Today’s post is on one of the most essential elements any beginning guitarist should learn - open chords. If you want to learn open chords, you should check this post out. It has tab, notation, chord charts and a lot more!

Today's video is on my absolute favorite scale - the pentatonic scale. These 5 little notes have made such a major impact on my life as a guitarist. Today, you’ll learn all 5 box patterns, that will set you up to play in any major or minor key.

In today's newest video, I show you one of my favorite riffs from the new HYVMINE album. This is the intro riff to the song All of Creation. Grab your 8 string if you got one, and lets get heavy.

In today's post, I explain what a gate is, and how you can use it to get rid of unwanted noise from your guitar signal. Whether you're in the studio or playing out live, the ability to be quiet by using a gate is essential.

Today I'm announcing the Song in September challenge. Stay tuned each week for a post on my own progress, and feel free to share your progress with me too. At the end of September we'll have a lot of new music on our hands, and that's an awesome thing. Check out this post for more info.

Learning how to play power chords is one of the best things you can do as a beginner guitar player. Power chords show up in so many different genres, and are a simple way to navigate the fretboard. In this post I show you the easiest way to get started with these essential chords.

I want to go over the Pro Tools toolbar, so that people who are brand new to Pro Tools can jump right in and start editing audio right away. Most tools have extra options if you click on them and hold, but I'm going to go over just the basics in this post.