Learn How to Play 3 Killer Licks on Lead Guitar

hey Friend, Sitting here in my office, sippingon my new favorite beverage… (i’lltell you what is in a future email)… …and I just uploaded another shortvideo lesson from my new course:Supercharged Soloing Made Simple. Now, I want to make one thingcrystal clear: This course is NOT just a collectionof licks. Well, I do show a

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How to Play Melodic Guitar Solo

hey Friend, This is something that I rarely hear other guitar teachers talk about… Maybe they have different names for it, but it’s a concept that I call “melodic textures”. …so listen up: I have a very cool “YouTube Contest” for you today! The video today shows this soloing concept and it comes from my

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How to Play Black Dog on Guitar – Classic Rock Guitar Riff

hey Friend, On one particular day back in high school, I was in one of those unavoidable debates about who’s the best guitar player. My favorite was of course Hendrix, but my friend preferred Jimmy Page. Eventually, he conceded that “ok maybe Hendrix is the best guitarist, but Jimmy Page is the best stoned-out guitarist”.

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Chords and Rhythm

How to Play Lead and Rhythm Together

Hey, guys Claude Johnson here with Guitar Control, giving you a real quick mini lesson on how to play rhythm and lead together. There are lots of ways to do it, but here’s one way. Let’s take a progression, G major to A minor. That’s your basic chord. Now let’s add some lead. So all

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(video lesson) how to play lead & rhythm together

hey Friend, I’m never quite sure what folks want to learn next… I thought I picked something today that many players are interested in — and that is learning how to play rhythm and lead together. Feel free to reply to this email and let me know what you’d like to see more of… and

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wow. dogs can do that?

hey Friend, This is one of those crazy true stories… I guess stranger things have happened, but… first let me mention that I’m preparing a sweet little video for you… It’s actually a rhythm guitar lesson that I think you’ll really get a lot out of. I’ll have that up for you tomorrow. Meanwhile, I

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New Approach To Playing Guitar Leads and Solos

hey Friend, I’ve always been about “playing from the heart”. However, in my new soon-to-be-released course called Supercharged Soloing Made Simple, I introduce a totally new approach to playing leads and solos. It’s something I call “fluency”. There’s an interesting paradox because on the one hand, we want to play what we hear, and not

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the wine did not impress me

hey Friend, I’m glad to be back in the swing of things here in Rhode Island. Nice little vacation last week. Was hanging out on the Jersey shore… I actually won $20 playing craps at the Borgata casino… woo hoo… hit the beach, got a little color… and then we visited a friend of my

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Playing Jazz Guitar in the Style of Joe Pass | Video Lesson Made Easy

hey Friend, So this has been all over the news forthe last month: Government spying.I’m going to go on a real ranttoday, so get ready lol… ———————————-By the way, if you’d rather learn someguitar stuff than listen to my rant,then by all means: Check out today’s lesson where Johnny Macshows us some groovy jazz stuff

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Supercharged Guitar Soloing Made Simple | DVD Course

hey Friend, I have a brand new bag of tricks that I can’t wait to share with you. I’m talking about lead guitar. I’m talking about my new DVD course that comes out in a few weeks. Remember, my original lead guitar course is called “Killer Guitar Control Secrets”. That one is all about playing

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