Subject: And The Controversy May Never End...
And The Controversy May Never End...
July 20th, 2017 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, The latest video from Jim Lill had me questioning my tube amp snobbery a little. Which is better, tube amps or solid state? I love tube amps! My first amplifier was a Fender head with a generic cabinet, but I don’t remember what mod ...
You Like String Squeak?
July 19th, 2017 at 8:39 am EDTHey Friend, So my buddy Brad sent an email the other day asking me about recreating a particular sound when playing through an amp. Not such an odd request, except this is not a sound most of us are looking to accentuate! If you’ve played guitar ...
Let’s Geek Out
July 18th, 2017 at 8:40 am EDTHey Friend, While I work out all the details for the site moving forward, we’re going to keep it light. I found a cool Youtube channel over the weekend. It’s by a radio station in Toronto, Canada that goes by the call sign Boom 97.3. They play ...
Coming Up...
July 17th, 2017 at 8:41 am EDTHey Friend, Learning to play an instrument and how music works is a lot of fun, but it can be frustrating, too. You see people playing guitar and it looks easy enough. Just pick it up and wrap one hand around the neck, let the other smack the strin ...
Take Another Day...
July 16th, 2017 at 9:46 am EDTHey Rockers, Let’s extend this little summer break for one more day… I’m half-way through another house project (new vinyl plank floor in a bathroom) that I need to finish up. I’m also sure you’ve got things going on, so... Carry On Wayw ...
Take a Break, It's Saturday for Pete’s Sake
July 15th, 2017 at 10:31 am EDTHey Friend, I’m declaring today “Take a Break Saturday.” No need to pick up your guitar or practice anything, unless you can’t help yourself. I know how some of you just can’t keep your hand’s off... That’s okay, your guitar likes it ...
“Us and Them” Part 2
July 14th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, Yo! Happy Friday to ya! Got anything cool planned for the weekend? No worries, I’ve got you covered. You can play through this second exercise with the chorus section from “Us and Them" by Pink Floyd. Here’s the start point in th ...
A Little Somethin’ From The Dark Side of the Moon…
July 13th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, Pink Floyd’s “Us and Them” has a very nice arpeggiated riff that’s fairly easy to play. I’ve purposely kept the progression simple with the open D string as the base for each chord. It may not be true to the original score, b ...
Vox Celebrates 60 Years
July 12th, 2017 at 8:43 am EDTHey Friend, Just a quick diversion away from chords and arpeggios today… Since most of us have spent at least a little time listening to The Beatles (and other British bands) over the years, I thought we’d pay some tribute to the amplifier that ...
Morphing Arpeggios
July 11th, 2017 at 8:40 am EDTHey Friend, The exercise today is an expanded take on yesterday's lesson material. What’s interesting to me (and maybe a little exciting) is that the song I was thinking about for the second section (today’s addition) isn’t part of the song ...