This week on the livestream we're talking about Kirk Hammett joining Gibson, Lick Every Day In August, Paul Davids comparing a 50 to 50,000 dollar guitar, and a lot more. I had a lot of fun on this one. Also you have a chance to win a free copy of Guitar Aerobics! Make sure you leave a comment on the video, and I'll pick a winner next live stream!
Six String Sunday (July 25th, 2021)
I’m back with another issue of Six String Sunday! So much has been going on this week, and I’m excited to share two new announcements with you. First, I have not one, but TWO new shirts in the Chasing Sound merch shop. If you want to support this newsletter and the rest of what I do, I’d love it if you picked one up! The shirt features “Sundays are for Six Strings”, and I made one for seven string guitarists too!
As a second announcement, I wanted to think of a way that I could be active on the guitar every single day in August, so I thought up the concept of LEDIA. You might be asking, what the heck does that mean? It’s an acronym for Lick Every Day In August. Every single day in August I’ll be writing and filming one lick, and I’ll end up posting it on Instagram and TikTok. At the end of the month I’m going to try and combine all of the licks into one big montage video for YouTube. I hope you’ll join me on the journey and do your own challenge!
One last thing, be sure to tune in to next Saturday’s livestream, as I’ll be doing a giveaway! You can sub to Chasing Sound on YouTube here.
Lick Every Day In August
I was thinking about a fun way to push myself to play guitar every day, no matter what the circumstances, and I recently came up with a fun idea. The concept is based on stuff like NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) or Vlogmas (where you vlog every day in December until Christmas). I’m calling it L.E.D.I.A. - and while it might sound like the latest drug to cure your allergies, it’s in fact just an acronym that means Lick Every Day In August.
Sundays Are For Six Strings (and Seven Strings too!)
I've been writing and shipping the Six String Sunday newsletter every Sunday for years now, and it's one of my favorite things to do each week.
I thought it'd be fun for people to be able to support the newsletter or just show their love of jamming on the weekends, by making the Sundays Are For Six Strings t-shirt. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! And at the request of one of our friends in the Chasing Sound Discord chat, I made one for seven strings too!
You can click the photo below to head to my merch store over at Teespring.
Chasing Sound Live EP 3
This week I talked about how to practice guitar - some of my best tips that I've learned about practicing over the years are in this video! I also talk about Billy Gibbons' crazy expensive, new signature model, John Mayer's new album, and more.
Six String Sunday (July 18th, 2021)
This week’s issue of Six String Sunday has a lot of lessons, which always makes me happy, because really, that’s the most important thing we have as guitar players - getting better on our instrument! It feels awesome to learn something new, create a new riff, or get past something you were really struggling with before. This week we’ll talk about barre chords, funk guitar, how to play like Mark Knopfler and a bunch more.
We also just did episode 3 of Chasing Sound Live! I had so much fun, and I appreciate anyone who gets the chance to stop in. If you missed the episode live, you can check out the replay here. I’m really trying to get more and more people in the live chat when we go live, so make sure to stop in every other Saturday
Six String Sunday (July 11th, 2021)
It’s been one intense week over here. As storms went crazy up and down the east coast, I had limited internet, but I was still checking in on YouTube and throughout the guitar sites I typically follow to find my favorite guitar links of the week.
There are lessons that are perfect for the beginner and advanced player, like Chris Brooks’ tips on playing without tension, there’s a great video on what 5 pedals you should pick up as a beginner, stories about Hendrix, and more. Let’s get into this week’s links!
Six String Sunday (July 4th, 2021)
It’s been a busy week over here in New Jersey! I’m a couple hours away from fireworks (happy Independence Day to readers in the U.S.!), the Stanley Cup playoffs have been in full swing, and I had a fun time doing episode two of Chasing Sound Live yesterday on YouTube.
I have a crazy amount of links to share with you this week. Insightful interviews, helpful lessons, great gear, new music, and a lot more. Let’s get into it!