Have you ever watched teenagers in their social relationships? It’s very interesting, the most popular guys and girls usually have a skill, a talent that makes them special. Most of the times, playing an instrument can secure them a high place in the heart of their less skilled colleagues. This is why I have a piece of advice for all of you who have kids: if your kid comes home one day and tells you he wants to learn guitar, don’t ignore that wish. Do some research and find a good guitar teacher for the kid, pay him some lessons, at least until he goes beyond the beginner stage. After that, he’ll be able to go on on his own, by home study, so you’ll only have to buy him books and DVDs. Here’s a video review of a course called Learn and Master Guitar, which is a very detailed home instruction guitar course that can be good especially in case your kid doesn’t feel like spending time with a real teacher, but rather study when he’s in the mood.

Do you know any other guitar courses that are suitable for kids as well as for adults?

One of the best possible associations when it comes to hosting websites is Bluehost Joomla. I say this because I’ve tried it and the installation process was way easier than I’d have ever imagined. I wanted Joomla although I’m a WordPress fan because I felt like trying something new. Besides, my intention is to develop a real estate portal where agencies would subscribe, so I thought it would be easier to manage a membership site in Joomla. It has a lot of helpful extensions that can ease the process of turning the site into a big community where users would interact and contribute. Speaking of WordPress, a friend of mine told me that I could have achieved the same with BBpress and Buddypress, but I didn’t want that solution because of a few reasons I’m not going to bore you with now.

So, sticking to the Joomla idea, I wanted to host that site with my usual provider. I had a very ugly surprise when he informed me that Joomla is on his blacklist because it’s a resource hog. Moreover, he asked me to give up WordPress as well and use static sites. I don’t want to use static sites, so I moved everything I had. This time I’ve chosen Bluehost and I am already impressed by my sites loading very fast and by those one or two click installs made possible by a software called Fantastico. It’s really fantastic this Fantastico and I’m so happy Bluehost offers it for free.