6 Of The Guitar’s Biggest Problems Today

The guitar is starting to get left behind in the music world. All of our musings on scales, Hendrix, and the degradation of the “mainstream” are causing a seriously unhealthy outlook on the reality of the industry, while helping us put aside the fact that the instrument is becoming irrelevant. Blasphemy you say??? Hardly. I […]

7 Guitar Music Theory Tricks You Need To Know

When I first played a pentatonic scale pattern, it clicked. The whole mystery of guitar music theory was resolved in a moment. All you had to do was play a certain combination of notes that the flimsy book at my side had told me to. And voila, I was a lead guitarist. Sadly most players […]

How To Create Sexy Spanish Guitar Music: A Lesson On Exotic Guitar Scales

How To Create Sexy, Exotic Guitar Music With Exotic Guitar Scales, Chords, & Intervals One of the things I’ve been getting into lately are these chillout mixes using Arabic, Spanish, and Indian melodies that you can listen to on YouTube.  Ever since I watched Temple Of Doom when I was little, I’ve been entranced by […]

How To Play Music From Star Wars, Rocky, and Last Of The Mohicans On Guitar

This might be a pointless piece of trivia to most of you, but I still can’t believe Daniel Lanois, one of the producers of U2’s Joshua Tree album, won’t let Billy Bob Thornton release the director’s cut of All The Pretty Horses that has his score in it! The movie is adapted from one of […]

9 Beginner Guitar Songs You Should Learn, And Why

Most beginners on guitar pick their first song by sorting through their music collection. Although the sheer enormity of options out there would seem encouraging, it’s actually terrifying to make that choice if you don’t have the experience, or a good friend to help. The problem to picking these songs is simple: we often don’t […]