Filming Boogie Long was an adventure. In a momentary lapse of reason, I thought it would be a good idea to DRIVE down to Baton Rouge Louisiana rather than fly like I usually do. I guess I didn’t realize how far west Louisiana is…haha… Or when I heard “23 hour drive”, it didn’t quite register …
hi Friend, Hope you’re having a really nice weekend! And by the way, THANK YOU for your continued readership… So GLAD you could be “here” with me today. Next cool thing I wanna show you guys: It’s a really freakin sweet video sample from “Boogie Blues Magic”… Check out this jam. It’s a chord progression …
This is a simple clip from the upcoming “Boogie Blues Magic” with Jonathon Boogie Long. On disc 3, I get to back up Boogie on some rhythm guitar… That’s why I’m in the clip. Now this is a really fun progression, one of things I learned early on, but forgot how much fun it is …
hi Friend, Happy Friday… Got a cool guitar treat for you today! It’s another Claudius Maximus “mini lesson”. This is interesting — I’ll show you an “Eric Johnson” style lick and the weird “hexatonic” scale that creates the unique sound. I never hear anyone talk about this, and I don’t know why, cause its really …
One thing I never heard people talking about is Hexatonic scales, Usually we either deal with pentatonics (5 notes), or diatonics (7 notes), but hexatonics fall right in the middle. You can think of it as either a diatonic minus 1 note, or a pentatonic with 1 extra note. This particular hextaonic scale that I’m …
hi Friend, We go live in about 2 hours, 8pm EST. So grab your guitar and get ready to soak in some blues playin’ goodness. Jon MacLennan will be responding live *on video* to your questions on the chat. Just login to: https://www.guitargodclub.com You’ll see a link to the webinar 15 minutes before we go …
Friend, First of all, I really appreciate the fact that y’all took the time to post about what teachers/styles you want to learn from next. I definitely I have my work cut out for me as far as reading the hundreds and hundreds of replies! Our next product release here at Guitar Control is called …
hi Friend, We’ve got a great guitarist lined up for you this week who will be teaching da blues. Here’s the details: Time: Thurs. January 17, AT 8 PM EST Topic: Introduction to the Blues and Blues Soloing Instructor: Jon MacLennan Just log into the guitar god club: https://www.guitargodclub.com and you’ll see a big fat …
I really need your advice! I need to line up some killer teachers and instruction for later this year! 1. What do you want to learn this year? Lead guitar? Acoustic blues? Jazz? Metal? Beginner stuff ? Advanced? Arepggios? Scales? Techniques? Songwriting? what? 🙂 2. Is there a specific instructor or famous player you want …