Singer, guitarist and songwriter Ben Mauro has just finished up a major European tour with none other than legendary pop/funk icon Lionel Richie. It was…
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Stereotypes can sure be annoying, and unfortunately female guitarists put up with more than their fair share. If you missed music critic Jessica Hopper’s recent…
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UK Guitarist/Songwriter Phillip Foxley started playing guitar in the 1970s, and has since gone on to do session work, play in house bands, and write…
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I’ve been studying great guitar riffs lately and while it may seem that all the great guitar riffs have already been written, there may a…
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Bass players are a pretty good source for the deep intellectual and spiritual side of music as you’ll know if you’ve ever read Victor Wooten’s…
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Traditional methods of learning scales such as the (crappy) CAGED System and the 3NPS System don’t really lead to melodic guitar solos. This is mainly…
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If you’re reading this then you’re probably not a fan of those Steve Vai type practice routines where you spend 6 minutes warming up, 10…
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I have always been fascinated by the inner workings of great guitarists’ minds, especially of the virtuoso variety, in an attempt to glean some kind…
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One of the main differences between rock and jazz soloing is that the one-scale-fits-all (usually pentatonics) method doesn’t really cut it in jazz playing due…
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I have to admit I’m not what you would call a Shred Guitarist, but I’ve always been curious about the genre and the allure of…
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