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Versatile Melodic and Rhythmic Devices for Blues Guitarists All of our guitar heroes have their own personal creative approaches for improvising solos, crafting rhythm parts on the fly and composing new songs. This first volume of Blues Hooks, Riffs & Rhythms from Robben Ford reveals 20 of Robben's own go-to melodic devices for developing solos, riff idea starters, rhythmic motifs and “hooks” that he artfully uses as creative approaches for his own music and performances.

Seminal Influences and Key Learnings that Helped Shape My Own Sound Every musician has a long list of other musicians, past and present, that have inspired, influenced and helped shape their own sound and musicality. It's the natural evolution of music. We asked Tom Dempsey to pass on to you some of the key learnings that his Guitar Heroes passed on to him.

Versatile Melodic and Rhythmic Devices for Blues Guitarists In the first volume of Blues Hooks, Riffs & Rhythms from Robben Ford he revealed 20 of his own go-to melodic devices for developing solos, riff idea starters, rhythmic motifs and “hooks” that he artfully uses as creative approaches for his own music and performances.

Learn Melodic Banjo Style, Techniques and Repertoire Popularized by Bill Keith and Bobby Thompson in the 1960's, the “melodic-style” banjo technique was born out of the bluegrass tradition as a way for banjo players to play note-for-note fiddle tunes. Developing your melodic banjo technique will help you to play faster, smoother, more efficient melodic runs across multiple strings.

Seminal Influences and Key Learnings that Helped Shape My Own Sound Every musician has a long list of other musicians, past and present, that have inspired, influenced and helped shape their own sound and musicality. It's the natural evolution of music. We asked Matt Schofield to pass on to you some of the key learnings that his Guitar Heroes passed on to him.

Melodic Phrasing & Riffs for Jazz Blues Guitar Soloing Players like Howard Roberts, Herb Ellis, and Charlie Christian were masters of playing melodic riffs over jazz blues changes. It also happens to be one of the easiest and most effective ways to approach soloing and improvisation - no complicated harmony or chord fingerings to think about and no complicated harmony or chord fingerings to think about.

Fundamental Techniques & Patterns for Funky Guitar Rhythm Parts Funk is not only a timeless genre of music, it's also an essential rhythm guitar skill that you'll apply across virtually every genre of music. If you're playing classic funk, soul or R&B music, you'll be playing “funky” parts almost exclusively. But you can also bring the “funk” when playing rock, jazz, blues, pop -- you'll even hear some very funky modern country tracks.

A Masterclass of Early Chicago Blues Techniques and Styling Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, amongst many other blues legends, migrated from the country to light up Chicago with an electrified style of Delta Blues giving birth to what we call Chicago Blues today.

Learn Creative Approaches for Your Blues Solos and Improvisations What makes one blues guitar player really distinctive from other players is not just their technique and fretboard dexterity; It's the artful mix of their influences, creativity, rhythmic feel, dynamics, and heart that makes a player's musicality really stand out.

Take a behind the scene look at the house Track "Can You Feel It" in this Track Deconstruction course. Join producer James Hurr in the studio, and let him give you an overview of this feel-good house track!

Logic Pro expert Larry Holcombe presents a set of comprehensive Logic Pro Quick Sampler video tutorials! If you want to learn how to take advantage of Quick Sampler's features and functions, this course is the one to watch. Larry walks you through the basics and then explores just about every nook and cranny of this deceptively powerful sampler. You'll be confidently designing your own inimitable sounds in no time. These videos are for new Quick Sampler users.

Studio pro Gary Hiebner presents in-depth Bitwig Studio Modulation Effects video tutorials! If the absolutely daunting amount of modulation possibilities found within Bitwig Studio leaves you wondering where to begin, this is the course for you. Gary takes you step by step through the lot, demonstrating along the way how the various features can be used in a variety of musical situations to generate truly unique sounds. These videos are for new Bitwig Studio users.

Premiere Pro is found in most of the production facilities around the world so learning Premiere means there are many possibilities for employment. The program has really come into its own over the last decade. For example, David Fincher's Gone Girl was the first major Hollywood production cut entirely on Premiere Pro. Although Premiere is a professional program, there are plenty of people learning Premiere who want to do their own projects. Premiere is perfect for professional settings as well as the home studio.

Ever wonder how artists make their music sound so good? It’s all in the mixing. Even when big musicians are touring on the road and recording in hotel rooms they sound professional because their engineers are so good.

Developing solid rhythmic chops and a strong sense of “groove” is not just about working on your timing with a metronome, developing a wide vocabulary of rhythmic patterns, or learning the rhythmic approaches of your favorite players.