Have you ever wondered what a good home recording studio setup looks like? A friend recently recommended I take a look at Owen Critchley’s Easy Home Recording Blueprint because he thought it was a great course, and so I did! (Full Disclosure: Owen graciously gave me a review copy of the course). After reading through […]
–> Special thanks to Don in Wisconsin for contributing this article! By no means do I consider myself an authority or any sort of notable historian on Les Paul, electric guitars, or anything of that ilk. Yet, I do happen to play guitar, often read reviews of various new guitar pedals on DigiPedal and live […]
The ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ chords make for a very cool progression to play on the guitar. This is one of those guitar songs that has quite a melancholy / minor tone to it, which I personally find quite expressive and great for soloing in. Anyways, in this video lesson, my friend Colin is […]
I recently came across one of Jimmy Dillon’s guitar courses, and in the process stumbled across his “History of the Electric Guitar” diagram, that’s setup like a tree of life. It’s a remarkable piece of work that no doubt took him hours and hours to create, and I can’t post the full thing here because […]
Changing keys in a song—also called modulation—can add energy and interest to your music. You’ll hear it all the time in the final chorus of pop songs, where they shift up a whole step to create excitement. But which chords do you use to make that transition smooth? The trick is simpler than you might […]
In this lesson, you’ll learn the Knocking on Heavens Door chords for guitar. This is one of those great guitar songs for beginners to learn because it uses basic chords in the key of G major, and it has a memorable melody. Colin has done quite a number of song lessons like this one, and […]
Learn songs you actually want to play, with chords and strumming patterns.