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April 11, 201834Comments

How To Start Red House

First things first... this is not a "How to play Red House" lesson (I don't want the Hendrix estate beating down my door!) However, I've recently heard a LOT of guitar

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Lessons

Practicing

March 30, 201860Comments

Trading Fours

Trading Fours is something that comes up a lot on gigs, but for some reason I rarely see it discussed. And since I was working with some students who asked

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Lessons

February 26, 201821Comments

Blues With A Buddy – Soloing 1

Not long ago, I did another video about what I call, "Blues With A Buddy," and some rhythm ideas to try... And I said I'd do another video with some soloing

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Lessons

February 23, 201848Comments

Blues With A Buddy – Slow Blues In E

The premise behind today's lesson is this situation... You and a buddy are hanging out to play some guitar, but neither of you knows the same tune so you figure you'll

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Lessons

February 20, 201845Comments

Some Music Store Blues…

The idea behind today's lesson is simple... you walk into a music and pull a guitar off the wall, what do you play? Doesn't matter if it's acoustic or electric, and

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Lessons

February 8, 201848Comments

Slow Blues Turnaround In G

Today's video is just a fun turnaround lick in the key of G over a slow blues. It's not too hard to play and has a real nice feel, so dig

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discussion

Lessons

February 6, 201849Comments

Blues Keys Vs. Real Keys (With Video)

Here's the thing... when we say we're in a "key" in blues, we aren't really in a key at all. It's a convenience, but it's not accurate. For example, when we say

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Lessons

January 30, 201843Comments

How To Play Blues With More Feeling

In today's video we're going to talk about how to play the blues with more feeling... Now, obviously, I can't make you feel more or less - that's not really what

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Gear

January 26, 201844Comments

NAMM 2018

If you're a gearhead... this is for you! NAMM (the National Association of Music Merchants) is where all the new music gear is announced for the year. It's pretty chaotic, but

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discussion

January 23, 201858Comments

A Blues Key

Lately I've seen a lot of confusion over the word, "key," as it applies to the blues. For example, when we say a blues is "in the key of E," it's

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