September 30, 2016: Tasty Lead Fills for Chords PART ONE: In part one we focus on the integration of lead-fills around double stop chord changes. The smaller two note double stops are easier to finger than larger chords and allow for quicker application...

Courtesy of Anthony Cerullo...  You know that practicing every day is essential to developing new skills, but alas, you still let bad habits take control of you. The brain is a complex organ – the most complex, in fact. As important and complex as it may be, though,...

Courtesy of Guitar World...  Here's one MUST LISTEN isolated guitar recording for you... Eddie Van Halen's live off the studio floor recording of "Hot For Teacher" “I winged that one,” Eddie told Guitar World several years ago. “If you listen to it, the timing changes...

Courtesy of Anthony Cerullo...  Can you guess the top tricks for performing an amazing guitar solo? A day in the life of a practicing musician involves a lot of repetition. Whether it's playing the same city over and over again, promoting your music to your fans every...

Courtesy of Jesse Sterling Harrison...  For all the talk about how “tone comes from the fingers,” amplifiers are still critical. Just ask any musician who’s been told, “You have to use our back-line to cut down on soundchecks. Don’t worry – our gear sounds great!” Do...

Courtesy of Jesse Sterling Harrison...  Maybe you’ve spent hundreds of hours in the same room, rehearsing your material. Perhaps you’ve performed dozens of times, on different stages, using the same gear. You’re used to your sound. You like it. But now you’re in the studio...

ADVANCED GUITAR PROGRAM... **NEW** Stage I - Project Lesson Three...  ***LESSON 3 IS LIVE IN THE MEMBERS AREA*** Lesson three, of Advanced Stage One, is now posted in the Creative Guitar Studio members area. Over 2 ½ hours of video covering the wrap-up of the...

GuitarBlog: Composing Minor-key Chord Progressions... This GuitarBlog episode explains a few of the most popular methods used in contemporary music to compose minor key chord progressions...  Since Minor Keys are one of the most popular tonalities used today,...

Courtesy of Music Radar...  Deep Purple and Flying Colors man reflects on 50 years of guitar playing... At the end of every gig, Steve Morse mentally awards himself a grade for his guitar playing. The show captured on the latest live release by Flying Colors, he tells...