Bar Room Blues: “The Thrill is Gone”
Bar Room Blues is an exclusive series of video guitar lessons by Steve "Red" Lasner covering classic blues songs from historically great guitarists like B.B. Ki...
Night Class: Intermediate Blues Rock Solos – Week 2: Big Ears
Night Classes are ten-week TrueFire guitar lesson plans that build on basic concepts and techniques from TrueFire courses. Intermediate Blues Rock Solos uses gu...
50 Jazz Blues Licks: #13 Blue Mitchell
50 Jazz Blues Licks is an exclusive series of video guitar lessons by David Hamburger covering the jazz blues styles of historically great guitarists like Geoge...
Bar Room Blues: “Stormy Monday”
Bar Room Blues is an exclusive series of video guitar lessons by Steve "Red" Lasner covering classic blues songs from historically great guitarists like B.B. Ki...
50 Jazz Blues Licks: #12 Jack McDuff
50 Jazz Blues Licks is an exclusive series of video guitar lessons by David Hamburger covering the jazz blues styles of historically great guitarists like Geoge...
Night Class: Intermediate Blues Rock Solos – Week 1: Raucous Rock
Night Classes are ten-week TrueFire guitar lesson plans that build on basic concepts and techniques from TrueFire courses. Intermediate Blues Rock Solos uses gu...
Introducing Vicki Genfan’s Acoustic Rhythm Guitar Survival Guide
If you play acoustic guitar, cover popular songs, write your own tunes, perform solo or work in a band setting, or just like strumming on the front porch, this ...
Taking Notes
by Rich Maloof We recently heard Quincy Jones recall a saying from back in the day: “Keep your music pad and pencil out, because if God knocks you’d better g...
7 Thoughts on Teaching and Learning Guitar
by Lauren Passarelli Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens. When I listen, I can hear whether my students are ready to absorb what I have to offer. First I nee...
Frank Zappa on the Decline of the Music Business
Frank Zappa gives his take on the decline and fall of the music business. He comes to a surprising conclusion that the older generation was better for pushing n...
7 Deadly Sins of Playing a Live Gig
1. Noodling Between Tunes
There’s no good reason to be playing little licks and riffs between songs. It’s unprofessional and annoys bandmates who are ready to ...
The Last 30 Years in Music Delivery
Over the past 30 years, we've seen music delivery evolve from vinyls and 8 tracks to cassettes and CDs to digital downloads and streaming. Here's a cool illustr...