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Inspirational blues

Hi, I’m seeking inspiration whilst recording through exploring abandoned buildings in the presence of a psychic investigator. There’s obviously a supernatural tradit…

How to Hold a Guitar Pick Properly

Video Lesson: How to Hold a Guitar Pick How to Hold a Guitar Pick Step 1 Thumb Middle Put your thumb across one side of the pick. Make sure the thumb is centered and…

Swamp Blues

Although only idiosyncratically dissimilar to the Tulsa sound of Oklahoman J.J. Cale, but miles away from Woody Guthries narrative egalitarianism, Slim Harpo, as hea…

5 Tips For Perfect Barre Chords

In this post, Mark The Guitar Guy shows you 5 barre chord tips that will help you master the guitar neck. Barre chords are a great way to move around the guitar neck…

BOSS RC-20XL loopstation

At last… back by popular demand and fully loaded – it’s an introduction to the BOSS RC-20XL loopstation filmed live at the Rotherham Acadamy by guitar tutor Danny Ma…

OpenD tuning

…the Open D tuning. Its a really versatile tuning. If you `re wondering just what an an open tuning is, it’s a tuning which means that the strings produce a chord wh…

Ovation iDEA

SO you’ve mastered a few chord progressions and you’re looking to play a few lead lines from the JAMORAMA lead course too. Now, unless you’re about 300 years old you…

Playing slide guitar part 1: introduction

Howdy ya’ll! I can’t quite remember the first time I heard a slide guitar, but no matter how often you hear a slide there is something incandescent, other worldly an…

Stretch your strings

One of the sure fire ways to ensure that you go through copious amounts of electric guitar strings is to play them fresh out of the packet without stretching them. I…

Music, playing, learning and helping you.

We have decided to make radical improvements to our help and customer support. We’re looking to build an interactive community for you guys, and we’ve put a facebook…

Playing slide guitar part 2: Choosing a slide

So, you’ve had a listen to a few ole slide fellers playing and now you’re ready to think about choosing a piece for yourself. Well, it’s a bit like choosing a gun –…

Fingerstyle Lesson – Deep River Blues by Jim Bruce

For those of you who dig the Piedmont fingerstyle of the North American East Coast here is traveling bluesman Jim Bruce showing you how to play the Doc Watson versio…