Living on the G string

Hey Friend, I started recording some video guitar lessons for you today, but I realized I wouldn’t have time to upload them in time to get this email out to you, so they’ll have to wait till next time… Good stuff coming though, I promise 🙂 I do have a video today from instructor John …

How to Play Mississippi in John Hurt Style

But I should say that this video is more about inspiration and knowledge than getting some quick licks under your fingers like our last video… That’s because we need to go a bit deeper into what the right hand is doing to make it clear. However, it will all become crystal-obvious once you get the …

Ridiculously Simple Lead Guitar

Hey Friend, I just put out a video series justfor the beginners who want tolearn lead guitar. It’s 20 minutes of video instructionwith an included backing track. What am I charging for this? Absolutely freaking nothing! 🙂 Just go watch it on my blog. CLAUDE JOHNSON BLOG I decided I needed to take careof the …

“I have the right to perform badly”

Hi Friend, A couple years ago, I bought a book called “The artists way”. Pretty much it sat on my shelf for a long while. But i’ve been thumbing through it recently, picking up little nuggets of wisdom. Here’s a cool quote: “Sometimes I will write badly, draw badly, paint badly, perform badly. I have …

Crazy weather story + lesson of the day

Hi Friend, So, the weather has been crazy —an earthquake and a hurricanein the same week. What arethe odds? It’s kind of a funny story,because I was sitting onmy sofa, watching a roughedit of one our upcomingDVDs. And there’s this mean,rockin guitar riff withdistortion and I hadthe TV on a bit loud. And the next …

How to Play Diatonic Legato Lick – Part 2

Hey, its Claude Johnson and today’s guitar lesson is Diatonic Legato Licks Part 2. Okay now, with these legato licks keep in mind that even though you’re not picking, it might be harder on the left hand because you’ve really got to get those hammer-ons and pull-offs in there to make the notes sound correctly. …

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