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Killing Floor by Howlin Wolf

I like to look at guitar classic from time to time, and that's exactly what I'm doing this week with a detailed look at Hubert Sumlin's playing on the Howlin' Wolf track Killing floor. Here's the link: 

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Nice Lick 18: Hybrid-picked country

Hello everyone,

The Nice Lick series marches onwards into 2022 with this extremely nice hybrid picked country phrase. For those of you interested in incorporating a bit of hybrid picking into your playing, this lick might not be a bad place ...

Cut Your Hair by Pavement

Hello everyone,

Today I'm looking at an indie classic from Pavement. I've always loved loved the guitar style of Stephen Malkmus; such a unique and interesting player. And this song is a good case in point: we have some beautiful and melodic...

I IV V Triads Backing Track

Here's the backing to go along with this week's I IV V triads lesson. It's pretty basic, but will at least give you a bit of context for the exercises...more fun than the metronome at least!

You can use this in various ways, for rhythm pract...

I IV V Triad Workout

Hello all. Today I'm revisiting triads. In this video I attempt to go beyond the basics and talk about how you might musically use triads in a I IV V chord situation. This is a great skill to master that will help come up with interesting rhythm p...

Rock & Roll by The Velvet Underground

Hello everyone. Today I'm looking at a true classic: Rock & Roll by The Velvet Underground. There are various different ways you can play this one, but my instinct is that on the original recording  a drop C tuning is used. I've not seen ...

New Year Practice Strategies

Happy New Year all! Hope everyone had a good holiday season. I thought I'd kick off this year with a few thoughts on things to practice in 2022. Not every idea is going to be right for you, but I hope you find one or two interesting and inspiring ...

Father Christmas Backing Track (with vocals)

A couple of people asked for a version of the backing track with the vocals in too, so here it is. 

And a reminder that I'm having a little break over Xmas, so there's no formal video this week. (There will however be a new guitar demo ...

Father Christmas Backing Track

Here's the backing. I did quite an epic arrangement on this one - bells, claps, glockenspiel, mellotron etc. For the backing I've kept it mostly bass and drums - I've taken out the vocals and all the guitar parts, but if you want other versions of...

Father Christmas by The Kinks

It's Christmas Special time once again. Thanks once again for all the incredible song suggestions. After much deliberation, I decided to go with Father Christmas by the Kinks. It's long been a favourite Christmas song of mine, but I'd never tried ...

Exploring Open D & Forever by Roy Harper

Hello everyone,

My broadband has now mysteriously, but thankfully,  returned to its normal speed, so  today's video uploaded in a mere hour or so. And I have something for you acoustic players this week. I'm exploring the beautiful...

Original instrumental full version

Just in case it would be useful to have the track with the guitar in there too, to help you learn the piece. 

Original guitar instrumental backing track

Here's the backing. There's a one bar count-in, then you play the riff 4 times before the band enters. Enjoy playing along!

Writing an original guitar instrumental

Upload complete, so I can finally bring you the video! And I'm doing something slightly different this week. I thought I'd discuss a rock n roll-style piece of music I wrote for a recent guitar review video. I talk about writing, recording, and al...

This week's video coming soon...ish

Hi everyone,

Apologies, I'm having internet issues. I blame BT. This week's video, which usually takes an hour or two to upload has now been uploading for 8 hours,  and is still only on 63%. So what I'm going to do is let it finish uplo...

Rescue Backing Track

Here's the backing to accompany this week's Echo and the Bunnymen lesson. The structure is intro/verse/chorus/instrumental bit/breakdown. As I play it in the video. There's a one bar count in, then you play the riff once before the band comes in.<...

Rescue by Echo and the Bunnymen

Hope everyone's doing well. As I said on Monday, I'm now feeling a lot better - thanks again for all the kind words from everyone. 

I've had lots of requests for some Echo and the Bunnymen recently, so this week I decided to look at the...

Thanks everyone!

Hello all,

Thanks to everyone for the tsunami of good wishes - really touching and very much appreciated! The good news is, I think I'm through the worst of it, and am feeling a lot better. I think I'm fortunate to have got off quite lightly...

No lesson this week - apologies!

Hello Patrons!

Huge apologies but there’s going to be no video today. 

Covid has finally caught up with me, and I tested positive earlier in the week. It’s nothing too serious since I’m double vaccinated, but I have been exp...

Nice Lick 17

This week, I have a nice, country-flavoured lick for you. As well as taking you through the lick itself, I also discuss thinking in intervals, adding chromatic passing notes, and use of hammer-ons and pull-offs for speed. 

Here's a link...

Unconventional Pentatonic Ideas Backing Track

For those of you who'd like to play along to this week's backing track, here you go. I was trying to think the opposite of blues, so ended up with a drum machine and synth-based idea. Key of E minor. Have fun!

Unconventional Minor Pentatonic Strategies

In this week's video I'm talking about some different ways you can use the good ol' minor pentatonic scale. For those times when you might want to get away from the innate bluesy and classic rock flavour of this scale. Here's a link to the video -...

Spooky Backing Track

Here's the backing track to accompany this week's video. There are 2 verses, and then an extended soloing section at the end. Have fun!

Spooky Halloween Special

Hello all,

There's a new video out today (I thought I'd release this one a day earlier than usual to get a little more Halloween mileage out of it) I'm looking at the song Spooky, originally a hit for 60s beat combo Classics IV. And this bas...

Buckaroo Backing Track

Here's my backing track. It follows the arrangement of the original recording. For the solo you can try my steel guitar ideas or perhaps invent something of your own - following the chords with major pentatonic ideas and perhaps mixing in some D b...

Buckaroo

Hello all. I'm in country mode this week, and looking at the instrumental classic Buckaroo by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos. A really fun track to play. I take you through all of the Don Rich riffs and I also show you how you might translate the st...

Mixing rhythm & lead on a funky blues in C

Hello everyone. This week, another one of those pieces where I combine rhythm and lead, or chords and fills. This is such a good skill to work on, and a great way to give your solo playing a bit of shape and direction. 

Here's a link to...

O My Soul by Big Star

Hello all,

Today, an incredible song by one of my favourite bands. Here's the link - 

https://youtu.be/jczkNvWz4zc

There's so much good stuff in...

Chitlins Con Carne by Kenny Burrell

I don't do jazz that often in my videos, but I thought it would be fun today to look at a classic tune from Kenny Burrell. If you're interested in learning to play jazz , this is a must-know tune, and a good way into the style. But even if you're ...

Soloing with Triads Backing Track

Here's the backing track to accompany this week's video. The chord progression is just D C Em D, repeated forever...

Have fun!