Posted on July 30, 2017June 20, 2019breaking out of boxes Dumb Shit Guitarists Do: Playing in Boxes One of the fastest ways to advance on guitar is not to create more work for yourself. Guitarists seem to be masters at this, and… Continue Reading
Posted on July 26, 2017June 19, 2019chord tone soloing The Easiest Way to Go from Rock to Jazz There comes a time in every rock/blues guitarist’s life when they feel the urge to get into jazz or go from being a guitarist to… Continue Reading
Posted on July 25, 2017June 19, 2019CAGED Why Guitarists Are Shit at Music Theory Guitarists are notoriously crap at music theory; this is partly due to it being the most accessible instrument on earth i.e. anyone can pick up… Continue Reading
Posted on June 30, 2017June 19, 2019dweezil zappa The Reason Guitarists Play Too Many Notes I’ll get straight to the point – the reason guitarists play too many notes is due to what I like to call ‘rhythmic deficiency’, which… Continue Reading
Posted on June 27, 2017June 19, 2019berklee 3 Ways to Study at Berklee for a Fraction of the Cost As you may already know, the Guitar Faculty at the Berklee College of Music is famous for churning out some incredible guitarists called John: John… Continue Reading
Posted on June 26, 2017June 19, 2019pretentious guitarists Singing and Playing Guitar at the Same Time – Debunked A lot of guitarists bitch and moan about not being able to sing and play at the same time. This is largely because they tried… Continue Reading
Posted on June 26, 2017June 20, 2019chord tone soloing Quick and Dirty Chord Tone Soloing (Part 2) In Part 1, we looked at how to hit those chord tones when soloing over a blues to make it sound like you know what… Continue Reading
Posted on June 26, 2017June 20, 2019licks Sweep-picking: The Breakthrough Lick If you’ve been seduced by the complex and somewhat flogged to death sounds of sweep-picking and are in the process of nailing it, I’d like… Continue Reading
Posted on June 24, 2017June 20, 2019filling in the gaps How to Fill In the Gaping Holes in Your Playing Every guitarist, whether they care to admit it or not, has gaps in their playing. These run from obvious things like not knowing the notes… Continue Reading
Posted on June 24, 2017June 20, 2019blues Quick and Dirty Chord Tone Soloing (Part 1) There’s nothing more time-consuming on guitar than learning to solo over chords, except for sweep-picking if you don’t do it right in the first place,… Continue Reading