In today's Chasing Sound Live, I'm talking about how I learn songs. We're also talking about setting aside time each week to learn your favorite guitar player's habits. All that, plus thoughts on Hetfield, tips from John Frusciante, an update on the Magnet and more!
Red Moon Rise - Self Titled Review
Chasing Sound Live! Q&A Episode
On this week's episode of Chasing Sound Live, I answer questions from the community - ranging from the importance of triads/major scale as your home base, to the tube shortage, and is there really anyone who truly improvises? Check out the replay below, and let me know your thoughts in the YT comments!
Learning songs by ear, and getting your favorite guitarist's tone
In this week's episode of Chasing Sound Live!, I talked all about easy ways you can find out your favorite guitarist's gear, and what you should think about when purchasing your next guitar, amp, or pedal. I also talked about how I go about learning songs by ear, the importance of ear training, and a fun website that you can use as a cheat sheet for intervals. You can catch the replay below.
My thoughts on the PRS Silver Sky SE and Fractal FM3
I was missing doing the YouTube livestream - so I hopped on this Saturday to talk about my new PRS Silver Sky SE guitar, updates to the Fractal FM3's firmware, and a little bit more. If you want to check out the replay, you can view it below!
New albums from Vai and Gales, how to collect pedals, what to use over blues progressions
I told you I’d have cool stuff coming for Chasing Sound in 2022, and the first announcement is that I’m moving this newsletter to Substack (you’re reading it now)! I’ve only switched e-mail providers one other time, so this is a big deal for me. What’s that mean for you, the reader? Not much will change, other than a little formatting if you’re on the free subscription. But, if you’d like to support what I do, now you have the option of paying monthly or yearly for a subscription to Six String Sunday Club.
This newsletter will continue to go out every Sunday, just like it has for years, to all you great subscribers. I’m taking Chasing Sound a bunch more seriously this year and giving it a lot more time - giving you guys the ability to support what I do makes that more of a reality.
Coming this spring I’ll be adding more perks for paid subs! Keep an eye out as I have so much cool stuff planned. Whether you stick around and enjoy the weekly newsletter for free, or you help in other ways (sharing the newsletter, etc.) I appreciate you very much. Alright, let’s get into this week’s links!
Big changes coming to Six String Sunday, and the week's best guitar stories
Had a lot of fun for episode 15 of Chasing Sound Live! In it, I cover a big change for my guitar newsletter, Six String Sunday, which will be moving to Substack starting this Sunday. I also talk about my favorite guitar stories of the week - including new albums from Eric Gales and Steve Vai. Plus I take a look at Fender, Squier, Charvel, Jackson and other's new offerings for 2022. Check out the replay below.