The music world was saddened on Wednesday with the news that songwriter and guitarist Billy Strange passed away on Wednesday (Feb 22nd 2012) in Franklin, Tenn. at the age of 81. As a member of the Wrecking Crew, Strange appeared on hundreds of rock records in Los Angeles during the 1960s. Strange was possibly best ...…
Welcome to this week’s coaching session. Today we’re looking at slides and the intro to that Snow Patrol classic song, Run. I’ve also created a backing track for you, so you can play the full intro to the song. And,I’m going to show you how you can develop your sliding techniques and improvise to create ...…
Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has announced details of his second solo album “Apocalyptic Love“ The album is the follow-up to the legendary guitarists’s solo debut, which was self-titled and came out in 2010. His second offering will be released on May 21 through his own label DikHayd International and distributed through Roadrunner Records ...…
Welcome to this week’s coaching session. Today we’re going to be combining a few techniques together, to re-create the intro for Witchy Woman by The Eagles. I’ve also created a second guitar backing track so you can play this lead harmony line to create a great overall effect! Hopefully this will give you an appetite ...…
“The world’s most expensive Fender guitar is now in Singapore, and it’s available for sale at a manufacturer-suggested price of US$90,000″ The electric guitar is named “Midnight Opulence” and is encrusted with different types of jewels. They include diamonds, citrine, blue topaz, peridot and emeralds. A celebrity master builder handmade the guitar from scratch, which ...…
Welcome to this week’s coaching session. As a brief reminder, these short weekly sessions are designed to get you playing your guitar on a regular basis. I’ll be covering a wide range of subjects (at different playing levels), including Riffs, Techniques, Skills and just stuff that’s fun to play. In most cases, the sessions are ...…
Finally Riff 5. This is from the song Rain by Status Quo. The riff actually comes in probably half way through the song. This riff is a great way to develop not only your hammer-ons, but also your pull-offs. I’ll also show you a way that you can playing this a little easier. Once you’ve ...…
Riff Number 4. Now this one is a little more obscure. In fact I’ll probably be amazed if you’ve even heard of it before. Anyway it’s taken from a Wishbone Ash song called Jail bait. Now we’re still using simple notes on that scale, but we’re increasing the tempo a little just to get those ...…
So now Riff Number 3 – Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry. We’re still going to be using some similar techniques with your left hand, but now we’ll be trying something new with our right hand. So let’s give it some attitude and get into that funky groove! So here it is! Let me ...…
Now onto Riff Number 2. This comes from both Taxman by The Beatles and also Start by The Jam. Again they are in the Key of E, using notes from the Em Pentatonic scale. This is a simple Riff, but this time we’re just adding a little more to our right hand practice with some ...…
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Today we're looking at Power Chords and the classic JJ Cale song Cocaine. Although this is very much more in the style of the Eric Clapton version.
Sad news................"The Father of Loud" Jim Marshall, the founder of Marshall amps, died today aged 88. Slash tweeted "The news of Jim Marshall passing is deeply saddening. R & R will never be the same w/out him. But, his amps will live on FOREVER!"
I say, set up yer stack and rock heaven 'till it shakes.
That man defined the heavy rock guitar sound.
Andy
Yes it's happy birthday to Johann Sebastian Bach...born in 1685. Did he influence any great rock guitarists????