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Major News for Next Week

Howdy Y’all… Yeehaw… I’m in a “Texas” mood today, (whatever that means, lol) and not just cause its Saturday. Actually it’s because I was in Dallas recently and I’ve got a cool “Texas blues guitar” video that I’ll be sharing soon. That’s NOT the big news for next week though. Next week I’ll be making …

I’m so inspired! Can 100 million people be wrong?

Hello Friend, 100 million… That’s how many times people have supposedly watched the Susan Boyle videos on “Britain’s Got Talent”. I first saw the story on a news site last week. Some frumpy 47-year old lady wows Simon Cowell. I thought to myself, “hmm, thats interesting.” But then yesterday, I saw ANOTHER article about it. …

My secret wish from summer camp

Hey Friend, Its fun to be a guitarist. I remember being at summer camp (way back in the day) and one of the kids had a guitar. Everyone was singing along and I secretly thought it would be cool if *I* was the one playing. So I had some interest but I never realized how …

Choose your guitar chop blueprint

Hey Friend, I just want to take a minute and thank you for being on my email list. It’s been my mission to help you get the most enjoyment possible out of your instrument, and out of life. Some people are a little confused though, because now, after almost 5 years, I have SO many …

Guess what I’m doing right now?

Hey Friend, This is an unusual weekend for me. I’m actually attending a training event – its a seminar on leadership. Why am I doing this? And why am I telling you about it? Well, as GuitarControl has grown as a company, i’ve had to hire additional people to help me out. For example, our …

Did Claude mess up?

Hey Friend, Ok, I messed up. Quite possibly, I overpromised and underdelivered on a recent promo that I’m offering. I’m talking about the Marty Friedman DVD, folks. To make a long story short, I told you guys I’d be giving away the DVD (with strings attached) but a few of you were disspointed with the …

The SECOND cat is out of the bag…

Hi Friend, I hope you had a good weekend. Weekends can be an adventure sometimes, can’t they? Well most of this weekend, the Claudester was cooking up something special for you. You see, last week I let the first cat out of the bag. Remember, that little “mysteryman” contest? The “cat” ended up being Marty …

another wild Marty lick

Hi Friend, TGIF! What’s up? Have you been enjoying the Marty Friedman licks that I’ve been posting on my site? I can’t believe I got 182 comments so far on this page. Seems people are really enjoying it. That’s awesome. Anyway, I put up another video. This is another great, *unusual* lick. https://guitarcontrol.net/gc-preview/gcblog4/mysteryman Well anyway, …

its going down when i get up

Hey Friend, Hope your night is going great! Just a friendly last minute reminder that the Grossman fingerpicking packages special price plus free shipping ends today. I’ll leave it up through the night just in case you’re getting in late and in reading this. But as soon as I get up in the morning, the …