I am looking forward to playing with Carlos Santana and Narada Michael Walden as well as some other great Bay Area musicians on december 17th in my home town of Mill Valley. The show is a yearly event that benefits kids and music, my 2 favorite causes! That reminds me of a memorable gig a …
hi Friend, How’s it going? Geez, I can’t believe I overslept today. I better hurry up and write this email because I can’t have you sitting around, waiting… Actually that reminds me a zen principle. There’s really no such waiting if you’re enjoying yourself all the time. If someone says – “sorry to keep you …
Here’s Mehran , showing you the basic 12 count form for Flamenco… The sound is a little weird, that will be fixed on the DVDs… My name is Mayron [phonetic]. I am a flamenco guitarist and I’m here to teach you some introductory lessons to flamenco. What I will start with is a lot of …
hi Friend, Happy Monday – rah rah. I don’t want to nag, but haveyou been practicing guitar? I ask because I have lately…And I love makingprogress! My lead guitar chops are coming along. It’s nothing out of the ordinary – I’m workingon your basic pentatonic and diatonic scales,but getting them up to HIGH SPEED BABY. …
Hi Friend, Today’s email is short and sweet. I wrote a nice little blues turnaround and tabbed it out for you. It’s on my blog. https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog What else is going on? It’s Friday. I’m alive and well. The drama is over for the moment – worked things out with my girl, at least for the …
Here’s a cool blues turnaround I came up with… It’s fun and not too hard to play. It’s in the key of D and fits exactly into 4 bars. It’s a “turnaround”, meaning its used on the last 4 bars of a 12 bar blues. Notice how the notes fit over the chords A G …
Here’s another sample clip from “Flamenco Guitar Secrets” – this one is more rhythmic…Check it out!
Hi Friend, I just read a funny (but true) article about how a street musician got upset when some guy criticized his guitar playing. Apparently, he then proceeded to bash his critic (literally) over the head with his guitar, and ended up in jail. Now, I know YOU’RE not THAT foolish that you would risk …
hi Friend, Last week I sent you a video clip from our new Flamenco guitar series. Some of you didn’t like it. That’s fine. Flamenco isn’t for everyone. On the other hand, it probably wasn’t the best clip. Ok, so here’s what I’m gonna do – I picked a better “cooler” clip from the video …
Hi Friend, If you’re bored with your guitar playing, I have some ideas on how you can generate some different sound licks. I just wanted to tell first though, on a personal level, I’m having a really rough week. Things aren’t going so good with my girlfriend. It could be over. The funny thing, 2 …