Some of this stuff is going to seem fairly simple. The main theme to keep in mind here is you don’t need to be too hip for the room, you don’t need to always be worrying about blowing minds or being flashy. What’s going to touch people is being soulful. What’s going to touch people …
Hi Friend, Is shred guitar dead? I don’t know… What I do know is that… every kid on youtube thinks he can shred. But I think that people sometimes forget the simple fact that music is supposed to SOUND good… What I do know is… that I just got reminded of the wisest guitar wisdom …
There’s some basic ideas using fourths with the E major pentatonic scale over that same progression. That’s just E major to A major triads. A neat way to do some really melodic stuff that tends to be rhythmic, it tends to be good source for parts or for little hook lines in the course of …
Hi Friend, Wow, my whole guitar world has been warped lately. Warped by Mr. Mark. Mark Karan that is… Today I want to share with a new video lesson from Mark that shows you 3 killer ways to create some new licks and riffs. He calls the lesson “Memphis Skies”. This is giving ME a …
Bob himself set up this guitar… here he is with his trusty set of Allen wrenches… Mark’s credentials include playing lead guitar for Bob Weir (of the Grateful Dead) for the past 12 years. And Yes! Bob signed a guitar for us… Actually we worked with Bob and Blue Star Music Camp. We paid a …
Hi Friend, Got something very exciting to share today. As you might know, next week we are launching a new DVD course with Mark Karan… Mark’s credentials include playing lead guitar for Bob Weir (of the Grateful Dead) for the past 12 years. And Yes! Bob signed a guitar for us… Actually we worked out …
Hi Friend, I’m overwhelmed by the number of positive comments, kind words and wishes, and cool suggestsions for the name of our new course. I really like the suggestion: “Secrets of the Jam Masters” That kind of sums up what the course is all about — guitar tricks and secrets used by great jammin’ players …
Hey y’all Thanks so much for all the kind words and wishes… I really like the suggestion: “Secrets of the Jam Masters”… That kind of sums up what the course is all about — guitar tricks and secrets used by great jammin’ players like Dickey Betts, Jerry Garcia, Carlos Santana… Here’s another sample lesson from …
Hi Friend, If you play bass guitar, or you want to playbass guitar, then I have a no-brainercourse you’re gonna love. But heck, even if you’re a regular ol’gee-tar player like me, it’s greatto be able to play some bass guitar. Why? Because you lay down some sweettracks if you make demo recordings,your own jams, …
Below is another sample of our DVD course… I wasn’t sure what to call this… Mark Karan has played with the guys from the Grateful Dead for years, so I was thinking maybe call it something “jammy” or something… lol… Anyway he’s teaching how to create a ton of cool sounds… Below is just one …