With more than 70 books published Chad Johnson is by far one of the top music educators in the world. He sells his products by showing his mastery over the guitar and other instruments. It's difficult to explain a lot of what takes place in music and what you need to know in learning about it but Chad Johnson doesn't seem to have a problem with that with a constant outpouring of great ideas. And the world's largest publisher of sheet music The Hal Leonard Publishing Corp seem to very much agree with me in recruiting him for all kinds of projects. He's full of enthusiasm and you can hear him explain it all in this interview.

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People have to make decisions and commit. To be a successful professional within any career or endeavor requires incentive. I've talked with hundreds of guitarists but out of the many comes a couple that stay the course. Bob Hawkins is in the class of the few. To say you've done thousands of gigs and given thousands of lessons comes from the most staunch character type. There's just so much to consider. This interview with Bob Hawkins is revealing in that it sums up the drive needed to persevere with such a workload. This work is for the love of music but only for the brave.

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Tired of life on the road and missing surfing John quits the bands and heads for West Australia to catch up with his brother Mark. While there he discovers the music scene and meets the love of his life. He returns to America but like a boomerang eventually heads back and settles in West Australia. He ends up teaching and gigging locally in Perth but also tours throughout the country.

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