You know what’s the difference between a good song and a great song? The great song goes further. It goes deeper. It tells a story. Take a second and listen to Panama (here’s a Youtube link). Pay attention to everything…
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You know what’s the difference between a good song and a great song? The great song goes further. It goes deeper. It tells a story. Take a second and listen to Panama (here’s a Youtube link). Pay attention to everything…
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“What kind of guitarist do you want to be?” It sounds like a simple question, but it’s one that you need to ask yourself. What kind of guitarist do you want to be? What do you want to be able…
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Most people have no idea how to write a good riff. Sure, they get the basic concept of “write something that sounds good”, but there’s more to it. That’s the entry level, Songwriting 101 way. It’s time to graduate to…
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Today’s lesson is a guest post from San Francisco guitar teacher Jeff Feldman from www.CreativeSparkGuitar.com. Check out Jeff’s blog for more articles on beginning guitar, troubleshooting problems, and songwriting tips. It happens to everyone sooner or later—one day you realize…
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Because it’s been a while since I’ve done a video lesson, here’s a new one where I talk about two new metal rhythms you can use in your playing. I really love using these in breakdowns because of how heavy…
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Below is a guest post from Jamie Holroyd. Jamie Holroyd is a UK based jazz educator and author who runs www.jamieholroydguitar.com, a free website with countless lessons and resources to help students across the globe play jazz guitar. Arpeggios are…
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The following is a guest post from Sam Smiley. Sam Smiley writes for his own website, Sam Smiley Music, where he explores jazz and country guitar. He has also been published in Just Jazz Guitar Magazine, Mel Bay Sessions, and…
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I am very happy and excited to announce that I have a new ebook out today, called: “35 Essential Rock Guitar Lines”. To get it, sign up to my email newsletter, using the form below. I’m very excited to have…
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Today, I have a dare for you. To get better at the guitar, you need to practice, and practice a lot. Everyone knows this, but very few guitarists do it. Usually, people have good reasons to not practice. Maybe it’s…
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[Note: a polyrhythm is any rhythm created by playing two different rhythms over each other. For example, let’s say a new measure happens every 1 second. A polyrhythm would be having one melody subdivide that one measure into 3 beats,…
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