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Hi Friend, I’ve got a very cool video clip to share with you today. But first let me give you a bit of context. Jimmy Dillon is the founder of “Blue Stars Music Camp”. It’s a special camp for kids who want to really get immersed with professional musicians and learn how to perform live. …
Hi Friend, Hope you enjoyed my lesson last week about strumming. We looked at some basic quarter note and eighth note strums. Today I want to take it one step further by showing you the “swing” rhythm based on triplets. Hopefully you will find it enlightening. And if you’re not a beginner, that’s totally cool …
Hi Friend, Yo. Let’s talk Rockabilly. Rockabilly is one of the earliest forms of rock and its closely related to the blues. And if you like blues, its a great style to know because it can switch up your set with a different feel. I’m mentioning it today because I’ve got a clip for you …
Hi Friend, I have some shocking news – I am considering entering the Guitar Idol contest this year. No I didn’t commit to it yet, but I’m strongly considering making an entry. Now, I do have a lot of experience playing and teaching guitar, but lets be honest here – I won’t win the Guitar …
Hi Friend, Ok, you guys are wayyy too smart for me. Here’s the story – I started putting up some preview clips of Jimmy Dillon’s new course, called Rockin the Blues & Slide guitar. Ok, now *some* of the content on this course is in open tunings. That’s just part of how some of the …
hi Friend, I promised the beginners a strumming lesson and a strumming lesson they shall get! It’s on my blog, but if you’re NOT a beginner, don’t worry because there’s tons of other cool stuff on my blog. Check it out – heck, you might even teach ME a thing or two. Like when I …
hi Friend, What have you been up to today? I’ll tell you what I’ve been up to. Yesterday, I busted out the video camera and shot a cool video for beginner guitarists, talking about strumming. Seems a few people had trouble getting their strumming down, so I wanted to hook you up with a lesson. …
hi Friend, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” That’s a quote from one of my favorite movies (Ferris Bueler’s Day Off). I only thought of it just now because… dang… it’s the weekend already. Seems like it was just Saturday only a …
hi Friend, We always got something new poppin’ here at Guitar Control. What’s next? I’ll tell you what’s next — Evolution. Evolution of a Pro Guitarist. It’s a new website from our good friend Jimmy Dillon, the San Francisco session pro. This is a very unique video series as Jimmy shares his insider secrets that …
hi Friend, I did it. I got up super early today and practiced. Actually 2 days in a row now. I should tell you that it’s been some time since I got up early for anything – it seems I’ve become a bit of a night owl as of late. I used to get up …