This is the second installment of my Music Theory Course. This lesson covers how minor scales are made and how the major and minor scale are related - crucial fundamental concepts in music theory. From here we'll keep building on fundamental music theory concepts.
Read MoreIn this video we talk about the C shape. It's a weird shape to morph into minor, diminished, dominant, etc., which is why you don't see it too often. It does make a nice movable dominant shape and a cool movable Major7 shape. The fully diminished shape is also nicely movable. Everything else is either awkward, or involves some finger strategy. The exercise of morphing these shapes is really valuable for understanding how the guitar works and you might find yourself in a situation where one of these shapes is exactly what you're looking for. From here I'll move into the more comfortable and common E and A shapes and end with the G shape.
Read MoreA quick review and applications for the D shape Rubik’s cube. Here I have a little fun with D shaped chords and some recording software. I want to give people a sense of how to use these Rubik's Cube lessons before I roll out more of them. The C Shape Rubik's Cube lesson is on the way and eventually I'll get through all of the CAGED shapes and talk about some ninja rhythm guitar stuff because, well, we've hardly covered rhythm guitar and its one of my favorite things to play and teach!
Read MoreAn introduction to the major scale and its origin as the basis for more complex music theory topics. This is the first installment of my formal Music Theory course. We discuss Major Scales in a bit more detail and prepare to dig into minor scales and intervals.
Read MoreAllowing yourself to explore the guitar and practicing being creative. All your favorite musicians have something in common. They all play around with stuff. In this video I discuss one of the most important things to integrate into your practice routine : playfulness.
Read MoreI'm still feeling out the format but my rough plan was to answer YouTube chat questions and also sift through Patreon for questions I can tackle. I also think these could be nice weekly check-in's for things like video questions from patrons. There is so much potential its exciting, but this one.... I'm just going to feel it out and let it be organic. We'll learn how to do this together!
Read MoreFormer student and patron, Jed, is looking for guidance on building a chorus for his song seed.
Read MoreAdvice for learning to accept the organic nature of your playing and how to pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses. In this lesson I talk about some ways to practice making your solos come to life with vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs, sliding, bending etc - things that remind your listener that you are NOT a note-seeking robot and in fact a genuine human with emotions and feelings
Read MoreJoin me as I build a song seed from scratch and hash out ideas using Logic Pro. This is just me doing my thing with songwriting and talking about it a little bit. Making a drum beat, recording a bass line, recording a guitar part, recording a vocal melody with B.S. lyrics, and mixing things as I go to make them sound nice while I'm recording the next piece.
Read MoreJosh asks for tips and techniques for practicing off beat rhythms with a metronome.
Read MoreJoin me for a practice session where we work through a set of scales in order of the CAGED system in C Major.
Read MoreAndres is hoping for advice on what to start with when learning guitar, Brody is looking for clarification on 7 chords in minor scales, Joe wants recommendations for affordable recording software, and Josh needs tips for directing guitar parts from his favorite songs.
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