Mike Bloomfield IV to I Lick
This is a lick I heard Mike Bloomfield do and I just love it... it's a move that I find myself doing, but I didn't realize just where I'd stolen
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Do You Need Real Music?
Q: How do you get a guitar player to stop playing?
A: Put sheet music in front of them!
It's an old joke that nods to a common misconception about guitar players
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Don’t Poke The Root Note…
This is one of those things that I see many of my less experienced blues soloists do... In fact, I see it in my son's jazz band at school, it's
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“Ask Griff” Feb 15, 2019
We talked about a whole bunch of fun things yesterday on a live version of "Ask Griff..."
So grab a cup of coffee and listen to some thoughts on practicing tips,
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When To Stop And When To Butcher It
A lot of beginning and intermediate guitar players have the tendency to stop every time they make a mistake...
Which may, or may not, be the right thing to do. Let's
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More Little Chords & Inversions
A lot folks get stuck playing the same-old-same-old chords and patterns when it comes to blues rhythm playing... but it doesn't have to be that way.
When you realize that there
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Clapton’s Secret Move?
There is a particular move that I see Eric Clapton do that seems to be a bit unique to his style...
And since so many of you have been asking for
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The Boys Are Back In Town
OK, so I was feeling a little more towards the Classic Rock side and did one of my live session on the Facebooks and YouTubes with one of my favorite
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Shuffle Lick In A (just for fun)
Not much to say here... this is just a fun lick that you oughta know how to do.
It has a few little techniques that you will see time, and time,
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Keep Control Of The Ringing
This is a problem I see a lot of advanced beginners and intermediate players have... where things get all "ringy" because they aren't controlling the extra vibrations with their picking
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