Three Jazz Guitar Songs That Changed Me...

And what I practiced after that...

Joe Pass - Night and Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5uBmznvTgU

Wes Montgomery - Tear It Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iteKJQRXsno

George Benson - Affirmation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUXRELGO9kk

The Drop Two Chord - Lesson 22 (Altered Chords)

C7 - x 10 10 9 11 x
C9 - x 10 12 9 11 x

C7b9 - x 10 11 9 11 x
C7#9 - x 10 13 9 11 x

C9#5 - x 11 12 9 11 x
C9b5 - x 9 12 9 11

C7#5#9 - x 11 13 9 11 x
C7#5b9 - x 11 11 9 11 x
C7b5#9 - x 9 13 9 11 x
C7b5b9 - x 9 11 9 11 x

Inside Out DADGAD

Here I talk about being creative and thinking outside the box. A DADGAD tuning is a standard tuned guitar (EADGBE) with the 6th, 2nd and 1st string tuned down a whole step, but with this tuning I started at standard and tuned the other three strings down a whole step instead or EGCFBE. I ended up with a very strange tuning that yields some cool ideas.

The "Free Range Groove"

A groove using 16th notes but with accents of three.

The chords in the progression are...

E5 - x79900
C#m7 - x46600
Bsus - x24400
A2 - x02200

Lowden F22 Guitar

Elixir Acoustic Guitar Strings - Light
http://www.amazon.com/Elixir-Strings-Acoustic-POLYWEB-Coating/dp/B0002E1NNM/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1338763632&sr=8-6

Dunlop Nylon 1mm Pick
http://www.amazon.com/Dunlop-Nylon-Standard-Picks-Black/dp/B0002D0CHQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338763743&sr=8-1

Songwriting is Harder Than It Sounds

Or at least coming up with original melodies is harder than it sounds...

12 Songs That Sound Alike

Cool Site #17

The Gear Page - not just another forum. OK, it's another forum. But not just. Whatever that means.

What's In My Emergency Gig Kit?

Just taking a look at what emergencies I have prepared for. Just the basics...

Elixir Electric Strings

Elixir Acoustic Strings

Dunlop Derlin Purple Picks - 1.5mm

Dunlop Nylon Black 1.0mm

Groove Tubes EL84 Tubes

Groove Tubes 12ax7 Tubes

Finger Nail Kit

Finger Tip Bandaids

9 volt Batteries

String Winder

Basic Black Guitar Strap

Me and My Writing Buddy Jeff

Here we are having fun writing and Jeff is having fun with Final Cut Pro...

Standard Folk Groove - The Next Level

Here I add bass notes and snare hits to the "Standard Folk Groove" to make it more interesting. Be a one man band.

Cool DIY Blog...

Check it out.

Interesting...

But I've never tried it.

New Standard Tuning

Am a fan of Fripp though.

Intro to the Standard Folk Groove

This is what I call the "Standard Folk Groove" a very useful pattern for folk, country, rock and bluegrass.

1 2&(3)&4& - d du udu (d=down, u=up)