Information Overload
I often speak and write about the pros and cons of the modern internet age.
On the one hand, we have access to a wealth of material and information that only
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Guitar Vibrato Breakdown
As much as I love my "don't worry about it" approach to vibrato... I've finally come to a point where I felt like I had to show how I do
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Improve Your Soloing Through Phrasing
In music we often talk about phrasing, particularly when we're referring to soloing. We'll say someone has "good phrasing" while someone else doesn't.
But most people don't have a really solid
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The Acoustic Blues Sound Of Muddy Waters
April 4th marks the birthday of legendary bluesman, McKinley Morganfield... AKA Muddy Waters.
Having listened to many of his original recordings, and even more by other artists who have recorded his
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Pinetop Perkins (1931 – 2011)
Blues music lost one of its founding fathers when Pinetop Perkins passed away at his home in Austin, Texas on March 21, 2011.
Perkins was the oldest musician to ever win
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Playing A Song Vs. Arranging A Song
If you play guitar, at some point someone has come up to you and said something like, "Oh, you play guitar? Can you play me a song?"
At which point a
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Play Like Clapton – No Talent Required
The other night I was playing Rock Band with my wife and kids... it's our version of "family time" these days. It's addictive... and what makes it work for me
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New To Me (and that doesn’t happen every day)
So in yesterday's post I was talking about increasing your skill and technique so that you can lean on it "in the head of battle" so to speak.
Often in music,
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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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Blues Lead Guitar
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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