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Start Your Engines! – Warm Up Lesson!

THE TUNING IN THE VIDEO IS Eb !! Every guitarist needs an effective warm up routine. It’s akin to an athlete stretching before any strenuous activity: it helps avoid injury and gets the muscles warmed up and your hands ready … Continue reading

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FEEL THE POWER! An article about TUBES!

Just recently I replaced the tubes in my amplifier, a Carvin V3 (thats that pretty amp used up there in my banner). Well, what is a tube? To quote www.eurotubes.com: “They are magical little bottles of joyful tone that allow … Continue reading

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Riffology Webseries

Riffology is a ‘how-to’ webseries on heavy metal riffing! In this series I teach you the nuts and bolts behind excerpts of my own original songs in the hopes that you walk away with new strategies that you can apply … Continue reading

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Riffology Episode 1

Here I teach you how to play a riff from my original song, “Abandon”! This episode focuses on Alternate Picking and using Arpeggio-based Ideas Abandon is a progressive metal meets Iron Maiden style of song; covering everything from atmospheric violin … Continue reading

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The Tao of Practice

Just practicing isn’t enough. If you want to see true results in the quickest time possible it’s not about quantity, but quality of the time spent woodshedding (that’s guitar-speak for “practicing”). With the proper focus you can improve in days … Continue reading

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Is learning to read music necessary?

Learning to read music should be something that is inline with your goals. Continue reading

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Social Networking – Marketing Holy Grail or…?

I don’t think it needs any discussion that the internet has put people on the map. Much like reality TV turning wanna-be actors into stars sites like Youtube, Facebook and Myspace have opened doors in terms of getting your material … Continue reading

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