Being a parent in this world requires us to put our child(ren) in daycare which, inevitably, will get us sick at more than one point or another. I’ve recently been hit with a dreadful bug that gave me night sweats to the point that I was sleeping in my bathrobe and using towels as my …
How can I still make music if I’m sick, fatigued, or can’t sing? Read More »
I’ve had quite a few people ask me about iv/4/four minor and what can be done with it. That’s quite a loaded question: so we’re just going to answer it as easily as possible and then put it into action. Four minor is just as it sounds, it’s the 4 chord that is substituted …
People often come to me with the question, “How do I change chords quickly and clearly?” There is, of course, more than one answer to this question. As always, there’s no trick to it aside from time doing it. We’re going to go through a few different methods of approach to getting chord changes …
A lot of people that are starting to dabble in writing their own material often come up with the questions: “What does it mean when there’s a note name and then 5 after it like C5 or G5?” and “What is a 1-5-6-4 song and how do I write one?” They’re both great questions …
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If you’re just picking up the guitar, or learning how to strum, there are plenty of methods from which to work. However, there’s one that is simple and quite universal.
I was thinking of the best way to deliver a performance on this technique, so I wrote and recorded a song about it on the spot that you get to see and use in this post…
You don’t need a PHD in advanced Rhythm and Harmony to get going with a metronome. You do, however, need patience, determination, and discipline…
Here’s a part-by-part breakdown of “I’ll Overcome” by my band Inner Urge. I’ll be showing you a series of videos for this where I play the part(s) at tempo, then slower so you can easily see what’s going on. The beauty of this piece is that it’s actually quite simple, but it is an up …