going Wireless Change Your Guitar Tone? | CFG SonikSphere NEO
Send Steve a Text Message Fast chargers are everywhere, and that’s exactly why guitar wireless systems get accidentally killed. We talk through the Sonic…
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Basics of Ear Training Part 2
Send Steve a Text Message Can you tell major from minor with your eyes closed? That single skill can change how fast you learn songs by ear, how confident you…
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More Than Guitar: The Tommy Armstrong-Leavitt Story
Send Steve a Text Message A lot of guitar careers are built around louder stages, bigger rigs, and the next gig. Tommy Armstrong Levitt’s path gets there too…
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Basics of Ear Training Part 1
Send Steve a Text Message If someone says “This one’s in G” and your brain goes blank, this will give you a simple map you can actually use. We’re kicking off…
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Play Better Blues Solos in Just ONE Position
Send Steve a Text Message Your blues can sound bigger without moving your hand at all. Steve Stine (GuitarZoom Academy) shows how to get real, melodic blues…
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A Simple Warm-Up Routine For Arthritis And Finger Stiffness
Send Steve a Text Message Stiff fingers can make you doubt your playing before you even play a note, and that frustration is often avoidable. We walk through a…
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Playing Guitar With Stiff Hands or Arthritis? Try This!
Send Steve a Text Message Your guitar shouldn’t feel like a hand-strength contest, but a lot of players unknowingly make it one. We dig into the fastest ways…
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Major And Minor Pentatonic Made Simple
Send Steve a Text Message Major pentatonic and minor pentatonic get treated like separate skills, but that mindset slows down your playing. We break the whole…
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Turn A Five-Note Box Into A Full Scale
Send Steve a Text Message Pentatonic scales can feel like a cheat code because almost anything you play “works” but that safety can also keep your solos from…
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Gritty Blues Bends
Send Steve a Text Message I went Live on Social Media with this, so if you are interested in watching the video, here it is…
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Outdoor Guitar Survival Guide
Send Steve a Text Message Your guitar can feel rock solid indoors, then completely unravel the moment you roll up to an outdoor gig. Heat, humidity, and direct…
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Four Practical Steps To Make A Major Pentatonic Solo Musical
Send Steve a Text Message Your major key solo sounds “happy,” but it does not sound believable. That is the gap we close here, using a track in A major and a…
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Stop Panicking And Start Organizing Your Gig Prep
Send Steve a Text Message Thirty songs for Saturday. A totally different set for Monday. No rehearsals. If that sounds familiar, you already know the real…
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Why Your Guitar Solos Don't Sound Musical (And How to Fix Them)
Send Steve a Text Message Your guitar solo can have the “right” notes and still feel wrong. The gap is usually groove. We jump into a practical, no-hype…
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A Practical Plan For Learning Guitar As An Adult
Send Steve a Text Message You can love guitar for decades and still feel like you’re spinning your wheels. Ken joins me to talk through that exact frustration…
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King Of Guitar Rabbit Holes Learns To Focus
Send Steve a Text Message Your hands know what to do until someone is watching, and then everything tightens up. That’s where this conversation with Stan goes…
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Learning Guitar After Retirement
Send Steve a Text Message You can spend 30 years with a guitar in your hands and still feel like you’re guessing. That’s why this conversation with Perry lands…
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How to Collaborate Remotely (Even If You’ve Never Done It Before)
Send Steve a Text Message Remote collaboration sounds like magic until you try it and realize the real challenge is boring: everyone needs the same roadmap…
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Never Too Late For Lead Guitar
Send Steve a Text Message A kid gets a guitar with strings so high it’s basically unplayable, struggles for two years, and then hears the sentence that can…
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My Overkill Gig Prep That Saves Rehearsals
Send Steve a Text Message Showing up to a gig with “the right notes” is not the same as showing up ready to perform. We walk through a real, working…
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Find Every Essential Chord In Any Key
Send Steve a Text Message Someone calls a chord progression like “1 6 4 5,” then says, “Cool, now let’s do it in A,” and suddenly your brain starts flipping…
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Inside GuitarZoom Academy: A Real Student’s Experience
Send Steve a Text Message A lot of guitarists don’t quit because they stop loving music. They quit because life gets loud and practice gets messy. Steve Stine…
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How To Find And Play Octaves Across The Guitar Neck
Send Steve a Text Message Octaves are one of those guitar “unlock” moments: suddenly the fretboard stops feeling like random dots and starts looking like a…
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What If Progress Is Just Better Conversations
Send Steve a Text Message If you’ve ever felt buried under advice, tabs, tutorials, and “one more video,” this one is for you. We talk about the biggest…
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Too Much Advice Can Make You Worse At Guitar
Send Steve a Text Message Your guitar playing probably doesn’t need more information. It needs less noise. We live in a world where presets, plugins, YouTube…
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A Student's Experience inside the GuitarZoom Academy
Send Steve a Text Message You can love guitar for decades and still feel like you’re standing outside the music, looking in. That’s where Cary Bynum found…
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Levi Clay Interview - The Master of Guitar Transcription
Send Steve a Text Message The fastest way to stall on guitar is to confuse memory with musicianship. That is where Levi takes us, starting with the honest…
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If You’re Not Setting Deadlines, You’re Wasting Practice Time
Send Steve a Text Message Your practice can be consistent and still feel like it’s going nowhere. When there’s no deadline, it’s easy to drift through scales…
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Why Most Practice Doesn’t Work (And How to Fix It)
Send Steve a Text Message Noodling feels like practice until you realize you’re getting the same results month after month. We sit down and get blunt about…
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How Great Guitar Players Use Slides (And How You Should Too)
Send Steve a Text Message Want your solos to breathe, sing, and feel human without learning a new scale? We dive into the art of slides and show how three…
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The One Guitar Pedal I Always Travel With (My Live Rig in a Backpack)
Send Steve a Text Message Ever wish your live rig could fly under the seat and still sound huge? Steve Stein breaks down a travel-first guitar setup that…
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Stop Chasing Gear, Start Making Music
Send Steve a Text Message Feeling stuck even with endless lessons, tabs, and shiny gear at your fingertips? We dig into the surprising reason progress stalls…
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The Real Reason You’re Not Getting Better at Guitar
Send Steve a Text Message Feeling stuck even though you practice daily and binge guitar videos? We’ve been there. The real blocker isn’t effort—it’s the lack…
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Make Real Progress by Practicing with "Intention"
Send Steve a Text Message Stuck playing the same licks but not getting better? This conversation maps a clear path from autopilot to intentional practice so…
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Gig-Ready: Build Your Guitar Emergency Kit
Send Steve a Text Message Shows fall apart for simple reasons: a dead tuner battery, a snapped string, a noisy cable. We decided to stop gambling with luck and…
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Practice Vs. Progress For Guitarists
Send Steve a Text Message Want real progress instead of the same comfortable loops? We break down the simple shift that turns practice from maintenance to…
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The FIRST STEP in Learning to Play Authentic Sounding Solos
Send Steve a Text Message Ever run the pentatonic scale perfectly and still wonder why your solo doesn’t sound like a song? We shine a light on the missing…
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Four Guitar Patterns That Break Pentatonic Ruts
Send Steve a Text Message Tired of solos that feel stuck in the same box? We dig into four compact shapes in E that instantly add color, movement, and…
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New Year, New Goals - Stop Old Habits and Make a Change
Send Steve a Text Message You know that feeling when a year goes by and your playing sounds the same? We’ve been there—wanting confidence, freedom on the…
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Learn A Simple Three-String Shape To Add Power, Groove, And Flow To Your Solos
Send Steve a Text Message Want a soloing shortcut that actually sounds bigger, bolder, and more musical? We break down a simple three-string shape in A—5-7-8…
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Do You Really Need Music Theory?
Send Steve a Text Message Ever wonder if learning more music theory will actually make your playing better, or just add noise to your practice? We unpack the…
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From Noodling To Noticing: Long-Term Plays And Short Wins For Guitarists
Send Steve a Text Message Ever feel like your practice sessions are busy but not better? We dig into a simple, reliable way to turn scattered effort into…
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How To Grow As A Guitarist Without Touching The Guitar
Send Steve a Text Message We break down the hidden skills that make guitar progress stick: deep listening, patience, consistency, mindset, and confidence. Then…
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Learn The Vocal Tools That Turn Scales Into Music
Send Steve a Text Message One note can say everything—if you know how to shape it. We dig into the practical craft of turning scales and theory into expression…
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Chord Chasing Made Simple
Send Steve a Text Message Your solos don’t have to sound like scale drills. We dive into chord chasing—the practical way to switch your note choices with each…
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Finding Major And Minor Pentatonics From The Sixth String
Send Steve a Text Message Want that gritty, blues-soaked lead tone that just works over almost anything? We walk through the simple logic behind the pentatonic…
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Learn Every Note On Your Fretboard In Minutes
Send Steve a Text Message Forget memorizing the entire fretboard at once. We start where it counts most: the sixth string, the low E. You’ll learn a practical…
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Music Lives Between The Notes, Not Just On The Page
Send Steve a Text Message What if your next gig felt clear before you even picked up the guitar? Steve walks through his complete prep system for tackling a…
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Five Hidden Practice Mistakes That Hold Guitarists Back
Send Steve a Text Message Stuck practicing the same riffs and wondering why your playing won’t budge? We dig into the real reasons progress stalls and share a…
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Two Essential Exercises to Get Your Technique Optimized
Send Steve a Text Message Tired of a stubborn pinky, tangled timing, and runs that fall apart when you speed up? We walk through a compact, repeatable practice…
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What Is The Music Asking Of You? A Guide to Authentic Guitar Soloing
Send Steve a Text Message What makes a guitar solo truly musical? Is it technical prowess, scale knowledge, or something deeper? In this revelatory exploration…
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Authentic Expression: The Missing Piece in Guitar Improvisation
Send Steve a Text Message Moving beyond scales in improvisation requires balancing technical knowledge with creative expression. We need to develop both our…
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Start Playing Guitar at 40, 50, 60 & Beyond
Send Steve a Text Message Steve Stine shares seven essential tips for older adults beginning their guitar journey. The focus is on creating sustainable…
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Guitar Tips I Would Tell My Younger Self
Send Steve a Text Message What would a seasoned guitarist tell their younger self after decades of playing? Steve Stine from GuitarZoom Academy dives deep into…
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What IS the GuitarZoom Academy (and can it help me)?
Send Steve a Text Message Ever felt stuck in your guitar journey despite watching countless tutorials or taking sporadic lessons? Steve Stine unpacks a…