It occurs to me that I haven't done a "listening party" in a while, and I was listening to some Bernard Allison today and thought I'd share with you.
Bernard Allison
One of the things I hear the most from less experienced soloists is the tendency to let the ends of your licks just sort of "hang there..."
No "sugar" on them,
At some point in every blues guitar player's life, you are going to play "Blues In E..."
So you might as well have a little fun with :)
If you're new to
In my house, the word, "or," doesn't come up very often...
"Do you want cake 'or' a brownie..."
"Are you having the french fries 'or' the baked potato..."
This sort of thing just
Today I'm going to attempt the almost impossible... (drum roll please!)
Over the last several weeks I've been working with my "graphics people" (that's Chris, my drummer, because I can't draw
The Minor 7th chord is a blues-rock staple as you'll see in this video.
You might be familiar with it in a more traditional fingering, but for the blues-rock thing you
This is just a cool lick that utilizes the House Pattern and a nice step-and-a-half bend to make you sound like Albert and/or BB King...
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You hear all the time about "playing in time," and "keeping good time," or "playing in the pocket..."
But what does that really mean?
In this video we'll talk about it and