Bob Dylan’s Secret Archive Purchased for an Academic Study
According to the New York Times, Bob Dylan's private trove, which had been little more than a rumor, has been acquired for an estimated $15 million to $20 milli...
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The Difference a Guitar Delay Pedal Makes
Delay is a great effect for guitar players. It can take something moderately cool and make it very cool, as demonstrated in this video by Jim Lill. Examples:...
New Music Video from Rusty Cooley’s Band, Day of Reckoning: “Left To Follow”
Check out Rusty Cooley's band, Day of Reckoning, and their music video for the single "Left To Follow" from the album "Into The Fire, Part 1" - available on: iT...
This is Rock ‘n’ Roll.
With Rocktoberfest in full effect this month at TrueFire, it got us thinking... what IS rock 'n' roll, exactly? We searched far and wide for the answer, spoke t...
Brooklyn Blues Guitar Lesson: Sliding Double Stops
TrueFire Educator Jeff McErlain has just launched his first installment of his new weekly video blog called Jeff McErlain's Brooklyn Blues. Each week Jeff will ...
Enter Lee Ritenour’s Six String Theory Competition 2016
Lee Ritenour’s Six String Theory Competition, an global online music competition, is open for registration until May 15, 2016! The mission of Lee Ritenour’s Six...
Brooklyn Blues Guitar Lesson: Quantized Bending
TrueFire Educator Jeff McErlain has just launched his first installment of his new weekly video blog called Jeff McErlain's Brooklyn Blues. Each week Jeff will ...
12-year-old Brandon Niederauer Shreds T-Bone Walker’s “Stormy Monday”
Check out 12-year-old guitar phenom Brandon Niederauer shredding T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday" at the Roots Rock Revival at Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY...
Acoustic Guitar Lesson: Palm Muting Arpeggios & Strumming
by Janet Robin In this lesson I continue further use of palm muting although this time utilizing arpeggiated bass notes along with a strum, just to create a ...
Girl Plays Fingerstyle Version of “Hotel California” on Guitar, Absolutely Nails It
In this brilliant video performance, Gabriella Quevedo plays a fingerstyle version of The Eagles' "Hotel California" on her Taylor acoustic guitar. This is not ...
Spark #1: Inversions
by Jeff Scheetz, TrueFire's Director of Education In Spark #1, I want to talk about inversions! We’ll take a look at what inversions are, a simple way to fig...
Acoustic Guitar Lesson: Palm Muting
by Janet Robin This technique is highly effective for dynamics within a song. To strum from a full strum to a palm muting strum creates a slightly muted soun...
