The Triangle of Trust – Practical Music Theory for Guitarists The Triangle of trust is a different perspective for guitarists to view music theory. This concept has been designed after years of teaching people, of all different mindsets and cultures, the ways of guitar and applying music theory. Through the Read more…
I crafted this Ambient guitar track to demonstrate my “Infinite Sustain” technique. The song features heavy use of the Particle Verb reverb effect from Line 6. For this track I’m using the Line 6 M9, but this effect can be found on various other Line 6 pedals such as the Read more…
We are looking at a new song by Iration called Danger feat. J Boog and Tyrone’s Jacket. This song has a great feel and the groove is moving! It is also sporting a few killer features, I love verse 2! The main rhythm of the song is a F#m – Read more…
Having a good, strong practice routine is key to fulfilling your goals as a musician. It is so easy to get into a rut in our growth as artists and musicians. As guitar players its seems even easier to get lax and settle into our couple of favorite go to Read more…
This is a jam tracking we made specifically for practicing blues bass lines. Its a Bass guitar backing track, 12 bar blues in the key of A, 12/8 time signature at 95 BPM. This is a full band style jam minus the bass. For an example of a good bass Read more…
This is a jam tracking we made specifically for practicing blues guitar improvising. Improvising is just a fancy word for soloing. Its time to get your lead guitar on! Turn on the backing track, and play either Pentatonic pattern 1 in the 5th position, or the blues scale in the Read more…
Bootsy Baby This is one of thee funkiest grooves of all time. I noticed the lack of any decent, accurate bass tabs available for this. So I wrote one out by hand and have put the picture up of it. Right click on the picture and download it. Also here Read more…
Make it Rain I heard this song for the first time on the Voice the other night. I loved it. I have been an Ed Sheeran fan ever since I found out about his live looping skills. That mixed with his genuine lyrics and I was hooked. Apparently this song Read more…
Choosing the Right Materials I decided to put together a strat demo using 2 different, highly popular types of wood. I kept as many things identical in each example. the same neck, pickguard, amp and settings as well as everything in my DAW (sound card) settings and even mic placement Read more…
Although eBay is not the best place to find extreme deals, it can be one of your most valuable resources for information. Once you have identified a guitar that you think you might be able to get a good price and flip for a profit, time to go to eBay Read more…
Beyond the information that is included in an ad, there is other information available if you look for certain words and phrases. Ads that outright say “Price is Firm” or “Will not consider lower offers” usually mean it. You can try but count yourself lucky if you manage to get Read more…
The first time you start searching through Craigslist, or another site, will be time consuming. In order to simplify things I suggest you set a budget for your first few purchases. When I started my goal was to not spend more than $150 per guitar. This ensures that you don’t Read more…
Reggae Bass lines Who does not love a good reggae bass line? This new wave a reggae often has a very funky, thumping, groove to it. I have never heard of Chronixx until they performed on NBC on one of my favorite shows, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. They Read more…
I had a student come in and request to learn the Pokemon Theme song. I had heard about Pokemon but had no idea about the theme song, or even what the style was. I thought it would be kind of cheesy electronic noises like Mario, but it turned out to Read more…
Hello internet! I am doing a new song at church this weekend, Kim Walker’s “Alive.” It is a great song for Easter as well so I figured I would share this lesson with my notes for the lead guitar part. Hopefully some of you will find this extremely useful. Also Read more…
Bass Practice tool JAM Here is a backing track video to jam with in the key of E minor. There is no bass line so get creative and tighten up your chops. Try adding arpeggios to add flavor and complexity to your playing. I love minor arpeggios and this song Read more…
Here is a backing track to jam with in the key of E minor. This is a great practice tool. The pentatonic scale works great, also the blues scale will sound good. As always experiment and sharpen your licks. The track is inspired by Brian Setzer and the Stray Cats. Read more…
Here is a jam track I just put together in the style of Funk R&B. This song is great to help refine your funky guitar leads. It works great with the D minor pentatonic but definitely experiment. The main section is a I IV vamp. The second progression slides up Read more…
Here is a simple guitar lesson on the new Shakira song featuring Rihanna “Can’t Remember to forget you.” It features two different guitar parts. The intro and verse guitar parts are using a Ska type technique and rhythmic feel. I cant help but live that being a 90’s kid. Mine Read more…
‘http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXiGb_0hwUc&list=UUH_7mgsZYHenFh0U17isHpQ&index=10&feature=plcp’] “Using our new voicings and adding suspended movement” In the previous lesson we talked about the D hand fingering of the 2nd inversion. I also spent some time on it in the video above. Now lets talk a little about suspending these new voicings. The D suspended chord is Read more…