Here’s another sample clip from “Rockin the Blues & Slide Guitar”. Here, Jimmy shows you a rockabilly beat. Notice how he breaks down exactly how to play this. I think Jimmy is a great teacher because he shows you exactly what he’s doing. He did go over a similar feel in “Soul of Acoustic Guitar”, …
Hi Friend, I have some shocking news – I am considering entering the Guitar Idol contest this year. No I didn’t commit to it yet, but I’m strongly considering making an entry. Now, I do have a lot of experience playing and teaching guitar, but lets be honest here – I won’t win the Guitar …
Hi Friend, Ok, you guys are wayyy too smart for me. Here’s the story – I started putting up some preview clips of Jimmy Dillon’s new course, called Rockin the Blues & Slide guitar. Ok, now *some* of the content on this course is in open tunings. That’s just part of how some of the …
Here’s another sample clip from “Rockin the Blues & Slide Guitar”. You’re gonna love this really cool, hip, swingin’ electric blues feel.
hi Friend, I promised the beginners a strumming lesson and a strumming lesson they shall get! It’s on my blog, but if you’re NOT a beginner, don’t worry because there’s tons of other cool stuff on my blog. Check it out – heck, you might even teach ME a thing or two. Like when I …
The most important aspect of strumming is the rhythm. In this video I will go over a few basic strumming patterns. We are going off of a C => D=> E => E progression.
hi Friend, What have you been up to today? I’ll tell you what I’ve been up to. Yesterday, I busted out the video camera and shot a cool video for beginner guitarists, talking about strumming. Seems a few people had trouble getting their strumming down, so I wanted to hook you up with a lesson. …
hi Friend, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” That’s a quote from one of my favorite movies (Ferris Bueler’s Day Off). I only thought of it just now because… dang… it’s the weekend already. Seems like it was just Saturday only a …
Here’s another sample clip from “Rockin the Blues & Slide Guitar”. Here, we get into some important subtleties of playing slide guitar. Check it out!
Texas Flood is perhaps the finest blues album recorded by one of the best blues guitar players ever. This is an essential recording that should be in every blues guitarist’s collection. The blues album kicks off with Lovestruck Baby, which is a high energy tune that demonstrates Stevie’s ability to incorporate double stops into his …