Hi Friend, If John Coltrane asked you to join his band, what would you say? I would bet you a brand new PRS that you would say: HELL YEAH! Well can you believe that there’s a man who said “NO!” to Coltrane’s request to joining his band? That legend is none other than: Wes Montgomery. …
Want to play jazz like Wes Montgomery? We’ve got a brand new package coming out in a few days that will teach you: 1. Essential jazz guitar theory and technique. 2. How to spice up ordinary blues progressions with jazz chords 3. Some of Wes’ best techniques and secrets. For now, just check out this …
hi Friend, There’s some exciting stuff comin. And lots of it… Yes my friend, I’d like to give you an update on “what we’re up to” here at Guitar Control. 1. First of all, yes its been a long time coming but we’re only a week or two away from… Putting the “Wicked Chicken Picken …
Hey Friend, Big News. This is huge. My friend Silvio Gazquez has qualified for the final round of Guitar Idol 09. AGAIN. This is 2 years in a row now! Let’s rewind back to 2008 for a sec… Last year, Silvio’s song “fight training” got him a finalist spot. Words of praise flowed from the …
hi Friend, Well its mother’s day weekend. Ok, so what your mom (or wife) *really* wants for mother’s day: A copy of Killer Guitar Control Secrets. Just kidding…(lol) Or, I dunno, maybe if she’s a guitarist, then its true 🙂 Well, from what I’ve seen, guitar is more of a “guy thing”. I actually think …
Hey Friend, Well, that’s how the saying goes. “You snooze, you lose”. *I* snoozed and lost, but don’t you make the same mistake as me! Here’s the story… See, several months ago I decided I wanted a new video camera. So, I gave my old camera to my brother as a holiday gift. Cool, cool …
Hello Friend, It’s only been about a week since I’ve been back in Philly. Before that I went on a little road trip 🙂 First I was in Los Angeles. I sent you an email about that. What I didn’t mention was that I also was in Texas for a few days. I guess it …
Howdy Y’all… Yeehaw… I’m in a “Texas” mood today, (whatever that means, lol) and not just cause its Saturday. Actually it’s because I was in Dallas recently and I’ve got a cool “Texas blues guitar” video that I’ll be sharing soon. That’s NOT the big news for next week though. Next week I’ll be making …
Hello Friend, 100 million… That’s how many times people have supposedly watched the Susan Boyle videos on “Britain’s Got Talent”. I first saw the story on a news site last week. Some frumpy 47-year old lady wows Simon Cowell. I thought to myself, “hmm, thats interesting.” But then yesterday, I saw ANOTHER article about it. …
Hey Friend, Its fun to be a guitarist. I remember being at summer camp (way back in the day) and one of the kids had a guitar. Everyone was singing along and I secretly thought it would be cool if *I* was the one playing. So I had some interest but I never realized how …