If you’re just learning guitar, getting started with playing solos might seem daunting. It’s a big change to go from strumming chords to your favorite songs, to playing lead lines. The best thing is to start out easy, but not too easy. The more you challenge yourself, the better a guitarist you’ll become. Just remember to take everything in bite size chunks as you’re learning. To help you get started with solos, I’m recommending a couple that I’d learn if I was just getting started - one from three different genres. The feeling of learning and playing lead is amazing. Let’s get into it.
Episode 10 of Chasing Sound Live! debuted this Saturday. I talked about everything from new Gibson signature models and Randy Rhoads, to how to best learn songs and licks, and how you can make learning both a lot more effective. You can check out the full replay below!
I'm also taking requests as to who you'd like to see on the show in the future. Whether it be a guitarist, guitar teacher or someone else, drop a comment on YouTube letting me know who you'd like me to interview.
Hey! How’s it going this week? Are you in a spooky mood? This week’s newsletter will not have any of my link commentary, (some would say they like it better that way - I hope that’s not you!) because it’s been such a crazy busy week for me at home and at work. That being said, I do have a bunch of awesome guitar stories, lessons, and gear videos/posts to share with you this week. Next week I’ll be back with my regularly scheduled email of over 1000 words, I’m sure.
Hey, how’s it going? I just finished doing episode 9 of Chasing Sound Live! where we talked about finding notes on the fretboard. I’ve been having so much fun doing these bi-weekly streams. If you’re just getting started on guitar, or if you’ve played for years, I think this is one of the best lessons with a ton of tricks that’ll be helpful for you. You can check out the replay here. If you have an idea of what you’d like me to cover next, let me know. Alright, let’s get into this week’s links!
This week's livestream was a blast to do. I showed off a ton of different tricks you can use to find notes all over the fretboard. Some I've learned myself, others I've learned from other teachers I've taken lessons from over the last couple of years. I feel like this is one of the best ways to get started finding notes on guitar, and knowing more of what you're playing, rather than just random shapes/boxes.
You can find the full livestream replay below. Make sure to subscribe to Chasing Sound on YouTube for future livestream notifications!
How’s it going this week for you in the woodshed? I’ve been hunkering down and having a lot of fun practicing. I’m at that weird stage in the year where I don’t quite want to turn my heat on yet, but it’s getting a little brisk. Is this another benefit of using a tube rig vs. a modeler? The extra heat the power amp tubes give off?
Speaking of modelers, I’m changing it up a bit, and selling my Fractal AX–8. If you’re looking for a good deal on a fantatsic sounding modeler, you can check it out here on Reverb. Alright, let’s get into this week’s links!
It’s been quieter than usual in the guitar world this week, but I still have a bunch of fun guitar stuff to share with you. As we dip into the colder months (at least here on the east coast), I feel like warming up with a nice cup of coffee and your guitar is the perfect way to spend time learning and creating. Not to mention, if you want to hang out with other like minded guitarists, you should head over to our Discord chat, where we’re always talking about guitar videos, gear, music recommendations and so much more (you can check out an invite at the bottom of this email).
And if you want a behind the scenes look at the stories inside this newsletter, you should join me on Chasing Sound Live! You can sub and be alerted of livestreams here. I just did one yesterday, and had a great time talking about all sorts of guitar stories. I talked about giving Epiphone some credit with these new Slash and Joe Bonamassa guitars that are all priced under a grand. I’m especially interested in the Bonamassa “Lazarus” LP Standard. Check out Joe talking about it here. Alright, let’s get into this week’s links!
I had a lot of fun talking about a ton of gear this week on Chasing Sound Live! episode 8. I also talk about the single best guitar recording post I've ever read, and where you can read it too. If you're in the market for a new guitar and have less than a thousand bucks, we talk about the recent Epiphone guitars that are making news, and we also talk about how to invest in one of a kind Gibsons too!
