Hey Friend, I’ve got an awesome picture for you today from a couple weeks ago… when I was at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Fair and got to ride an Elephant. But holllld on…. Before I show you, I want to make a quick announcement… I’m coming out with something amazing around Halloween time, and it called …
Hey Guitarists, Claude Johnson here. Yes, I’m riding on an elephant. By the way, the elephant’s name is Lady Wrinkles and she’s 19 years old. She will get bigger. That’s me and my friend Nina at the Pennsylvania Rennaisance Fair a few weeks ago… 🙂 Claude, Nina, & “Lady Wrinkles” Anyway, if you thought this …
Hi Friend, Man… I am so excited. I don’t know if you recall, but recently we decided to give away an Ibanez Artcore jazz guitar to one lucky winner. Now, believe me… I would LOVE to be able to give EVERYONE one of these sweet guitars. However, for practical reasons, I was only able to …
Hey Friend, I’m sure I’ve you this before, and I’ll ask it again — How’s the guitar playing going? 🙂 I feel part of my job (in addition to making cool DVDs), is to give you cool new things to practice and help keep you excited about going to the next level. Call me crazy, …
Hey Friend, I have a special guitar lesson for you today. Want to see how YOU can take any simple fretboard pattern and multiply its chop building powers by 9 times? Well guess what… THAT’S WHAT YOUR ABOUT TO DISCOVER. lol… Here we go: https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog And please post your comment especially if you like it …
Arpeggios rule. They are everywhere in music. Here is a cool little chops building pattern based on an arpeggio. Basically you’re playing up an E major 6 arpeggio and back down, and back up but hitting the octave instead of the 6th for an Emaj6/emaj type pattern. When you practice this one, try to mix …
Hello Friend, This weekend I was at the Pennsylvania Rennasaince Fair. Basically its an outdoor weekend gathering which emulates a historic period for amusement. It was really quite a “trip” seeing all these people dressed up in period costumes from hundreds of years ago and speaking in funny accents. People really got into it! I …
Hey Friend, Listen, before I get into what I want to say here… First, I want to apologize. I’ve been thoughtlessly blasting you emails for the last couple weeks about my new jazz guitar course, and I realized something… You might not even like jazz! Hey, that’s cool. I don’t like every style of music …
Hey Friend! Things have been “off the hook” with the “Real Easy Jazz” launch… A big thanks for all those who ordered! Meanwhile I just put a NEW video on the page. It’s a 2 minute performance of a “bop blues” jazz tune called Sandu. I think you’ll really enjoy it. It showcases what you’re …
Hey Friend, Today is the day… I’ve been talking about this for months and finally it’s here: The Real Easy Jazz Guitar Course. Even if you weren’t a “jazz fan”, you owe it to yourself to at least check out the vibes here. You’ll see why I consider it truly groundbreaking: The doors open at …