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Blues Expose Fast Shuffle Rhythm Performance

This is a 12 Bar Blues in D with a ‘quick’ change in measure 2. Making another appearance is the trusty ol’ Boogie Woogie rhythm, but this time it’s moving alon...

Blues Expose Fast Shuffle Intro

A fast shuffle is usually a happy shuffle, keep your thoughts happy while soloing. Try to create a melodic flow without confusion. Let each note have meaning an...

Blues Expose Fast Shuffle Rhythm Breakdown

Josh walks through his rhythm playing on the Fast Shuffle in D. It may take a little time to build the left hand stamina required to hold this part down far mor...

Blues Expose Fast Shuffle Lead Performance

Red & Josh play a few more choruses of a Fast Shuffle in D, this time with the focus shifted to Red’s lead. In this solo, Red is doing some cool blending of Maj...

Blues Expose Fast Shuffle Lead Breakdown

Josh takes Red’s solo apart a piece at a time, explaining the different technical and theoretical components at work in this lesson. Check out ‘Rock This Town...

Life Lessons From Gil Parris

You've managed to reach what most people would call success. How close are you to your goals?  The goal is always changing. Like my pal Randy Brecker says,...

The Problem With Music

by Steve Albini This oft-referenced article is from the early '90s, and originally appeared in Maximum Rock 'n' Roll magazine. While some of the information ...

Life Lessons From Elliot Randall

After you've recorded one of the most memorable guitar solos on record, where the hell do you go from there? Always in search of the lost chord – the simpl...

2010 TrueFire Survey Results

According to our 2010 Survey, odds are you are a 50 year-old intermediately-skilled male guitarist who has been playing mostly blues and rock guitar for 10 or m...

7 Cool iPhone Apps for Guitarists

As some of you may already know, we have developed a killer iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch app for guitarists, including video guitar lessons, tab, and notation -...