Hi Friend, I am always pretty excited whenever we come out with a new guitar learning product. For one thing, I get to publish a new blog 🙂 I love blogging! lol. The latest “Guitar Control production” is called “Rock Riffs Made Simple”. And it’s all about how to rock out on the guitar with
HI Friend, How’s everything today? I know you’re probably busy, so I’ll try to keep this email short and sweet. THIS FRIDAY, we have a very special treat. Derryl Gabel, our resident “fusion-shred” guitar teacher, is doing a free webinar. So, this email is for all the shredders, would-be shredders, wannabee shredders, or anyone who
Friend, I’ve been on a blues guitar “kick” lately. Yesterday, I was listening to B.B. King on my ipod at the gym. Before that, I just uploaded a blues jam video to my blog. And last week I hooked y’all up with TWO blues guitar lessons. Why am I all about the blues lately? You
Friend, I just LOOOOVE the A-team. It’s one of my favorite shows! Not sure why… Maybe it was the “underdog” factor… Or the “rebel” factor… Or the creativity, or the fact that they always seemed to come out on top of a sticky situation 🙂 So, I am kind of excited about the new A-team
Hey guitarists… The A-Team was one of my favorite tv shows growing up. In honor of the new A-team moving coming out, I decided to compose a guitar arrangement in the A-team style. You can play it on just one guitar. Try it out! Enjoy!!! [audio:https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog/audio/a-team.mp3] Don’t forget to check out all our websites: Beginner
Friend, Happy Memorial Day! Let me take a sec to tip my hat to those who have served or are serving in the military. I have always respected those that serve their country and I try to personally thank servicemen and women when I see them in uniform. Even though that can be a little
Sol Philcox is back! We recently recorded a monster new DVD course called “Blues Master Class”. The most fun part of filming this new product was jamming with Sol at the end 🙂 He is just amazing. Although Sol’s new blues course won’t be out for a bit, I do know quite a few things
Hi Friend, Happy Friday. I got 3 coolio things for you. First of all, I posted a new lesson on my blog. It’s a simple blues shuffle rhythm and I also talk a bit about swing/shuffle notation. https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog Now, thats just one thing. Ok, next, in celebration of Memorial Day weekend, I am running two
Today I want to show you a basic strumming pattern that you can use for blues. You can pretty much just use your ear and follow along but I also wanted to show you how this rhythm looks like, notated. In order to do this, I should probably teach you about swing rhythms and swing
Hi Friend, I just posted a new video lesson on my blog. It’s about how to get started with blues guitar soloing. If you’re a beginner on guitar, you WILL LOVE IT because I show you how to start soloing with just 3 notes. https://www.claudejohnson.com/blog Not a beginner? Well, if you’ve been around the blues
