The Steve Stine Podcast is about more than just music — it’s about life, faith, and finding meaning in the everyday. Join Steve as he shares honest stories from decades of experience as a musician, educator, husband, father, and believer navigating the highs and lows of life. Each episode offers heartfelt conversations about purpose, spirituality, personal growth, and staying inspired — even when life gets messy or uncertain.
Whether you’re picking up a guitar, walking through a season of change, or just looking for encouragement to keep going, you’ll find something here to lift your spirit. With special guests, personal reflections, and real-world insights, this podcast is for anyone seeking a deeper connection to their creativity, their calling, and their faith.
Singing popular cover songs can be a lot of fun; it's a fantastic way to get your audience's attention while also allowing you to show off your talent and personalize the son…
In today’s episode, we will be discussing some simple ways to develop your ability to hear chords, chord movements, and melodies, and explore them on your fretboard.
This is a…
This episode is great for you if you want to learn how to play unique chords with open strings and how you can switch between them effectively while picking.
In today's episod…
“If you don't figure out by ear you’re doing yourself a disservice because you’re not gonna able to reason through things without referencing something.” - Tommy Armstrong-Le…
Practice is one of the most important keys to mastering a talent or skill and this is also applicable in playing guitar. Practicing can increase your mastery exponentially es…
“Listening is not just a music too, it’s life experiences and things that affect you.” - David Wallimann
Music has the ability to change people's emotions and feelings in a ma…
Music is beyond experiencing what’s on the surface, beyond what is written, it is beyond hearing alone. When you are able to embody music to who you really are is art itself,…
“Technology is gonna absolutely reinvent the way we think about, create, compose, distribute, and listen to music.” - Owen Grover
Technology is all around us. As a result, it …
Guitar picking techniques are designed to maximize picking efficiency and to assure higher speed with fewer strokes. What is the best picking technique for playing scales on …
“This long line of my story is just experiencing something, and then moving on to another experience and kind of just it, just allowing the music, following the music, leadin…
When you are being true to yourself, you are completely honest with what you feel, deeply value, and desire. It also means communicating your feelings wholeheartedly both wit…
Music has the ability to enhance the mind as well. There are numerous things to listen to and pay attention to in music. Music has the ability to lift someone's spirits, stim…
Music has the ability to enhance the mind as well. There are numerous things to listen to and pay attention to in music. Music has the ability to lift someone's spirits, stim…
“Sometimes you’ll want to give up the guitar. You’ll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you’re gonna be rewarded.” – Jimi Hendrix
Learning to play the guitar is challe…
Musicians would create the path for their compositions or songs to be heard.
There are also numerous solo performers that risk and do things for them to succeed.
A career, es…
The band Grim Reaper has always made a name across the world of heavy metal. The band has achieved success all over the world and has acclaimed three studio albums with singl…
Have you ever wondered how it feels like to become a musician’s daughter?
Having a musician father opens the possibilities of having a child that follows the same pursuit as t…
In this episode of Steve Stine Guitar Podcast, we're joined by Marlene Hutchinson. She's a BSBA, CTC, instructor, musician, published author, producer, and founder of Marlene…
Most people become indecisive when choosing a career in music. After all, the music industry offers a diversity of careers. You can choose between becoming a producer, compos…
Doing the same thing multiple times a day can sometimes feel exhausting, even if it’s something you love. And no matter how much they love playing and teaching guitar, most g…