5 Free Songwriter Sideman Licks From Adam Levy
If you play in a singer / songwriter's ensemble, you are one of two things: the singer or an auxiliary player. If your ensemble is a duo, and you are not the si...
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Start Crafting Your Own Tunes With These 5 Songwriting Guitar Lessons From Ellis Paul
Whether it's your first song, or your hundredth, one thing remains true: you can write it. In fact, anyone can write a song! The process required to craft a son...
Learn How to Captivate Your Audience: 9 Free Songwriting Guitar Lessons from Willy Porter
If you are a relatively new songwriter, or you've been at it for a while, you've likely encountered some common roadblocks all the same. Figuring out how to sta...
Robben Ford Song Lesson: “Bound For Glory”
Paul McCartney once said that even if a songwriting session didn't turn out the way you'd hoped, it was still valuable practice. And that is exactly how you hon...
5 Songwriter Sideman Guitar Licks You MUST Know
Supporting a songwriter as the sideman in a duo or band situation is an artful skill that can be very challenging. Usually, there’s a rhythm guitarist -- perhap...
Robert Johnson On Speed?
By Steve "Red" Lasner Much controversy has arisen about whether or not the recordings of Robert Johnson we have been listening to for years were speed altere...
3 Questions: Richie Kotzen
by Charlie Doom initially found fame at the age of 21 in the hard rock band, Poison. Kotzen's creative and technical command of almost every musical genre ...
Guitabulary: Joni Mitchell Opens Up
Just a few weeks ago the LA Times ran a piece on Joni Mitchell, who was interviewed side by side with the guy who has been performing an all-Joni tribute in dra...