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March 15, 201566Comments

3 Steps To Better Guitar Practice…

I was reading an interesting article about a study that was done on practicing habits at the University of Texas. You can read the article in its entirety if you want,

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Practicing

March 13, 201591Comments

Stupid Rules…

Rules get a bad rap... rules are great and provide much more freedom than they take away (usually.) Let's say I'm sitting down to practice and I want to just jam

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Lessons

March 11, 201566Comments

Fun With 4 Against 3

Like many of you I'm a big ZZ Top fan... and when I heard Billy Gibbons do "Thunderbird" (a song with an interesting and sordid history) on "Live At Daryl's

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Lessons

March 5, 2015171Comments

The House Pattern

This is one of my favorite patterns for blues soloing. It's basically the blues scale... but with some extra goodness. A lot of people call it the BB King box or

March 3, 2015207Comments

How To Play Catch

uh.... just watch the video on this one :) Try it... let me know how it goes below. Doesn't have to be now you can always come back later...

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discussion

March 2, 201584Comments

Turn Off Your Metronome

So... my post from the other day was obviously a big one... With over 400 comments at last count, it's going to take a while for me to get through them

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discussion

February 28, 2015486Comments

Road Maps…

I've been thinking a lot lately about what you don't know you don't know... you know? I mean, it's one thing to learn a skill or a set of skills... but

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Lessons

February 21, 201575Comments

My Favorite Ending Lick

This is just a fun lick that I've known for many years and play all the time. It's one of the 20 Turnaround and Ending Licks which is one of the

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discussion

February 18, 201586Comments

What Is The Blues?

I get this question a lot... what is the blues? What is it about some music that makes it sound "bluesy" while other music does not? And why is it that we

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Lessons

February 12, 201555Comments

How to start a blues solo…

Today's video is quick... but it's a favorite lick for starting a blues solo in a variety of feels. Plus, the lick works really well in the middle or the end

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