NEW & PLANNED STUFF: : 

General Stuff: 

11/20:

New DVD is best of Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites Dust, New Vision, We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, Tie Mother Down) should be available late November.  (Other things working on: Stone Temple Pilots, Trower)

11/5:  Congrats to our new president elect.  Most Americans felt the country was going in the wrong direction and we now have change and a new course.  Regardless of your politics I hope we all can try to come together and support the new president no matter who you voted for - this country is in trouble and most experts say we have some hard times ahead.  I honestly don't know why anyone wanted the job, it sure won't be easy.  As the onion today announced - "Countries worst job given to a Black Man".  Ha!  Keep pickin' & grinin'.

Good luck President Obama.

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11/5 Thanks again to everyone again for their input and suggestions for songs.  Lots of good suggestions lately. Recent requests include: Rory Gallagher, 80's Power Ballads, Queen, STP, Bruce Springsteen, Atlanta R. Section, Steve Miller, Eddie Money, Rory Gallagher, Sammy Hagar, J. Tull, Bowie, J Browne, Dylan, Steve Winwood, Cheap Trick, & more Blues, Blues, Blues!  Keep 'em comin' and so will I!

November: Queen, In progress 

October: Mega Riff v3 compliation.

September:  Journey & Sammy Hagar

August:  Exploring the Blues, Open Tunings & Blues Slide - Thorogood/Destroyer style.  Hollow body electrics not required for this, but hey "smoke 'em if u got 'em"!

July:

Early JULY was REO and another double dose month later with John Mellencamp.  Available w/i Multipaks here or on Ebay.

June:

This months DVD is Blue Oyster Cult.  Available June 4. 

May:

Megariff compilation 2 completed. See DVD List or MegaRiff2 for more info.

April:

(April 1: Billy SQUIER finished and avail)

This month I'm doing one that (somewhat surprisingly to me) there have been many requests for: Billy Squier.  Just straight forward rock riffs for hook-filled songs. --> Ready - ads coming asap (this is another 2+hrs DVD Packed w/lessons on: Everybody Wants U, Stoke Me, In The Dark, My Kinda Lover, Emotions in Motion, Shes a Runner, Loney Is Night). 

Thinking next DVD should be a little different.  I've had many requests to dip into more modern or heavier stuff now and then - so thinking might venture a little farther out on something a little heavier.  Some heavy guitar riffs are great fun to play thru a boosted Marshall or really heavy higain amp like a 5150.  I haven't played a lot of that stuff before but had a number of requests so might be worth some time to dive into some study of those very interesting odd-time signatured heavy riffs.

Note: Lots of suggestions for ANOTHER Trower - still seems there are many other 1st or 2nd vol should do first but have been getting so into the old Marshall vibe latetly its really tempting to get out a strat and start chking out some of the 4 Earth Below tunes thru my Marshalls 4 fun (might try to bleed my ears w/a 3 amp setup, 18watt 1974x & 4010 [L&R stereo FX] & custom wired 2204 in middle!)

Also plan to do periodic series of informational DVDS on guitar &/or amp maintenance and repairs.  Things like changing pickups, guitar setup and intonation are so important and can be done by the average player.  I learned the hard way, thru just years of fighting to get the action I like, buying inexpensive guitars and making them what I want out of them by just reading and a lot of trial and error.  I think this could be a big help to a lot of players that don't already know or feel comfortable doing their own setups.

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The site overhaul has been postponed until later in the year.  I want to keep trying to find fresh ways to keep playing and practice interesting and also encourage more improvisation.  I've always been most interested personally in improv for live soloing and not just playing someone else's licks note for note however it is important to know the past greats and learn their licks so you can have a huge vocabulary to choose from from doing your own soloing.

Continued plans to revise some of the earlier videos and possibly revise the format some as well.  In the beginning I think too much time was wasted trying to prove I could play the songs myself.   Instead that time could be better spent showing cool progressions and/or solo parts for them and then just providing a 'Jam buddy' to let the user practice it over.

As always - If you have something NEW, or DIFFERENT - not necessarily just a band, but a format or a technique/style you'd like to know more about or wish you could find on a video but can't, let me know about it via FEEDBACK form.  (But if you have a question or need a reply please just email me directly.)

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  These are intended as instructional material only - no original artists appear or endorse any of this material.  The intent is to teach guitar by showing some of the greatest licks from other great guitarists.  No illegal copies of the songs are provided and everyone who uses the DVDs should purchase the original songs by these artists.