Douglas Niedt

Douglas Niedt

WHAT I'M DOING NOW

THE WIZARD: I spent hundreds of hours improving the
Classical Guitar Technique Wizard (chatbot).

  1. I must reluctantly admit that The Wizard now answers most questions about classical guitar technique better than I can! With its deep understanding of all the content on my website and its ability to remember everything, its responses are shockingly good.
  2. I have added tons of material to its knowledge base, and here is the scary part—it is continually learning on its own, improving its ability to give precise and practical answers.
  3. New Feature: You can now talk to The Wizard in over 70 languages instead of typing your questions!

Try it out!

NEW TECHNIQUE TIP: How to Memorize Music: A Comprehensive Guide for Lasting Memory

Read the technique tip here. It is a deep dive into the intricacies of memorization. I include a fantastic downloadable and printable step-by-step guide to how to memorize a piece. (October 2024)

NEW METRONOME FEATURES:

  1. I’ve added a great new feature that lets you replace the standard metronome click with over 40 different percussion sounds and assign them to individual beats within a measure. For example, if your measure contains 4 beats, you could set a snare drum to play on beat #1 and a conga on beat #3, or choose a different instrument for each beat!
  2. Another new feature is that when using the default metronome click sound, you can set the metronome to accent any beat or beats you choose.

PRACTICING

I practice 2-6 hours every day, working on new material, and always staying in shape and maintaining my old repertoire.

TEACHING

I'm teaching lots of video lessons, and private in-person lessons.

GARDENING

The garden did wonderfully this year. Not too many problems with disease or pesky rabbits. But alas, things are beginning their inevitable downward slide toward winter.

COOKING

Nothing particularly new on the cooking front. It had to take a back seat to developing my AI Wizard chatbot, writing new technique tips, adding new features to my online metronome, and countless other tasks. Besides, I'm on a diet, trying to lose some extra pounds!


Updated October 2, 2024
Leawood, Kansas USA