Hey Nailiens... It's time for another jam session! As mentioned earlier this week, the jam sessions will now be hosted natively within Skool (no need for zoom) Just click "Jam Session Starting In ____" at the top of the feed & join via skool. See you there!

Hey Nailiens... Been messing around with the looper pedal and figured I'd record a quick bit of my improv to post here. Thanks to @Abraham Tadesse for inspiring the chord progression (it's based of the Fsus-Am7-Cmaj7 progression you said was your fav) I'm learning just as much from you guys as you are from me :)

Hey Nailiens! We officially hit 300 members! That's pretty cool–I'm really grateful for you all being here and being a part of this :) I have lots of fun ideas I'm excited to implement into this community in the coming weeks, but I'd also like to hear from you guys–what would you like to see added to this community? Drop a comment 👇 On another note, I will be travelling this Saturday and therefore will have to reschedule this week's Jam Session. It would have to be rescheduled for 8 or 9am PST any day between Tuesday & Thursday of next week. For the four regulars who show up to the jam sessions (and any of you Nailiens who are planning to attend this coming one), what day and time would work best for you? 👇 Otherwise, we can simply cancel this week and meet next week. Let me know! And thanks again–to you all. Oryam

Nailien = Nail + Alien "Nail" because around these parts we play with our fingernails. After all, this community is built around fingerstyle, and therefore it's naturally a Pick-Free zone! (just kidding lol you can use a pick if you want... But, just saying, fingernails are WAY cooler 😎) Where does the "Alien" come into play, you ask? Well, I think @Hans U. Haeni said it best: "We are all–in some way–aliens in this world, longing for a more peaceful and better place to come… Playing the guitar can somehow be like a haven where we can find peace and comfort..." Being a Guitar Nailien is about learning to dissolve yourself and speak instead through the metal and wood of your guitar. It's about learning to speak not with your mouth, and not with words. But with beautiful fingerstyle melodies–and through them, the colors of your heart. The "words" of your soul... As Guitar Nailiens, we have no destination. We realize there is nowhere to "get to". And there's nothing to "accomplish". Like life, the guitar is a journey with no true beginning or end. And so we learn more for the sake of learning. We practice for the sake of practicing, and play for the sake of playing. Not because any of it matters in the slightest, but simply because we choose to. And maybe, just maybe, we feel a little less alone in this infinite universe with the guitar under our fingers... and the sounds of the strings in our ears. To our shared experience 🥂 Oryam PS - I attached a video below that is very special to me. A sort of full-circle moment for me on my guitar playing journey. Feel free to check it out if you'd like :) PPS - Comment down below–I'd love to hear what being a "Guitar Nailien" means to you? 👇

Hey Nailiens! Everyone comment below this post with what they're currently practicing on the guitar 👇 (I've found that speaking stuff out loud–or typing it on a computer–holds you more accountable to actually doing the thing 😉) For me, I've been working on developing my percussive skills through songs like "Overload" & "Boogie Shred" (both by Mike Dawes) I attached a short snippet of Boogie Shred below :)