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September 23, 202414Comments

Fretboard Freedom With Limits

Many students come to me after having learned a bunch of pentatonic or blues scale soloing patterns... And they wonder why their solos still don't sound very good :( But the reality

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June 10, 202411Comments

How To Make Counting Part Of Your Day

In an effort to put my money where my mouth is, I decided to do a video you can use on the daily to improve your counting and timing and

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June 3, 202423Comments

How Can You Play What You Feel…

How can you "play what you feel," if you can't feel much of anything yet? Admittedly, I let the comments section get to me today and I'm sorry for the lack

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October 4, 20226Comments

A “1 Move” 12 Bar Blues Solo

This little solo example is simply a way I've come up with to give you some practice making one of the most important "moves" out of Box 1 of the

August 30, 202220Comments

Chasing Chords With A Simple Blues Phrase

Like many videos I do, I'm hoping this will inspire you to experiment a little and try this out in your soloing... When most folks play or learn a blues lick,

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August 2, 202217Comments

Blues Grooves For Your Looper

As you've probably noticed, I'm a big fan of looper pedals... Back in the old days, I literally used to sit with a cassette deck and play a groove into it

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July 5, 20225Comments

A Solution Looking For A Problem…

I often say that most people learn guitar as a series of solutions looking for a problem... And it'll go a lot faster if you can solve problems instead of looking

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June 28, 202214Comments

Subdividing Beats Workout

In my experience, only a small handful of folks will actually try and do today's lesson more than twice... Which is unfortunate, because I would argue it's the skill that most

June 2, 202214Comments

My Process For Learning Difficult Licks

This is probably time to grab some coffee and sit back and watch, first... I've been working on a difficult solo, and I wanted to show you step-by-step how I take

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March 29, 202229Comments

Shedding The Beginner’s Mindset

In working with so many thousands of students over the last 30+ years, there are a few common things that beginners do out of necessity... But there also comes a point

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