Hi Friend, Nasty… In a good way. I’m talking about a nice little blues lick I just came up with today. It’s got a cool chromatic run in it and an interesting “tied-triplet” rhythm too. Go check it out on my guitar blog. BLUE LESSON OF THE DAY Also, friendly reminder, promo ends tomorrow for …
Hi Friend, I just wanted to let you know that the tabs are uploaded for Mark’s Secrets of the Jam Masters. Also… I uploaded all the backing tracks too that Mark uses on the DVDs… So if you already ordered, a big THANK YOU! 🙂 from the Johnsonater…also I’ll have another special gift for you …
Hi Friend, For all you Jimmy Dillon fans I havesome great footage for you.It’s Jimmy jammin deep. Actually… JD makes a guest appearancetoward the end of Mark’s newDVD, in a new feature we liketo call the “Sound Hound Lounge”. Mark’s DVD, of course, iscalled Secrets of the Jam Masters. Check out the video… You’ll see …
Hey guitar friends and guitar fans! Ok, here’s a few sweet mixolydian licks I kind of came up with spontaneously… Actually, watching Mark Karan’s DVD got me thinking in different directions… In this case, the power of the mixolydian sound. Lick #1: I was just kind of picking an up-and-down the scale diatonic thing (starting …
Hi Friend, Grab your guitar, dial yourself up a little bit of distortion, and then head over to my blog. I’ve got 2 sweet “mixolydian” licks I would like to share with you. MINI LESSON OF THE DAY You can read the tabs and listen to the sounds. I actually came up with these licks …
Hi Friend, What is the psychedelic “mind meld”? Well you’re going to find on Wednesday! Hint: its the invisible force behind every legendary jam band. Speaking of such, Mark Karan has been serving up some killer lessons: MARK KARAN GUITAR LESSONS Well, if you like what you’ve been seeing and hearing, the motherload of “Secrets …
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 …
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 …