From playing in clubs and weddings in his teens, to arena touring in his 20's, to present day as world touring musician and producer, Carl Verheyen has been a p...
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In the first edition of ShapeShifter, Andy Wood showed us how to take the foundational harmonic and rhythmic knowhow that you already possess and apply it to fi...
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These 7 free guitar lessons are from Corey Congilio's Solo Factory: Texas Blues. Grab your guitar right now because you won’t be spending any time learning tedi...
These 7 free guitar lessons are from Tom Dempsey's Jazz Scales Handbook, in this you'll cover the most commonly used scales found in jazz and how these scales c...