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hi Friend, The Johnsonater here… Man its good to be back home. Home from where?? Well, I’ll share my epic roadtrip pictures and along with some cool stories including “the tale of the bald peanut”. Today I’d like to give you 2 easy acoustic licks that sound great together. They’re from Sol and part of …
hi Friend, Yup — I’ve got 1 speed, 1 gear: GO! And I’m GOing crazy with social media. We got over 11,000 followers on Facebook as I type this. Here’s the link in case you missed it: LIKE US ON FACEBOOK And now I’m on Twitter. Please follow me because I’m going to TWEET, TWEET, …
hi Friend, Couple days ago i just got back from a long road trip. I actually went on a special mission to film a very special guitarist. He could be an icon. More on that soon… I guess i’m still tired from the road so im glad my friend Kenny has been helpin out with …
Today I played guitar with a good buddy, had dinner with my sweetie, and now I’m chilling with myself in my secret underground lair.. Needless to say its shaping up to be a good weekend. Hope you are doing well too my friend. As much as I’ve matured in my view abouthow important rhythm is, …
hi Friend, One of the most powerful (and least understood) guitar skills is the art of HEARING CHORD CHANGES. CRITICAL for learning songs and writing em too… QUICK STORY: Ealier this week, I called up my friend Kenny to see if he had any ideas for what I could send you for a lesson. Now, …
hi Friend, In my last email I gave you a little “cheat sheet” or list of ways you can expand on playing a basic pentatonic scale. I thought this lesson was too important NOT to give you a video, so here goes — I think you’ll find this very interesting. LESSON: SOLOING WITH ALL 12 …
hi Friend, I want to talk for a minute about using all 12 tones (all the notes) in your playing. The reason you would want to do this is to make your playing more interesting. Actually, I think the BEST way to make your playing interesting is just play from the heart. That’s what I …
hi Friend, Today I want to show you a new lesson that I call “Easy Picking Idea”. It’s a nice acoustic lick from Sol Philcox… EASY PICKING LESSON This is great because you can really create some nice sounds even on one chord. I really dig when that happens 🙂 Check it out! And i’ll …
hi Friend, I’m excited because I (finally) created a facebook page for Guitar Control. Can you do me a favor and give me a big fat “LIKE”? Pleeeaaaasee 🙂 CONNECT WITH ME ON FACEBOOK Pretty please with sugar on top take a second for your ol’ pal Claudius. Thanks! I’ll be sharing certain things on …
hi Friend, Most people of think of “wanna-be” as a negative thing. But I believe you HAVE to go through a stage of copying your heroes in order to eventually get to a place where you can create original sounds. I was lying in bed earlier today, contemplating the nature of the “brain to hand” …