Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Hi everyone!

I wanted to share our Guitar Wisdom community livestream schedule for June through August.

Before getting into the dates, I also just want to say how great it’s been seeing some new names around the forums lately. A warm welcome to everyone who recently joined the community! We’re really happy to have you here.

Something that continues to stand out to us is how people support each other inside of Guitar Wisdom. Over time, we’ve watched members work hard on their own playing, share honest struggles, ask thoughtful questions, and offer encouragement and feedback to one another so naturally. That dynamic is beautiful to witness and adds so much depth and connection to the learning experience.

It’s easy to think of practicing guitar as something very individual, and in many ways it is. But there’s also something really special about being surrounded by people who understand the process. Even small comments, shared experiences, or words of encouragement can help someone stay focused and keep going. I think this community supports each other more than we sometimes realize, and that’s a really meaningful thing.

The livestreams are another chance for us to come together, slow down, focus on one topic at a time, and continue learning together.

Guitar Wisdom Community Livestreams (Private)
These livestreams are for Guitar Wisdom members only and include time for Q&A and deeper discussion around practice concepts, musical ideas, and common challenges students are working through. We will announce the topic as we get closer to the dates.

Planned Dates:
- Saturday, June 6 at 1 PM EST
- Saturday, July 11 at 1 PM EST
- Saturday, August 15 at 1 PM EST

As always, if anything changes, we’ll update this thread and confirm each session as we get closer.

How Members Join the GW Livestreams
For the Guitar Wisdom livestreams, we send a special access link by email shortly before each session.
To make sure you receive those emails:
- Please subscribe to our marketing emails using the same email address you use for your Guitar Wisdom account
- Sign up (or resubscribe) here: https://tfujita.news/Guitar-Wisdom-Livestreams
- Before each livestream, check your inbox for the access link (we send it out 15 minutes before we go live)

If you don’t see the email, please check your spam or promotions folder. If it’s still missing, let us know and we’ll help troubleshoot.

We’re really looking forward to these additional opportunities to learn together. These sessions are always a highlight for us, not just because of the topics we cover, but because of the people who make this community what it is.

If there are topics or questions you’d love Tomo, George, and me to cover during the livestreams, feel free to share them here in the thread. We always appreciate hearing what would be most helpful for you.

Thanks so much for being part of the Guitar Wisdom community 💛

- Sammi

June Topic Announcement!

Learning Through Listening

Many of you have heard Tomo say things like "Listen to great examples" or "Listen deeply."
But what does that actually mean?

For this month's livestream, we'll explore how listening can become part of the learning process. We'll discuss what makes something a great example, what to listen for in a recording, and how listening influences your rhythm, phrasing, feel, and musical vocabulary over time.

As Tomo often reminds us, there is more to music than scales and theory. Especially in blues and jazz, there is a language that has to be heard, absorbed, and experienced through real music.

We're looking forward to exploring this topic together and hearing your thoughts and experiences as well!

Looking forward to our GW June Live Steaming!

See you all there (Or please watch it later)

Super important topic!

Tomo

Friendly reminder: our livestream is at 1 PM EST today! I'll send a link at ~12:45. Please check your spam folder if you don't see it in your inbox!

As always, the stream will be available later on the unlisted Guitar Wisdom playlist. You can even watch the live chat replay so it'll feel like you're there :)

Looking forward to connecting with you all!

Question for Tomo and Guitar Wisdom on transcribing:

What are your thoughts on apps for transcribing? It seems to take me forever to transcribe by hand, and I make so many mistakes. It would be my preference to transcribe by hand, but between my crummy handwriting and all the boo-boos it becomes such a slow process. Do you think there's any value in these apps?

No apps! Simple is better! I love apps for driving direction or Uber.. but for guitar. Keep it simple!

If something is difficult to do... go back a few years and look for simple things.

If you want to writing software... it is okay but hand writing is better. I love people's hand writing!

Tomo