Turning 100

hey Friend, So I had a really cool experience last weekend. One of my relatives turned 100! Wow… It’s not everday you get to go to a 100th birthday party. Also I passed some unusual musical sea creatures on the way there. You’ll have to see the pics to know what I mean… Check it

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** FB contest – win a guitar

hey Friend, Here’s another contest to celebrate the upcoming release of “Supercharged Soloing Made Simple”… By the way, the last contest was a Youtube comment contest about “texture” and there were many,many good comments… I like this one the most: “Everything is texture. Tone, tempo, rhythm, notes, scales, which pick, which pickup, which amp, which

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Sold out in a week

hey Friend, I was just at an epic family event in Connecticut — I’ll have some cool pics for you shortly. About to drive back home, but meanwhile I thought I’d send you a quick update with some new things on the blog. 1. You can see a brand new vid today from Jon Maclennan

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Scales and Arpeggios

Free Killer Altered Dominant Guitar Scale Lesson

Hey guys, Here´s a cool scale that every fusion and jazz player should know! It’s the Altered Dominant Scale and in this lesson you’re going to learn how to play it and use it. Enjoy! Lessons on Easy Descending Guitar Scale The Ultimate Guitar Lesson to Master the Pentatonic Scales in 3 Weeks! How to

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Taste this secret sauce

hey Friend, Want some secret sauce? No,i’m not talking about my home-made Szechuan sauce…(I promise I will get around to sharing that with you at some point). I’m not talking about hot-sauce either … I’m not even talking about raspberry sauce (Although I actually did go picking wild raspberries this morning…tasty!) But let me tell

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Claude Johnson

Guitar Solos Made Easy With Pivot Notes

Hey guys, Here´s another sample of my new lead guitar course… SUPERCHARGED SOLOING MADE SIMPLE! ORDER NOW! CLICK HERE FOR SUPERCHARGED SOLOING MADE SIMPLE Lead Guitar Lesson – Create Exciting Guitar Solos With Pivot Notes One of the most effective and powerful ways to create texture is pivoting. For example, what I was just playing…

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Pivot Notes – Way to Create Exciting Guitar Solos With Texture

hey Friend, Like the beach boys sang about: “I get bored driving up and down the same old strip”… Sometimes we guitarists get bored playing up and down the same old riff 🙂 I think you’ll dig today’s video, because i’m gonna show you a neat way to “get around” the fretboard. Before i get

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Metal

How To Play The Count Of Tuscany Arpeggio On Rhythm Guitar

Hey guys, Here´s another cool guitar lesson from Alejandra, She will teach you a nice arpeggio section from the song The count of Tuscany by Dream Theater! Hope you enjoy it! Metal and arpeggio Guitar Lesson Practicing ARPEGGIOS Over a Loop Pedal – How To Use Arpeggios In Your Guitar Solos – Guitar Lesson The

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How to Play Jazz Guitar in the Style of Freddie Green

hey Friend, Not to be confused with: Freddie King, Freddie Mercury,Peter Green, Grant Green or Green Day… Today I want to talk about a dude called Freddie Green. If you’re a jazz cat, you may alreadyknow who he is. For the uninitiated, he was a jazzand big-band guitarist and playedwith Count Bassie. His contribution to

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