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March 21, 2011219Comments

Skill Is Not A 4 Letter Word

Stop for a minute and think about some of the coolest concerts you've ever seen... The roar of the crowd... even in a small venue (even more so really) the energy

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Lessons

March 18, 201115Comments

The folks over at Guitar World have released their 2010 edition of Blues Lead Guitar in a free, digital format. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newbay/blues_leadguitar2010/ In particular, I like the Robben Ford lessons and the discussion

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discussion

March 18, 201130Comments

Why Improvising… Isn’t

SPOILER ALERT: I'm going to give away a "secret" (though I hate to call it that) of improvising (soloing) today. If you still want to live in your little bubble

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Practicing

December 21, 201056Comments

Those Ugly Internet Tabs…

As a private guitar teacher, I've gone through probably over a thousand internet tabs personally... both for students and with students. To date, not a single one has been completely accurate...

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Lessons

December 4, 201032Comments

Blues Rhythm Lesson – 2 Note Easy Chords

I've often heard it said that "kids should be seen and not heard." It's an old saying that I'm going to change to "rhythm guitarists should be barely heard when

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Practicing

November 29, 2010123Comments

Happy 2nd Birthday BGU!

This November has been kind of a landmark month - Blues Guitar Unleashed turned 2, the BGU forum turned 2 also, and I have been playing the guitar for 30

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Lessons

November 24, 2010182Comments

The Home From Work Blues

Nothing makes me happier as a guitar teacher than seeing a student really "get it" and run with it. In this case one of our fearless BGU forum moderators, Wayne, took

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Lessons

October 4, 2010104Comments

String Bending Lesson With Marty Schwartz

A lot of my readers probably also know Marty Schwartz. I had never met Marty personally until just after the Play Crossroads competition several months back. As it turns out, Marty

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discussion

August 24, 2010248Comments

Learning Blues Guitar Solos

One of my favorite parts of Blues Guitar Unleashed is the member forum. I try to get over there pretty much every day and join in on the discussions about guitar

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Lessons

August 5, 2010222Comments

A6 to A9 Blues Rhythm Move

This is just a quick video lesson, but it's a cool little rhythm move you'll want to use when comping in a swing blues style. To download the video right click

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