Just before writing this, I spent a half hour noodling around on a piano a friend lent me for a while. Reminded me of years ago, when I was about 6 years old and taking piano lessons… Anyhow, piano is a cool instrument, no doubt about it. BUT – and I say this knowing that […]
Today I’ve been digging through all my camping stuff, as I’m planning on heading out of town for a couple days soon… Unfortunately, there’s a fire ban in the area, but that’s not going to stop me from doing a little campfire blues all the same! I picked up one of those propane firepits a […]
Have you ever had a guitar in your hand, and you were sorta half asleep, but playing some pretty cool stuff? (I’m pretty sure I actually fell asleep with my guitar in hand one time – but that’s a different story). In the pic on the right, Bruce Springsteen clearly fell asleep… Laid back blues […]
Recently I spent a few days camping near a lake, and as I always try to do, I brought my guitar along for the ride. Playing guitar at home is great, but playing in front of a campfire is greater. Anyhow, I happened to have my camera handy so I decided to do a quickie […]
I recently bought a Ditto Looper pedal made by TC Electronics. The official site for the pedal, with all the technical info can be found here. Jonathan has recently been explaining how the use of Jam Tracks can help improve your playing. Hard to debate that one for sure. Yet, as another complementary and fun […]
I was jamming with this fellow one day, and we came across a C#m chord. Turns out he wasn’t familiar with C#m, so we went through the verse a couple times, until finally I stopped… He looked at me sheepishly, and asked how to play a C#m. Before I get to how I answered him, […]
Three free videos. The fretboard isn't twenty separate positions, it's one system that keeps repeating. Once you see that, the chord shapes you already know stop being mystery moves and start being the where of something bigger. I'll show you in about fifteen minutes total.